[SML] Wafter lights via DMX

[Bill Conner]

Did not understand individual control. And you own tape drivers.  I'm
skeptical anyone sells wafer lights without drivers  in them, but that's
what it seems you need.

I suggest buying one and seeing if you can wire tape driver directly to
LEDs.

On Wed, Jun 12, 2024, 3:29 PM Sean McCarthy via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I'd like to use the tape driver because there are ~35 of these lights that
> ideally would be controlled individually.
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 12:24 PM Bill Conner via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> Do you have to use your tape driver, or could you use the linked lights
>> and an ETC Foundry Phase Adaptive dimmer module?  The ETC device is $256 at
>> a lot of places.  Buy one of those and one of the lights on Amazon and test
>> it.  They dim ordinary LED retrofit lamps pretty well.  Or try calling an
>> ETC rep and see if they can tell you. And ETC has a database of their
>> products dimmind a wide variety of fixtures - might be there.
>>
>> I don't think you're going to find wafer lights without a driver, and
>> can't imagine it's worth tearing the driver out of all of them to be able
>> to dim them with different drivers.
>>
>> And I apologize if I'm totally off base but have had success on numerous
>> projects dimming LED fixtures with integral drivers via some dimmers.
>> That's all any of the recommended wall box dimmers do - only there are
>> better.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 10:44 AM Sean McCarthy via Stagecraft <
>> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hive mind: Looking for a 'wafer' style install light that I can use with
>>> LED tape drivers. Something like the photo; just that look, not necessarily
>>> that product. Looking to put 24-36 of them into a piece of scenery.
>>> 3" to 6" diameter, 2800°-3200°K, ~400-800 lumens. Voltage (at the
>>> optical assembly, NOT the 'system' of 12-24VDC.
>>> Anyone accomplish this and have product suggestions?
>>>
>>> Something like these:
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Amico-Ultra-Thin-Selectable-Can-Killer-Brightness/dp/B08NSX2Y1B/ref=sr_1_17?crid=27T60AD5O6AE5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OUOkJHyK7yI1iw2rNkMkgK_28h05Nepu8HBmjB3GpBoyHi4oo-QHiAWQ9t02KY3PR3epNh1WmyGTzZ6HKGTqjrnSX0tDL0aqS4ZyXc7-kGAqS3xOy5XNXXphikS93TyAfzFgnjZgnBOsKLuEu2YVcGTm7QOXjPM4IduzNVrnYFZjybRWuptOoESigWMDW6X5cxKGvegCby1dszehgpkf5vk5A1ABFZpmwgK651hePOXkuPRFzJEa_FM1iQhhaKjKnUC8cFQk5QQamaG15J7HH36u1UmGRfrKfBzEduj2_hc.w1ppF1nc6x2fH7d51uTa742kvhDVW2a-2leC6q0Q0vg&dib_tag=se&keywords=wafer+light&qid=1718192038&sprefix=wafer+light%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-17
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