LED Waves, a LED lighting company, has recently launched the dimmable Chicago 2.0 XB-D PAR-30 LED light bulb as an alternative for a 75 W halogen flood light.
The Dimmable Chicago 2.0 PAR30 LED Light Bulb
The bulb manufactured in the USA has a similar structure and function as that of the company’s LED PAR-30. The US Department of Energy has tested the performance of both these bulbs, which are LED Lighting Facts Products.
The product, Chicago 1.0 was manufactured with Cree’s XLamp XP-G LED. The XP-G is the first chip in the industry to acquire LM-80 test data for 100,000 h and has broken the efficacy barrier with more than 144 lm/W.
The latest breakthrough, XB-D is specifically made for directional lighting. It has the same efficiency and light quality as that of the XP-G, and its footprint is 50%.less than that of the XP-G. The XB-D reduces production costs, which in turn allowed LED Waves to reduce the cost of the PAR-30 LED bulb.
The Chicago 2.0 includes a heat sink made of aluminum which is designed and manufactured using Computer Numeric Control technology to enlarge the surface area for dissipation of heat. In order to control the thermal power, a custom-designed aluminum board is used, which is light in weight. The operating life of the LEDs is prolonged by implementing these measures.
The Chicago 2.0 is manufactured in various forms such as 3000K, 4000K and 5000K color temperatures and beam spreads at angles of 10°, 16°, 36°and 56°.
Lighting specifies in the US can make use of free product samples available from LED Waves.