Oh well, it was worth a shot. Depending on price I would still be down for some 219’s as well though, I am really liking tint mixing lately and 80+ CRI tint mixed lights look quite good as well.
You’re right. I edited my post. Well maybe other Nichia distributors have it. I asked the Sout East Asia distributor in Singapore via Indonesian representative.
When I’m back home I can do a test on the 219C 3000K R9050 that clemence has sent. I may also wait for the 4000K R9050 that will come from Rey shortly. But not both, that seems not meaningful because the output, current and voltage behaviour will be similar.
And for that matter the test will not differ much from the 5000K 83 CRI version that I tested last year I guess, same voltage curve and same output curve but shifted a bit vertically because the output bins of the high CRI versions are lower.
No 4500K available based on the data sheet. The 9050 only available from 2700K-4000K, the rest is Ra8000 max.
The sell price is approximately the same as the other sellers here, also quantity sensitive.
I can’t beat China based seller since the courier services are extremely cheap there. For small order quantity they’re your best bet.
But it’s possible to arrange several stocker points to save shipping cost. For example: US, Europe, and Asia representatives hahahaha
We could start a www.Budgetroniclightings.com then
Yeah, it is possible we could do some “local group buys” to save on shipping.
I could handle a US based group buy, assuming I have the funds available at that point in time. It would drop the shipping cost per order from $10 - $20 to around $3 per order, much more reasonable.
I was able to get 5 sw505, M600, L2 Nichia NWSW229AT’s from the North American distributor. I’ll throw some pictures up tonight when I get home - but does anyone have the ability and desire to test them? Yours if you want them.
Edit: only 70 CRI, so nothing fancy on that end, but should give us an idea as to how the 229A’s perform.
229A predictably doesn’t really look any different than a 119C, and it’s sort of odd they abandoned the 1xx nomenclature for two pad, 2xx for three pads. Wonder if the die is the same size?