Generally LEDs produce a linear light output as the dimmer voltage is turned from 0% to 100%. Incandescent lights, on the other hand, do not produce light  at lower voltages. First, the filament has to heat up, and then after doing so, the filament starts producing light at a more exponential rate, with an increasing voltage. This incandescent lighting has more of an increasing curve rather than a linear output, like an LED, as the voltage or pulse modulation is increased. 

 

This new RDU allows system designers to skew the voltage outputs between four different channels (eight channels with an optional expansion pack) and produce equal levels of light output via one dimming control knob if desired. This new RDU works perfectly as an NVG dimmer for systems with both types of lighting circuits. It also has the ability to do zone control lighting and Blackout Mode lighting configurations too.

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With Easy Balance™ each channel has movable lighting curve points and can be assigned to any dimmer input. This allows for an adjustable uniform light output between all channels as a “single dimmer” is rotated from 0% to 100%. In retrofit or new designs mixing incandescent and LED lights is especially an issue. One bulky solution is to add multiple dimmers to each of the lighting circuits but that now leaves several full-sized power dimmers that require constant individualized adjustments. This new RDU provides a simple, space saving, and single unit system for easy balancing of dissimilar lighting zones using 1 dimmer knob if desired.