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<blockquote data-quote="Phoenix" data-source="post: 498527" data-attributes="member: 8133"><p>The 50w is irrevelant, thats the manufacturer saying "This light is as bright as a 50W tungston halogen", do your calaculation using the actual wattage of the fitting, though I'd still use the 1.8 fiddle factor, even though that might be a bit different for LED, its a good starting point. And us going to a breaker with a higher instantous tripping threadhold is one answer, subject to Zs constraints and also thermal withstand of the CPC (unlikely to be an issue here, but its one that I bring up when someone wants to fit a D type to a lighting cirucit in a commercial premises wiried in T/E). Other ways are don't have all the inrush at the same time; switch the lights in smaller banks, then you will have separate peaks of inrush rather than one big one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phoenix, post: 498527, member: 8133"] The 50w is irrevelant, thats the manufacturer saying "This light is as bright as a 50W tungston halogen", do your calaculation using the actual wattage of the fitting, though I'd still use the 1.8 fiddle factor, even though that might be a bit different for LED, its a good starting point. And us going to a breaker with a higher instantous tripping threadhold is one answer, subject to Zs constraints and also thermal withstand of the CPC (unlikely to be an issue here, but its one that I bring up when someone wants to fit a D type to a lighting cirucit in a commercial premises wiried in T/E). Other ways are don't have all the inrush at the same time; switch the lights in smaller banks, then you will have separate peaks of inrush rather than one big one. [/QUOTE]
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