SSL introduced us to some of their latest products including their exterior and interior rated cove fixtures, which are both line voltage. They pride themselves on the care and precision which each LED is handled and installed on the boards. Because optics are so important with the cove fixtures, it is nice to see a manufacturer pay attention to how each LED relates to the other, whether it is color temperature consistency or even just alignment. Multiple beam spreads are available for both interior and exterior, as well as multiple outputs. Standard lengths are stocked in 1’ and 4’ increments, but they can do 2’, 3’, 5’ and 6’ fixtures as well. However, it might be a longer lead time. They showed us their new under-cabinet fixtures. They have a line voltage as well as a remote driver version. Both fixtures boast thin profiles. The remote driver version is half as thin as the line voltage on at 0.3”. With the frosted lens it was almost node free.
All of the linear fixtures that we saw are dimple standard down to 10%, and they will be able to bring it down to 1% soon.
We also got a look at their linear color fixture, which comes in an array of seven static colors. They create the colors using remote phosphors as opposed to colored LEDs. In the sample they showed us, it was a line of 7 fixtures with all of the color options available. When you pulled them away from the wall it looked like white light which was an interesting effect. The fixtures are line voltage and dimple to 3% standard with ELV or trailing edge. One thing we were cautious with is the consistency that you would have to get with the phosphors each time to maintain the color throughout the fixtures you are using.