Are you looking for a light bulb for a dimmer switch that has the possibility of changing its color, a wall lamp that can be operated from your phone, or even an entire intelligent lighting system? What can be connected to Hue Bridge, which type of lightbulbs can fit in which sockets? We will advise you on how to choose the right intelligent lighting for your home.
You can fit different rooms with different light bulbs and lamps. Philips Hue is produced in three variants:
full color with the possibility of dimming,
with color temperature change (chromaticity temperature) and dimming,
warm white with the possibility of dimming.
These are the Philips Hue White, White Ambiance and White and Color Ambiance series.
Several technologies are available on the market:
bluetooth, which communicates directly with your phone,
wifi connection, that communicates directly with your home router,
connection via Zigbee and Z-Wave technologies, which need a gateway to function.
Zigbee and Z-Wave are among the most secure connections and can also work in a so-called Mesh network, which means that the products communicate not only directly with the gateway, but also with each other. This extends the distance they can receive signal.
The base is used for mechanical fixing and electrical connection of the luminaire with the light source. They can be screw, bayonet or pin, they can also vary in size. Different types of sockets are not compatible with each other.
Luminous flux is given in Lumens (lm) and expresses the amount of light energy. The larger this value, the more light the source emits. In general, a higher luminous flux means more power, i.e the consumption of a light bulb. Replacement for 60W bulbs is 806 lm.
Indicates the energy consumption of the luminaire. Current energy-saving LED sources only consume units in watts (W).
Color temperature (also chromaticity) characterizes the spectrum of white light (kelvin unit - K). Depending on this value, we perceive the color of light as "warm white" (approx. 3000K) to "cold white" (approx. 6000K).
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