andyjw Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 HiI work with an am dram society on a small stage (19ft X 15ft). It is kitted out with lighting bars and dimmer packs, and we have CCT Minuette luminares. There is nothing wrong with them yet but they arent young so we would like to start and look at alternatives before we get problems.I would like to use LED, both from the power consumption and heat generation standpoints, but Im not sure where to start. Someone in the group in the past has bought a few LED's but they are nowhere near good enough to replace any of the CCT units.Any advice gratefully received. Any more info needed I can get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMitchell Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 ...There is nothing wrong with them yet but they arent young so we would like to start and look at alternatives before we get problems.I would like to use LED... The longer you can hang on in there, the better and cheaper LED products will continue to become. Currently, LED luminaires that give comparable output to tungsten, are prohibitively expensive for most. For example, compare the price of an LED Source Four with a traditional Source Four! Green credentials aside, you can buy a lot of lamps and power a lot of lamp hours, before coming close to spending equal money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 And do not be seduced by the cheaper "LED fresnels" which are appearing on ebay and other places. They are very blue/white and not especially bright. Some of the warm white LED par cans on Thomann are OK, except for steppy dimming when fading to black, and of course fixed beam size (which is usually too narrow to be useful for theatre). I'd stick with your CCT minuettes, they are still very good fixtures for a small stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Stick with the Minuettes for now. In 3-4 years the LED world will have moved on with better whites, better light output and lower prices. Now is too soon to move to LED without a vast budget and compromised performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyjw Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Thanks for that guys, very much appreciated. Saves me wasting a lot of time and money by the looks of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 ...before we get problems...Just about every part is available as spares from CCT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry davies Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Nothing significant to add but a good clean and service can extend the perceived life expectancy of your lanterns by those years mentioned above. Look after your kit and it will look after your wallet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alistermorton Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I'd second that - and you might be surprised at how much brighter your freshly cleaned lanterns are too - the years of accumulation of dust and muck on the optics can take its toll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyjw Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 I'll do that over this weekend and hope for some good results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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