05-18-2013, 11:19 AM
(05-17-2013, 02:32 PM)shoju Wrote: I'm actually a huge fan of Fiber Lightning. 1 4+4 Fiber Luminaire could feasibly power the lightning that I need for my office.
The problem, comes with price. Fiber is indeed very pricey, and there are other "restrictions" with just using a Luminaire Lantern (warm up time, cool down time between powering off and powering on, etc...) but for the light that it throws, I love it. I would love to rewire my entire office to remove the fluorescent lights, and put in one of the Luminaires we picked up in a GVT Surplus, and use some of the setup that we have. It's a better light for photography, which is a large part of my job.
I don't have any direct experience with fiber optic lighting yet, though I was looking at an LED rope light that looked remarkably similar to what you've described.
And from the sound of it, I'm guessing you're running a High Intensity Discharge illuminator for the fiber optic? From the warm up \ cool down time descriptions it sounds like the characteristic of a HID lamp.
If that's the case, that's a hell of a score to get from GVT surplus.