in this video, we're going to review this regressed colour changing smart downlight from luceco
now there's quite a bit to unpack from that intro alone but before we get to that let's just say
that we've produced a review of the entire Luceco smart range as a standalone video and created
a free accredited learning package on smart technology to help you with your cpd so please
do go and check those out by clicking on the link in the description below or by heading over to the
know-how page on efixx.co.uk or the course page on lucecoacademy.com so let's talk about the fitting
we said in the intro that it's a regressed fitting not a recessed fitting so what's that all about
well basically it means that the led light source is set a bit further back than normal and this
has the advantage of reducing a factor called glare which is when the light source creates a
dazzling effect or a bit of discomfort in the eyes of someone looking in the direction of the fitting
the front of the fitting also comes with a magnetic bezel which allows for easy replacement
if you're changing the look of a room or temporary removal if you're painting around it
of course it's a lucico fitting so that means you've got all those excellent normal features
such as push fit terminals for easy fitting and removal for maintenance cable grips designed
around the cables that electricians actually use and it can be covered over with insulation as well
and on top of all this it's rated the ip65 meaning that it's appropriate for using bathrooms
now the driver and led are separate which is becoming a little unusual in the world of
regressed or recessed down lights these days but it's because this houses the equipment
that makes this light fitting smart and it does have some very smart features indeed
before we look at some of those let's just briefly talk about the invisible infrastructure
that makes the lucico smart range really beneficial the fittings rely on the wi-fi network
for their control and communication with each other and also for control when the user isn't in
range of the lights as long as they have some kind of internet connection to their mobile device they
can control the lights from anywhere in the world so you can turn them on and off from here or here
or even here now most low-cost smart devices that use wi-fi make an individual connection
to the network router in the property vying for bandwidth with all the other devices relying
on the internet as well which could potentially consist of streaming a movie in ultra hd watching
a youtube tutorial for homework playing an online video game and having a zoom call with friends
and that's just one member of the household so you can imagine that volleying another set of wi-fi
dependent devices onto the network could cause some issues but this is where the lucico smart
system has a really clever feature that's normally only seen on more expensive products and that is
that it creates a mesh network now what this means is that all the devices connect to each other to
form a net of connections which makes the system really dependable and can even extend the network
out to areas not covered by the wi-fi router the really clever thing that it does though is
the smart network as a whole only connects one device to the internet and then all the other
smart devices connect through that one master device now if that's making your head real at the
thought of assigning master devices and extending networks then don't worry because it all happens
automatically so if you've got a typical kitchen you may think about installing say six fittings
in most affordable smart systems that would mean six separate connections to the wireless router
with the lucico smart system it's only one leaving plenty of bandwidth for the kids to watch fail
compilation videos it really is very clever and as we've said not a feature that you'd expect to find
at this price point diving into the app fittings can be grouped together so going back to our
kitchen example if you've got six of these regressed fittings you can tell the app that
you want them all to perform the same function at the same time meaning that you don't have to tell
each individual fitting what to do you can also assign the lamps fittings and sockets to different
rooms for easy identification and control you'll also find in here the controls for the dimming so
as you can see here we can change the light output up and down by means of this sliding bar and we've
got two options for changing the colour output one is rgb colour which allows us to change the colour
of the light output using this colour wheel and by combining different levels of the red green and
blue leds in the fitting we can get a broad range of colour output the other type of colour changing
this fitting will do is sometimes referred to as colour tuning and it's changing what's referred
to as the colour temperature of the fitting so using this slider you can change how warm or
cool the light output is from a cosy 2 700 kelvin to a really cool 6500 kelvin you've also got this
effects button which takes you into a sub menu with some pre-programmed functions which range
from stored white temperatures and colors to red green and blue smooth cycling single color pulses
your own choice of smooth color change and even disco flash and of course scenes can be created
with the down lights or include other products in the bg lucico smart range such as lamps and socket
control devices details of which can be found in our cpd video so there we go this is a really
smart light fitting and it's just one of the devices that's on offer in the luceco smart range
again for more information please check out the video we made on the range as a whole
and for a wider understanding of smart technology as a whole please go
and check out that free training package we've made to help you with your cpd by clicking on
the link in the description below or by heading over to the know-how page on efix.co.uk or the
course page on lucecooacademy.com but as always we want to hear from you are you already diving into
the world of smart does this like fitting and range give you the confidence to give it a go
have you used smart tech in any interesting and creative ways whatever your thoughts and questions
please leave them in the comments section below and as always thank you very much for watching