by Brianna Crandall — March 6, 2015—Hubbell Lighting, manufacturer of 23 brands of indoor and outdoor lighting products to industrial, commercial, institutional and residential applications, recently announced that its Prescolite brand’s award-winning, high-output LED downlight is now offered in lumen packages ranging up to more than 16,000 lumens. From school auditoriums and concert halls to theaters and churches, the MegaLum is engineered to deliver cost savings and performance for high ceiling applications from 20 to 60 feet.
Available in either a downlight (MD8LED) or cylinder (MC10LED) option, the MegaLum is capable of delivering over 16,000 lumens and up to 100 lumens per watt (LPW), and offers a variety of dimming options including DMX. With a rated minimum of 50,000 hours life, the MegaLum ensures lasting maintenance-free operation—a tremendous benefit at very high ceiling heights, points out Hubell.
The updated MegaLum also features Prescolite’s “revolutionary” Variable Intensity (Vi) Technology. With Vi Technology, customers are no longer limited by standard fixture configurations, but can specify the exact amount of light and power as well as beam distribution to perfectly illuminate any environment. The powerful MegaLum can also be dimmed to a mere 10 lumens, which Hubbell contrasts to some of the industry’s best fixtures that can only dim to one percent. Even the most discerning guest in an auditorium or theater is hard pressed to notice that the lighting is actually still on, says Hubbell.
As light-emitting diode (LED) technology penetrates new markets, DMX has become the most common control system for today’s auditoriums and theaters, says the company. Unfortunately, traditional light sources are unable to receive a digital signal, forcing users to incorporate a dimming rack into the lighting configuration. This not only adds an additional step and cost, but changing the language of the signal creates problematic dimming issues, points out the company. Some manufacturers have even attached an adaptor to the J-Box to convert the voltage, maneuvering around the problem by shifting a step in the process to the fixture. However, the MegaLum accepts the DMX directly to the driver, reportedly making it simple to control.
Integrating house lighting with DMX, the new MegaLum has consolidated control into one dimming system compatible with a variety of architectural control systems and/or entertainment consoles for both new construction and retrofit applications. Uniquely, the MegaLum is factory configurable to deliver any lumen output and drive current desired, reportedly resulting in unlimited choices of light output for lighting designers to realize their lighting visions.
Available in five color temperatures (2700K, 3000K, 3500K, 4000K, and 5000K), the MegaLum uses up to 480 individual LEDs specifically mixed to provide a minimum of 80+ CRI with 3 SCDM color consistency. The fixture can also be configured to be Hubbell Building Automation wiHUBB compatible.
