Outdoor warm white LED lighting

[Colin86]

I have been asked to do an install for a restaurant (http://www.amanteibiza.com/index.aspx).

 

to be honest I am more events orientated and am looking for some advice, we would like to use warm white LED fixtures with a minimum IP65 rating but I am struggling to find anything, any suggestions?

[Chiefy]

Chauvet

 

Pulsar

 

PM me for further info and pricing

 

Thanks

 

Rob

[musht]

Warm white LED is not greatly efficient, for large areas white SON is possibly better.

 

Sea side enviroments are very hard on enclosures,metal isn`t always best casing.

[adam2]

Weatherproof fittings for MR16 are widely sold, and LED retrofit lamps are available for these, if something more basic is required.

Warm white LED festoons of Christmas lights are readily available, and suitable for all year round use in some venues.

[matt_h]

Coemar Parlite

 

They do versions containing all white LED's or RGB.

 

I went through a similar process this time last year of trying to find an exterior LED par that would replicate the colour temperature of a CP87 and settled on the RGB version of the above. They do a remarkably good job, although it is slightly more yellow in a direct side by side comparison, and units used at close range will show the individual colours at the edge of the beam.

 

It's also worth noting that it's cheaper to buy the interior fixture and the weatherproofing back plate than as a premade IP65 unit. there are many LED fixtures out there that aren't listed as IP65, but can be made as such if you ask, normally with a readily available blanking plate.

 

I found that most fixtures containing solely white LEDs had to be made too "cold" to get any usable light from them. It may be more worth while looking for fixtures with RGBA or RGBW LEDs as you tend to get slightly better whites from them.