ABSOLUTE™ SERIES LED Linear Module features 99 CRI - a near perfect achievement in color rendering. With color options of D50 (5000K) and D65 (6500K), simulating natural daylight has never been as real.
Requires 24V DC input to operate. FilmGrade power supply (PN 3092) can operate up to 14 linear modules.
Using a third-party power supply? No problem - just make sure your power supply has enough power capacity for the length of LED strip you plan on connecting.
ABSOLLUTE™ LED Linear Modules use the WAGO system, and have WAGO 2060 terminal blocks on both ends of each module. All electrical connections to power and between modules is achieved through these terminal blocks. Terminal blocks require insertion of electrical wire between 18-24 AWG, with 0.28-0.35 inches of insulation stripped off.
For gapless, linear daisy-chaining, use WAGO board-to-board links (PN WAGO 2060-901). For all other connections, use 18 AWG or thinner wire (PN 7098).
If using a PLUG based power supply such as the FilmGrade (PN 3092) power supply, use a DC female to wire adapter (PN 7092) or DC female adapter (PN 7094).
ABSOLUTE™ LED strips are fully dimmable down to 0%. For an in-line PWM dimmer, see PN 3081. Wall-dimmer setups (e.g. Lutron/Leviton) will require a dimmable power supply (PN 3094). More info on LED strip dimming here.
Product Overview
Waveform Lighting's ABSOLUTE SERIES™ technology is the LED industry's first LED product to achieve 99 CRI at D50 5000K and D65 6500K. The 99 CRI rating indicates that the emitted light is quantitatively near-identical to natural daylight. This is the holy grail of lighting!
Our linear module provides 800 lumens of full-spectrum 99 CRI light that is virtually indistinguishable from natural daylight.
Dimmming
The LED Linear Modules can be dimmed using a PWM dimmer. Our tests using the FilmGrade Flicker Free PWM Dimmer (25 kHz) indicate that between 3% and 100%, spectral characteristics remain extremely stable. Specifically, 99 CRI is maintained, and chromaticity shift is within 1-step (MacAdam ellipse) or ΔE = 0.78. Our raw photometric measurement data in CSV format is available for download here.
Don't get me wrong, these are very good LEDs, I'm a photographer but more of an aquarist. I have very rare fish from Tanganyika, and to bring out their natural beauty you need outstanding lighting. First of all, I bought a led absolutes series about 6500K, Unfortunately it turned out that it shines in the color of 5600 (sunlight). I thought that they sent me the wrong leds, but the led says 6500k, Definitely is not a 6500k (the light of the cloudy sky) is too warm !!! The colors are rendering beautifully but incorrectly reflect blue (too violet) without the depth of that color. the manufacturer states that Ra is 98-99, which is confusing, this LED shines in the same way as the LED of the Yuji, with Ra 95. Nothing, however, compares with the Yuji led from the VTC series with Ra 98 . There the 6500k color temperature is perfectly rendered (cloudy but blue sky) with a brilliant deep blue. although this led is described as Ra98 - that's why I wanted to buy something even better. And I suggested the RA 99 from the Absolute ... series and that's why I was disappointed , I really need 6500 k to get that specific blue color of the head iof my rare Tropheus Duboisi
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Ian J.
Great color and easy to work with
Ordered the set of five LED modules as a test for a product and both the color and brightness are great. These are one of only two products I could even find on the market that closely matched the spectrum of actual sunlight (and the other company both only produces lightbulbs and only responded to my emails after calling them out on Amazon).
Waveform on the other hand responded incredibly quickly and even pointed me in a better direction (to these modules) after I was looking at something else, but explaining what I was building.
All in all amazing customer service and great product, even having never really wired anything together - with their power supply and some wire and wire cutters I had these connected and lit up in maybe 15 minutes.
About to place my second order already.
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Ewo Lam
Very bright LED module
I bought both 5000K and 6500K modules to try out. These modules are very bright at the maximum and can run very hot at the highest brightness. Consider sufficient cooling to these babies.
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D.S
Excellent LEDs
The color quality is excellent!
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Mr Mạnh
Ok
I make the lights for the tanks. I must say the color is too true
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Christopher Miller
Aquarium light
Beautiful depth of color detail on these lights.
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Ryan Hanaman
True Light
The color quality in these absolute series are phenomenal
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kaka
first impression is WOW!!
just arrived, connect to adapter and tried as camera lighting, take photo using iphone. no diffuser, no setup, no edit. ...love the amazing smooth shadow...will buy again 1 or 2 more.
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William
High-Quality Lights & Support
I purchased a 5-pack of these (5000K) to construct a lighting "array" for my daughter's oil painting station, along with the FilmGrade DC supply, flicker-free dimmer, and assorted connectors, etc. for assembly. I was a little apprehensive when I discovered the 5 modules were still connected together along the edge. So I emailed support and Josh replied within a day or two with excellent instructions and advice how to separate the modules without damaging the emitters or WAGO connectors. Using his instructions I was able to separate the modules, and then proceed to mount the lights, connect them, and had a working system on the first try. Four modules provide more than enough light for her work surface. So much so that she typically needs to turn them down a bit. And the color rendition is fantastic. Definitely 5 stars for the product and the customer support.
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Peter Harris
Great lights, iffy connectors
Bright, color correct, and easy to assemble with one very important caution: the WAGO connectors are a little flimsy and very easy to dislodge. Use the tool, and make sure you only exert pressure DIRECTLY DOWNWARD when opening the little grabber clips to connect the strips. The connectors are very easy to break off if you exert any sideways force at all. Also, they are not all properly mounted: you may wish to squeeze them gently onto the board (place the strip on a hard surface and push straight down with a finger) to properly seat. You will sometimes hear a click, indicating that your intervention was needed and successful. Five stars for the LEDs, three stars for the connectors. (Hence my four star rating.)