Lighting
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Dimmable LED’s – DON’T FORGET THE DIMMER!!
When you go to a job to replace a bunch of incandescent bulbs for LED bulbs, don’t forget to check…
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Lumens Or Watts? – THE BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHTS
A lot of people still use wattage to talk about the brightness of lamps, when in reality lumens are the…
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Dimming Drivers and Ballasts
Previously, we had discussed LED drivers and fluorescent ballasts: a brief history, how they work, typical installs, and the differences…
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Drivers vs Ballasts – What’s the Difference?
Have you ever wondered why fluorescents use AC voltage and LEDs use DC voltage? Did you know that was a…
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Wiring Up Emergency Ballasts
Emergency ballasts and emergency LED drivers act the same way their non-emergency counterparts do with one addition: a back-up battery.…
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Color Temperature – Kelvin (2700k, 3500k, 4000k, 5000k)
The Kelvin Scale is used to talk about the color of objects at certain temperatures, whereas other temperature scales deal…
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