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Jamin,

We have been experimenting with this for a while.  LED seems to be the most attractive way to go.  LED is not only will lower energy use, and reduce heat, it's UV emissions are much lower than conventional incandescent.  However, unless you spring for new lighting fixtures with high end LED bulbs, the color of the commercial replacement LED bulbs for current fixtures is hit or miss.

Brian Rayca, MA
Museum Technician
West Point Museum
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] PAR lightbulb ban

Hello listers - 

 

Our maintenance person just informed me of an e-mail he was sent regarding a ban on PAR lightbulbs - one of the types that we and presumably other museums use in track lighting fixtures for galleries.  The ban will go into effect on July 14th, 2012, after which no one will be able to manufacture these bulbs in the US.  Distributors will be allowed to sell their remaining stock.

 

My questions for the list - in the ever-changing world of museum lighting, what bulbs would you suggest to replace our current PAR 38s?  We will need to eventually replace about 350 throughout our galleries, so cost is an issue.  However, we are not completely opposed to a higher up-front cost if certain bulbs really do last longer and therefore cut down on the number of bulbs we purchase and the staff time to replace them.  Are LEDs the way to go?  Have color rendering issues been resolved to museum satisfaction?  What other cutting edge (or not) options are there that museums have used successfully themselves?

 

I have searched the listserv and looked at the many of the lighting discussions, but with the rapidly changing nature of the lighting world and in light of the recent ban, I figured one more post couldn't hurt.  Bonus points for the "plain English" explanations!

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Jamin Landavazo
Chief Curator

 

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