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Do you see new lighting wiring standards emerging anywhere right now? Are they gaining traction?

• tialaramex 7y ago
  Integrating a non-replaceable lamp is the trend. You buy the whole unit, it works for say, ten years and then you buy a different one when remodelling. This made no sense when a light bulb was just something that needs replacing every few months in normal use but LEDs mean you can engineer that out. Replacing a "light bulb" will seem as weird as replacing the backlight inside your laptop. Obviously a technician can do it, might even make sense to pay for that rather than buy a replacement for the whole unit, but it's not something regular people do themselves.
• Zak 7y ago
  New wiring standards are not necessary. The most popular successor is as tialaramex described, an integrated lamp hardwired into AC power. For more sophisticated users, AC/DC power conversion, power regulation/dimming, and the LEDs themselves can all be separate components. This allows more customization, and the possibility of replacing individual components when something fails. Personally, I've been using Viltrox brand photo/video lights for interior lighting lately. These combine two sets of LEDs in different color temperatures with dimming/regulation, and an external AC to DC power supply. These have much better color rendering than most consumer stuff, and I like having adjustable color temperature. The bigger ones have remote controls, so hanging one from the ceiling is possible while retaining access to all of its functions.