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Understanding Light Bulb Screw Bases
With hundreds of different types of bulbs on the market today, and the ever-growing list of LED Light Bulbs, it can be a challenge ensuring that the right bulb is chosen.
Add to the fact that there are different styles and sizes of bulb bases, even for the same bulb shapes, and it can quickly become an overwhelming process.
Take the four most common types of bulb bases, for instance. There are screw, bayonet, wedge, and bi-pin bases to account for, all of which are used in different applications and work using different sockets.
- Michael Tomas
LED Corn Light Installation Tips
LED Corn Lights, with their compact size and high lumen output, are an ideal solution for retrofitting existing fixtures. However, like with all lighting, proper installation is required for LED Corn Lights to work and to avoid premature failure.
Tip #1 - Bypass the Ballast With metal halide fixtures, the ballast acts to regulate the amount of current supplied to the light source. However, most LED fixtures use a driver, which eliminates the need for a ballast.
- Michael Tomas
5 Ways to Control Your LED Parking Lot Fixtures
Making the switch from traditional lighting sources, such as HID or Halogen fixtures, to LED will provide your parking lot with higher efficiency and lower costs due to longer lifespans.
For maximum efficiency and to save even further, we recommend some form of regulation on your LED Parking Lot Fixtures, which can be installed either as a stand-alone system or combined with other fixtures for maximum efficiency.
Here are some of the most popular methods to control your LED Parking Lot Fixtures!
- Michael Tomas
Causes and Troubleshooting for Flickering LED Fixtures
As lighting technology becomes more advanced and LED lighting becomes more readily available, it’s important to be aware of new issues to tackle as the technology changes.
LED lighting is more energy efficient and has a much longer lifespan than traditional forms of lighting, but one common issue that can be experienced with LED lighting is flickering.
- Michael Tomas
HTM Product Overview: 4ft 24W T5 LED Tubes
As one of our most popular products, our 4ft 24W T5 LED Tubes are a simple but efficient way of reducing your power consumption and lowering your overall cost!
These T5 LED Tubes provide maximum efficiency by requiring a simple dual-ended ballast bypass connection, and are rated for up to 50,000 hours of use!
- Michael Tomas
CCT & Wattage Tunable Fixtures Rapidly Gaining Popularity
As a contractor or homeowner, choosing the right fixture for the job is challenging enough already, but what about the color temperature and wattage?
While older fixtures used to require different variations for different CCTs and wattages, nowadays there are CCT and Wattage Tunable fixtures that encompass a range of CCTs and wattages, eliminating the need to order multiple fixtures for the same job!
- Michael Tomas
