If you haven’t been paying attention, old lighting technology is being phased out and the hits keep coming! In August 2023, the incandescent and halogen ban went live, catching many by surprise. Theaters, schools and churches that relied on the consistent dimming of halogen PARs and MRs contacted Premier Lighting scrambling to find LED options … Read more
Customer Profile: The Barnett name has been part of the White Bear Lake and Twin Cities auto dealer scene for more than 50 years. Through all those decades, their sales staff has remained committed to making the customer’s auto buying experience the best it can be. It’s working; they’re a family business now on their … Read more
If you have been inundated with all the LED T8 lamp choices and just want a lamp that can do it all, look no further. Keystone Tech has upgraded their ComboDrive X3 LED T8 to now be color-selectable, so now there is 1 lamp that has all the colors and can be installed in whichever … Read more
When replacing low watt incandescents, we tend to expect them to be 120V. However that is not always the case, so what can be done when replacing a 60W or 100W incandescent in a 277V setting? TCP has you covered with all kinds of 120-277V universal voltage screw-in lamps. TCP has 60W equivalent and 100W … Read more
Premier Lighting for many years has handled the lighting needs for various multi-housing and senior living facilities. This includes traditional lighting supply; T8’s, ballasts, lenses, CFL’s, etc from our St. Paul warehouse as well as retrofitting fixtures to LED or getting new LED fixtures. Garage lighting for a facility like this is important. With a … Read more
The Xcel Energy DI Program is wrapping up and we are still catching our breath! Premier reps hit the streets at the time the program was announced and when the dust settled, we ended up converting 25,000 fluorescent tubes to LED at no cost to the customer. This included install as well, although there were … Read more
Ever since the commercial LED boom nearly 10 years ago, Premier Lighting has been a leader in providing unique high ceiling LED retrofit solutions to churches, school, art centers and auditoriums. We started in our local area of St. Paul/Minneapolis and as word grew online eventually we have hit every state in the US as … Read more
When new tech hits the lighting market, you know GE Current is going to put their own spin on it to make it unique. That might be added features or making sure their efficacy is unparalleled for a given lamp type. Color-select LED T8 lamps are growing in popularity because they allow the user to … Read more
Customer Profile: Nordic Ware – Minnesota made and family-owned since 1946. It has been 75 years since founder Dave Dalquist returned from WWII to start the company in his basement along with his father, brother and wife Dotty. With only $500 in their pockets, a few good ideas and a desire to create a business … Read more
If you have 1000W-2000W HID sources, you will want to check out the new Keystone XFit Sports Light Floods. These high-powered floodlight fixtures put out 100,000+ lumens and are being used to replace up to 2000W HIDs being used at municipal parks, baseball fields, high school football stadiums, ski resorts and other similar applications. Options, … Read more