Generally, compared with incandescent and halogen floods

, LED floods and lighting has the advantage of producing a cool light that release no heat to the space. So it is safe to use the LED floods and there is no risk of touching a burning hot bulb. The cool beam allows users to use flood lighting in more situations than you can with halogen bulbs, including high-end retail lighting,Skewer accent/display lighting, and other display environments where a warm or hot light can not be used because it could damage whatever is being illuminated. It is well known that incandescent and halogen bulbs can make your home warmer and therefore potentially making your space more uncomfortable and more expensive to cool. In other words, consumers ave not only on electricity consumption with this type of lighting, they also save on home cooling costs.

More and more people are adopting green lifestyle to help preserve the environment with the awareness that our resources are diminishing. People are beginning to use LED lights for their house because of the substantial savings. LED light bulb have very long life span of average 100000 hours. This means that you can leave the light on for 11 years without having to replace it or can leave it on for only half a day and use it for 22 years. This is important especially if you’re planning to install the lights in a hard-to-reach place. The related integrated circuit is MC3301.    www.bgocled.com

Connecting a PWM Dimmer to your LED modules / Flexible LED Strips

Connecting a PWM Dimmer to your LED modules / Flexible LED Strips is a pretty easy process. Incorrect wiring or over driving the dimmer can result in the product simply not working, flickering lights, and may damage the LEDs. Follow this following installing guide in order to be sure of correct installation.

1.) Calculate the LED Dimmers Maximum Load
On all of our LED modules  dimmers specification sheet you can find the PWM dimmers maximum wattage load. We recommend never pushing any product to the maximum load but instead leave a 10-15% margin as to not over drive and damage the LED products or LED dimmer. For example, a LED Dimmer is rated as 96W, subtract 9.6W for the 10% margin, leaving you with a max load of around 86W.  www.bgocled.com 

Activists, citizens promote eco-friendly Ganeshotsav

PUNE: As the annual Ganapati festival nears, so is the buzz surrounding eco-friendly idols, with NGOs promoting Ganapatis made of clay and painted in natural colours for a safer festival. Classes on making such idols are also finding many takers.
E-Coexist, an NGO, has sold around 400 eco-friendly Ganapati idols made from natural clay and papier-mache at various retail outlets across the city. “We’ve run out of stock this year, as demands continue to pour in. Awareness on the importance of an environmentally-friendly Ganeshotsav has certainly spread among citizens in a big way,” says Lolita Gupta, one of the partners.
The Rotary Club of Gandhibhavan, Kothrud, has been conducting workshops for schoolchildren since July. Over 200 students from six schools have learned the art and made their own mini-versions of Ganapati from natural clay.
“We started the classes with the objective of turning it into a movement involving youngsters who can understand and practise eco-friendly ways to celebrate the festival. We are also asking families to re-use plaster of Paris Ganesh idols instead of buying news ones,” said Vaishali Bhagwat, president of the Rotary Club of Gandhibhavan.
Artist-sculptor Pramod Kamble led a workshop recently in Vimannagar where natural clay minus moulds was used to make idols.
“With no moulds, people could use their creative instincts to come up with unique Ganesh idols. The idea was to help the participants make their own idols, which they can later immerse in water in their own homes, and recycle the clay,” said organiser of the workshop Niranjan Upasani, also the founder of Bluewiss Environment Enrichers that sells eco-friendly products.
NGO Surajya Sarvajanik Vikas Prakalp has joined hands with E-Coexist to conduct programmes on the hazards of chemical colours, PoP and river pollution at 10 slums.
“We have prepared flex boards with pictures and notes that are being used as tools for a safe, eco-friendly Ganeshotsav,” said Vijay Shivale, project co-ordinator at Surajya.
Collection of ‘nirmalya’ on the day of Ganapati is also finding support, especially among corporates and NGOs. E-Coexist, along with SWaCH, will set up ‘nirmalya’ collection facilities at various locations, Gupta said.
Members of the self-help group SMILE, spearheaded by former mayor Vandana Chavan, were also given a demonstration on making Ganapati idols at a special session recently. “We have appealed to the citizens to avoid using thermocol and PoP, and stick to natural clay and utilise the nirmalya for vermicomposting,” said Chavan.  www.bgocled.com

Energy, banks lead TSX to 1-week high in broad rally

TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto’s main stock index advanced to a one-week high on Monday in a broad rally led by energy and financial companies, as positive U.S. and European news boosted investor appetite for riskier assets.
World stocks rallied along with oil after a merger between two major banks in Greece gave investors a rare bit of encouraging news out of Europe.
An unexpected surge in U.S. consumer spending for July — which indicated the economy was not falling back into recession further improved sentiment.
“It’s a dim light, but still a light at the end of the tunnel,” said Serge Pepin, head of investments at BMO Investments Inc. “Investors and market participants want to cling to those positive numbers.”
All of the market’s 10 main groups were stronger. Energy issues rose 2.6 percent as oil prices advanced on strong U.S. equities and relief that Hurricane Irene was less severe than expected.
Canadian Natural Resources topped the list of influential climbers, jumping 3.47 percent to C$36.05. Suncor Energy followed, rising 2.6 percent to C$30.56.
Heavyweight financials, up 1.5 percent, were also among the top advancers at the start of the second week of bank-earnings season. Bank of Nova Scotia , which will release its quarterly results on Tuesday, rose 2 percent to C$52.35. Manulife Financial was up C$4.6 percent at 13.29.
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s SP/TSX composite index closed up 177.34 points, or 1.44 percent, at 12,504.85. Earlier it reached a session high of 12,523.92, its strongest since August 18.
Monday’s rally added to gains from Friday’s session, when markets started to embrace riskier assets after a speech from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke left the door open for fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy.
“Investors feel that there’s a little bit more breathing room from what the Fed had to say on Friday,” Pepin added. “We know that the Fed and the central banks are staying vigilant.”
Gold miners, down 1.52 percent as bullion prices tumbled, held back the TSX, causing the index to underperform its U.S. counterparts.
Among the biggest decliners, Barrick Gold lost 1.9 percent to C$49, and Goldcorp fell 1.3 percent to C$50.30.
AuRico Gold was the third heaviest laggard, plunging more than 19 percent to C$11.05 after the company said it will buy Northgate Minerals for C$1.46 billion ($1.49 billion) to create an intermediate-sized gold company.
“The golds have been very volatile, so they sort of march to their own drummer,” said John Kinsey, portfolio manager at Caldwell Securities Ltd.
Kinsey added that trading volume was very light due to the impact of Hurricane Irene on U.S. markets. With public transport still struggling to return to service in New York on Monday, many Wall Street firms were understaffed.
“It’s kind of a day that you shouldn’t read too much into,” he said.
In other company news, shares of Magna International rose 4.4 percent to C$37.20 after the company announced it will invest C$432 million over six years to develop electric vehicle technologies along with the government of Ontario.  www.bgocled.com

New ETC Desire LED lighting systems for stage and screen applications

The new ETC Desire range of LED lighting systems have been designed for use on the performance stage, focusing on the importance of true colour, smooth dimming, stable output and customisation for individual needs. LEDs commonly used on the professional lighting scene tend to have a restricted palette available from RGB source fixtures, and combined with a cold unnatural look when set to white, LED lighting systems were often considered unsuitable for serious stage lighting use.

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LED TV backlight market value drops 18% YoY

According to the LED research arm of TrendForce, the global market value of high-brightness LED this yearreached only an estimated $9 billion instead of $10.6 billion, as previously expected. LEDinside stated that the measly YoY eight percent increase was due to the backlight markets weak demand and the plunge in LEDs average selling price, resulting in LED market oversupply. TrendForce predicts that the excess supply situation is likely to remain, and in fact, if the inventory level continues to rise and the price declines more than expected, high-brightness LED backlight market value might decline further. 

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