Customer Profile: Faith Lutheran Church in Forest Lake, MN was founded in 1888 by “fifteen Swedish families and one Norwegian family”. The original church, built in 1892, burned in 1960 and was a total loss. A new church was built and opened for worship in 1962. The sanctuary with stained glass and wood accents is … Read more
LED tubes have grown in popularity vastly over the last few years, but retrofitting fluorescent sign lights has continued to prove difficult. There is little room inside signs to change the socket and not many LED options with an R17d recessed base for using the existing sockets. Worse yet, many signs are double-sided and require … Read more
A new LED T8 option has hit the market that has caught the eye of many large institutions that wish to install true flicker-free LED T8 lamps. Energy Focus has developed a flicker free LED T8 that comes backed with a 10 year warranty on each lamp and rated at 60,000 hours. Included in this … Read more
In the last several years, one of the most popular lighting conversions that has taken place has been the process of converting linear fluorescent to LED. That said, there have been some complications that have made it difficult for end users to make this happen. Today we’re going to look at one specific area that … Read more
TCP LED colored lamps come in various colors and lamp styles. Available colors include yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue, and green. Lamp sizes include LED A15, LED BR30, and LED PAR38. These colored LED lamps are non-dimmable and run on 120V. Rated for 25,000 hours with a 3-year manufacturer warranty.
Customer Profile: What do you get when you cross three sheets of ice with state, national, and international champion hockey and figure skating teams? Braemar Arena! For hockey and figure skating enthusiasts, Braemar Arena features three indoor, regulation-sized ice sheets and is home to the Braemar-City of Lakes Figure Skating Club, the Edina Hornets hockey … Read more
Hubbell’s SG Sling fixture is a slender LED Wallpack that is well-suited for numerous applications, from perimeter/security lighting at commercial buildings to entrances and stairwells at schools. Smaller Sg1 series replaces 100W-150W HID while the larger Sg2 series LED wallpack replaces up to 150W-250W HID lamps. The Hubbell SG comes standard with photocontrol, a real benefit which … Read more
Customer Profile: District 196 is located in the southern suburbs of Minneapolis and St. Paul. It is the fourth largest school district in Minnesota, serving approximately 28,000 students and more than 150,000 total residents. The district’s 110 square miles encompass all or part of the cities of Rosemount, Apple Valley, Eagan, Burnsville, Coates, Inver Grove … Read more
Ballast bypass LED T8 lamps have become the most popular option for retrofitting linear fluorescent bulbs. But what hasn’t been decided yet is which install method is preferred, single-end wiring or double-ended? Better yet, what if there was an LED T8 that could do both? With Keystone’s release of the Direct Drive X2 LED T8, … Read more
How do optics work with LEDs? Many think it is simply the plastic lens on the top of the bulb covering the diodes that disperses the light. However when you dig deeper into the components, there is more to it. In taking a closer look at the LED diodes themselves, they have an outer casing. This … Read more