Tycho
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Tycho created an article, Your Wifi Router and the installation of smart devices on 2.4 GHz
Some routers provide two different wifi networks, one of 2.4 GHz and one of 5 GHz. It is important to note that Calex smart devices only connect to 2.4 GHz wifi networks. To set up your Calex smart...
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Tycho created an article, My LED lamp is blinking; what to do?
A blinking LED; what to do? There may be two causes for a blinking LED; an incorrect dimmer or an incorrect transformer. Incorrect dimmerif your dimmer is blinking, it is likely that you are not us...
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Tycho created an article, Lumen
Lumen is the unit for the total amount of light that a light source spreads in all directions. The lumen indication of a lamp states how much light the lamp can generate but it does not specify how...
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Tycho created an article, Lux
Lux (Latin for light) is the amount of lumen beamed onto a surface of 1 m2, also known as lighting power. One lux equals one lumen per m2. Why then is this value not specified on packaging, you may...
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Tycho created an article, What does Candela mean?
Candela is the unit of light intensity at any point measured in a given beam angle. One candela is equal to the light intensity of one candle at a distance of 1 meter. When the light beam becomes m...
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Tycho created an article, Wattage
Watt is one of the most famous units of light, viz. the unit that indicates consumption power. Power in Watt can be calculated by dividing labour (in Joule) by time (in seconds). From a strictly fo...
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Tycho created an article, Colour temperature
Colour temperatureThe colour of light is expressed in Kelvin and in point of fact, we are talking about colour temperature. What tangible examples can be provided for this colour temperature? At a...
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Tycho created an article, What is Kelvin?
The colour of light is expressed in Kelvin and in point of fact, we are talking about colour temperature. What tangible examples can be provided for this colour temperature? At a higher colour tem...
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Tycho created an article, CRI Value
CRI ValueAn identical light temperature does not automatically imply the same light. Colour rendering of any light source depends upon the composition of the light, i.e. the colour of which the lig...
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Tycho created an article, Inventor of light
Thomas Edison (1847-1931) was an American scientist and the inventor of light. He was the founder of the General Electric Company and had the first commercial research laboratory built. The incande...