Alan Tulla Technical editor
Alan Tulla is Lux's technical editor, and an experienced independent lighting designer.
Alan Tulla is Lux's technical editor, and an experienced independent lighting designer.
Lux technical editor Alan Tulla shares his experiences and learnings from many years of testing lighting equipment for Lux's famous reviews.
LEDs have made cove lighting simpler and cheaper. But there are huge differences between the various systems. The Lux technical team checked out eight leading brands. Here’s our verdict…
Floodlighting stadiums for the world of televised sports may be glamorous but not many of us are lucky enough to have the opportunity.
Have you noticed that petrol stations are no longer dull? They used to be lit with high pressure sodium lamps and everything looked dark orange. A few petrol stations used metal halide lamps which had the advantage of white light but their life was considerably shorter.
These LED retrofits are designed as energy saving replacements for the original tungsten halogen filament lamps. The AR111 filament lamp is usually 12V and, unsurprisingly, 111 mm diameter.
These LED versions are designed as energy saving replacements for the original tungsten halogen filament lamps. These filament lamps were typically 25 – 50W whereas the LED versions are more often 2 – 4W.