LED lighting - Integrated vs driver

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angski

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#299420 6-Sep-2022 10:37

There are two version of LED lighting in the market place
A. integrated - driver mounted on back of it
b. Driver - driver is attached to the LED lighting

JA Russell sells mostly the driver version whereas Lighting Direct and Lighting Plus have both version.

Which one do you recommend and why? My 2c will be to go with the integrated version. But the sales person at JA said go with the driver version (of course he will say that).
What is/are your opinion?

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rogercruse

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#2964463 8-Sep-2022 07:07

timmmay:... Good idea to centralize the drivers :) My new lights all have separate drivers. They sit on top of the insulation, you have to make sure the lights are insulation cover rated - most should be these days....

My integrated driver "farm" for LED and other drivers.

All lighting is controlled using 24vdc... original plan was to distribute drivers through home before space was found in the network cupboard.

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