Can Ketra Lighting Be Retrofitted in My Home?

Lutron's Ketra offers one of the world's most advanced LED lighting systems. With dozens of patents to their name, they reinvented how we illuminate our homes.

Tunable, full-spectrum LED lighting gives us 17 million colors to brighten our homes, changeable with the touch of a button or voice command. Natural light technology accurately mimics changing daylight as it transforms our lights from the blue glow of dawn to the bright white of midday before settling into the soft orange-red hue of a setting sun. This system brings daylight indoors and enhances our well-being by synchronizing our internal time clocks set to light and darkness. 

Ketra's Vibrancy, the first of its kind, uses tunable white light to bring out the best features in paintings, textures, and fine artwork, completely changing a person's perception. Natural Dimming was also the first of its kind—LED illumination that warms naturally as it dims.

To say it revolutionized home lighting is an understatement. 

Because of its tremendous power and beauty, our lighting design and automation experts at SmartHome Solutions, Inc., are commonly asked about installing it in existing homes. Is it only available for new builds, or can it be retrofitted?

Because of the number of people concerned about this potential issue, we thought it was time to address it in writing. Here, then, lies the answer to the possibility of integrating Ketra lighting into your home.

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Drum Roll, Please

Yes! Ketra lighting can be installed in existing homes. In fact, it offers several retrofit options, including retrofit-friendly fixtures and bulbs, track luminaires, and integration into existing Lutron and other major smart home automation systems. 

Ketra's Retrofit Lamps

Ketra's A20 lamp is designed specifically for simple retrofitting applications. This fully tunable light offers an omni-directional or semi-directional beam pattern. The former enables lighting designers to create ambient lighting with 360 degrees of illumination for even distribution. 

A semi-directional beam pattern allows a narrower focus, providing the ideal illumination for accent or task lighting, perfect for highlighting artwork, directing light to countertops for meal preparation, or reading nooks. 

Wirelessly controlled, it integrates with Lutron's HomeWorks QSX home automation system, offering effortless management of lights, shades, climate, security, and entertainment. It can be used in wall sconces, table lamps, and pendants, enabling designers to create the all-important layered lighting effect.

These lamps are equipped with all of Ketra's tunable lighting solutions, letting you use light like a painter's palette in limitless whites, pastels, and saturated colors. After creating various lighting scenarios for the many activities that make up your life, you can save them as scenes, recalling them with the touch of a button. Its dynamic spectrum also supports Ketra's Vibrancy, Natural Light, and Natural Dimming technologies. 

Ketra's S30 lamp offers the ultimate solution with a track luminaire that retrofits legacy track lighting applications. 

The D4R Recessed Downlight

Ketra's D4R retrofit downlight offers a 4-inch aperture and adjustable beam angles ranging from 15° to 60°, providing the perfect application for existing homes. It also responds to wireless controls and possesses all of Ketra's features and capabilities. 

These downlights are designed to fit into existing recessed lighting cans, enabling integrators to replace older bulbs with high-performance Ketra LED solutions. 

Are you ready to transform your home through the power of light? We're excited to share the great news for current and future homeowners—you can. 

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