Tokyo, April 16, 2012 – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has decided to restructure its lighting business for greater efficiency in expanding its business and responding to rapid developments in light-emitting diode (LED) technologies and other market conditions in the Japanese lighting industry. The company’s three lighting-related affiliates will be merged as of October 1, 2012, …
The colour rendering index (CRI or Ra) is a measure of how well a light source reproduces the colour of an object compared to a standard source. The index value is computed from how well the light source under test reproduces the colour of a number of standard colour swatches. Generally, colour rendering index between 80 and 90 is good …
LED BULB LED bulbs are designed to replace incandescent or screw-in CFL bulbs, as well as candelabra or low-voltage MR16 bulbs. LED bulbs have a driver inside of their base. This driver is what determines if the bulb is dimmable, what dimmers can be used with the bulbs, and the bulb’s overall dimming performance. LED Fixtures LED fixtures come in …