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With the power outages sustained over the past month, the effectiveness of emergency lighting systems has been tested. Some had new LED emergency systems, others were using old fluorescent emergency backup ballasts. Some failed spectacularly while others did their intended job. The commonality for these systems is many now need to be upgraded/replaced. Each particular … Read more
Customer Profile: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church provides fellowship, worship, ministries, and faith formation in the Pine City, Minnesota area. Goal: The sanctuary at Our Redeemer was poorly lit with 120W BR40 lamps, many of which were out or had declined light output. Thus they were seeking an LED retrofit solution that would be an upgrade … Read more
TCP LED Commercial Recessed Downlights bring the color-select & power-select functionality to adapt to any application. Available in in standard 4″, 6″, and 8″ as well as the larger 10″ and 12″ sizes. Each size comes with a switch to change between three wattage options and then two color-select models as well with either 3000K/3500K/4000K … Read more
As we have heard from some clients we deal with that have worked with them in the past, Industrial Lighting Supply Inc of Minneapolis has gone out of business. Also known as Industrial and Residential Lighting, the company was previously owned by Todd Stegora-Peterson and located at 200 2nd Street North Minneapolis, MN 55401. While … Read more
Keystone Technologies pride themselves on “Light Made Easy” and once again they have come through with their Color-Select & Power-Select HID LED lamps. With a simple switch on the lamp, users can change the color temp from 3000K-4000K-5000K or choose between three wattage options on each lamp. This greatly reduces SKU options and pain points … Read more
Some of the most difficult fixtures to maintain and retrofit are in ground well lights. Typically you find these outdoors, but when you have a decorative fish statue like the above picture and it is surrounded in rock you might find a well light. Traditionally well lights have HID lamps (high pressure sodium or metal … Read more
As we finish up this crazy 2020 year, it is strange to think of how things were when the year started. Covid-19 changed everything including lighting and how facilities operate. Up until then, UV-C lighting was a small yet still growing sector in the business. Now that UV-C lighting has been proven effective in killing/deactivating … Read more
Preferences change fast in the lighting industry and one thing we are seeing is an added focus on warmer color temperatures for outdoor lighting. Many of the early LED retrofit bulbs were in 4000K Cool White or most often 5000K Daylight, both of which provided a stark contrast in look to the HID lamps of … Read more
Customer Profile: Smith Metal Products in Chisago, MN employs over 50 years of molding experience and has an extensive range of material systems designed to offer the utmost flexibility of any MIM/CIM producer. Smith is a division of Plastic Products Company, Inc. which is one of the largest Employee owned molders in the United States. … Read more
TCP continues to expand their lighting catalogue and now offers Type C LED T8 and T5 lamps. Type C LED tubes utilize an external LED driver that is similar to how a ballast operates as the power runs through the driver. These are dimmable drivers that allow for crisp 0-10V dimming (0-10V Dimmer sold separately). … Read more