Animated Lighting, Incorporated
March / April 2011 Newsletter from Animated Lighting

Welcome to the March / April 2011 issue of THE LIGHTLINE, Animated Lighting's newsletter. 

NEW LED "FLICKER FREE" LIGHT CONTROLLERS NOW AVAILABLE - SPECIAL PRICING

Have you ever connected 15-20 (or more) strings of dimmable LED lights together and plugged them into one lighting channel on your light controller?  In some cases as these connected stings would fade, a "flicker" would occur. This is due to a variety of reasons (and we could tell you over the phone if you want to call us). This is not a limitation of our light controllers.  This is a condition that occurs with all dimmable LED strings with any light controller.....until now.

 

We have now developed a way to make our light controllers "flicker free"!  As long as the LED strings are dimmable, you can hook up as many strings as you want to one of our lighting channels and they will not flicker when dimmed.   

 

As these new light controllers have additional components and additional labor, the price for these controllers will be higher than our standard light controllers. 

 

SPECIAL PRICING ON FLICKER FREE LIGHT CONTROLLERS:  For April, we will sell the new "Flicker Free" light controllers for the same price as our standard light controllers.

  • 16 CHANNEL - 15A FLICKER FREE CONTROLLER: $ 319.95 plus shipping. 
  • 16 CHANNEL - 30A FLICKER FREE CONTROLLER: $ 399.95 plus shipping 

WANT TO ORDER MULTIPLE FLICKER FREE CONTROLLERS IN APRIL?  Call us: 816-941-0400 or e-mail us: support@animatedlighting.com and we will discuss.

 

(Note: There is no need to purchase a "Flicker Free" light controller if you use incandescent lighting on your display or you do not connect many, dimmable light strings together on a single lighting channel.)

NON-DIMMABLE LED LIGHTS AND STRINGS:  BUYERS BEWARE!

 

A large influx of non-dimmable LED strings and lights (C7, C9, etc) have invaded the US market over the past two years. Over the past two years, we have had dozens of customers buy LED strings and bulbs that were not dimmable. Because they were not dimmable, the light strings were not compatible in an animated display.  Since you are on THE LIGHTLINE newsletter list, we would think you would want LED strings and lights that would ramp, fade, blink, chase, flicker, etc (all the cool effects you get with Animated Lighting products).

 

Most of our customers that purchased these non-dimmable lights did so via internet sites such as Ebay, Craigslist, etc. These are reputable sites, but you need to make sure that the lights are dimmable. Typically, non-dimmable bulbs and strings are less expensive than a dimmable product.  

 

ALL products sold by Animated Lighting are dimmable.  If you have any questions or concerns, please give us a call. 

BUY YOUR 2011 LIGHTS NOW!! HUGE LED LIGHT STRING PRICE INCREASES COMING IN 2011

 

If you are thinking about making a significant purchase of LED light strings for Halloween or Christmas 2011, you need to know that prices are going to increase by approximately 20%. In case you did not know, all the LED bulbs and strings that we are aware of and purchase are manufactured in China.

 

 This increase is due to several reasons including (but not limited to) the following:

  • Cost of fuel:  The lights are shipped by boat.  The price of fuel is increasing (no news flash here) so additional fuel costs are added to the price of strings/bulbs. 
  • Cost of copper wire:  The price of copper wire has increased over the past year. This price increase raises the pricing we receive from the Chinese manufacturers for these strings/bulbs.
  • Custom duties: Import duties have increased on lighting products from China in the past year.  

We still have a limited inventory of lights that we purchased in 2010.  If you are interested in discussing pricing, you will want to do this ASAP. Call us: 816-941-0400 or e-mail us: support@animatedlighting.com

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Sincerely,

The Sales Team
Animated Lighting, Inc.
816-941-0400