A much-discussed LED technology has finally come to fruition. There are now Combo Drive LED T8 lamps in the marketplace that work on both line voltage and with fluorescent ballasts. In the past few years, many lesser-known and new to the market manufacturers with minimal lighting knowledge attempted to design lamps in hopes of being the first … Read more
Customer Profile: Based out of Minnetonka Minnesota, Wallace Carlson strives to create and deliver the finest printing and marketing services. Goal: Much like Frattalone from our previous lighting retrofit case study, Premier had retrofitted Wallace Carlson’s HID lighting to fluorescent back in 2007. With eight years passing and the fluorescent lamps and ballasts beginning to … Read more
Another option for retrofitting your 2×2 and 2×4 fluorescent luminaires to LED are the Everline LED Tube Retrofit Kits. Fast and easy install that bypasses the ballast; no redesign of fixture or revised layout needed. Includes two lensed modules that provide broad, even lighting distribution and an LED Everline driver that allows for 0-10V dimming down … Read more
Goal: Premier Lighting had retrofitted Frattalone’s lighting from 400 watt metal halides to 6-lamp T8 fluorescent fixtures back in 2007. LED T8 lighting was not a viable option at that point, but with the recent advancements in LED technology it was time to come back in and see if retrofitting those fluorescent T8 lamps to … Read more
GE has just released a 165W LED retrofit lamp that replaces expensive and inefficient 400W HID lamps. Install is simple; no complicated rewiring necessary as it screws into the existing fixture and reuses the ballast. Lamp can be mounted vertically or horizontally. Over 55% in energy savings as well as better light quality and 2.5x longer … Read more
There are many inefficient and costly-to-maintain compact fluorescent and HID recessed can lights that should be converted to LED. Because of the variety of options in the marketplace, the trick is how to retrofit the recessed can to LED. Here are the steps to take prior to deciding your best option: 1. Where is the recessed … Read more
Xcel Energy has been offering enticing rebates for LED conversions since the beginning of 2015, and as of September 1st they are now offering limited time bonus rebates of up to 50% additional! There are several rebate programs available from Xcel Energy and being the number 1 provider of Xcel Rebates for the last 2 … Read more
Goal: There were many reasons Spring Lake Park High School wanted Premier Lighting to take a look at their pool lighting to see if LED was a viable option. Not only was the existing lighting setup producing less than ideal results, but re-lamping was a costly endeavor. Assessment: The lighting closest to the pool consisted … Read more
If you have a need for new LED strip fixtures or want to replace your existing ones, a good quick option is Globalux’s LCS series LED Channel Strips. Unlike other LED strip fixtures, these do not require purchasing LED T8 tubes to install into the fixture. Instead, they have high-quality internal LED strips. This ensures … Read more
With each passing day, LED’s dominance in the lighting market grows exponentially. Thus it should be no surprise to learn that horticultural lighting is phasing out inefficient traditional high pressure sodium for superior LED grow lamps. Energy-efficiency and light output are factors in this, as they always are. But as we learn more about the … Read more