Modular Low Voltage Lighting Power Supply with Segmented Outputs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing low voltage lighting power supply systems face challenges in synchronizing light operations across different sets, managing power distribution efficiently, and facilitating easy installation and control, often leading to cumbersome interfaces, trial-and-error wiring processes, and risk of overload conditions.
Innovation Solution
A low voltage lighting power supply system with a modular design featuring separate primary and secondary sides, each with its own power circuit, equipped with real-time power measurement and control logic to manage and distribute power efficiently, synchronize lighting events, and provide user-friendly installation and control interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single power supply is used to power all lights, then the system structure is simple, but the power distribution cannot meet different power requirements of different light sets
Solution Approach 1:
The power supply is divided into multiple independent output circuits (first output circuit, second output circuit, etc.), each capable of providing power to different light sets with different power requirements. This segmentation allows each circuit to be independently configured and controlled, resolving the contradiction between simple structure and adaptable power distribution.
2Reliability
If wires are run through PVC tubing with conduit nut to connect lights, then the connection is secure, but the installation process is tedious and difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the conduit nut and PVC tubing requirement from the installation process. Wires are directly inserted into wire access openings in the enclosure bottom, eliminating the tedious process of running wires through tubing and securing them with large conduit nuts, while maintaining secure connections.
3Reliability
If trial and error process is used to determine safe light connection capacity, then overload conditions can be avoided, but the installation time is excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-determines and specifies the power capacity ratings for each output circuit during the design and manufacturing phase. This preliminary action eliminates the need for installers to perform time-consuming trial and error tests to determine safe connection capacities, as the safe operating limits are already established and documented.
4Ease of operation
If synchronization control is implemented across multiple power supplies, then lighting events can be coordinated, but the control system becomes complex and lights may still lose synchronization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates control of multiple light sets under a single power supply unit with multiple output circuits. This merging approach eliminates the need for separate power supplies that would require complex synchronization protocols, as all lights are naturally synchronized through the single centralized control system.
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AI summary
The present application discloses systems and methods for providing low voltage power for low voltage lighting sources, e.g., so-called landscape lighting. A low voltage lighting power supply includes an enclosure and a power circuit enclosed in the enclosure. In some embodiments the power circuit has a primary side and a secondary side. The primary side accepts power from a main power source and the secondary side has a plurality of separate output power circuits, each output power circuit generating a separate low voltage lighting power signal capable of lighting a plurality of low voltage light sources and each being rated for a particular output.