If you have tried CFL lamps and are not happy with them but don't want to go with expensive LED lamps to save electrical cost why not try Halogen Incandescents? Halogen incandescent lamps use a halogen gas filled envelope to reduce the amount of energy needed to give a light output similar to a higher wattage incandescent. The use of a halogen envelope also extends the life of the lamp filament by up to two times that of a standard incandescent.
Halogen incandescents are also dimmable with a standard incandescent dimmer wheras most CFL lamps and many LED lamps are not.
We are excited to announce the purchase of our refurbished Ford F550 Bucket truck. This new addition has a 38 foot boom with aa 44 ft working height. We found the 28 ft boom on our old truck to be just too short for some of our needs. Please contact us for pricing on this new addition.
RAB Lighting has released their 2nd generation LED Lpacks (wall packs.) These new fixtures emit 40 percent more light than the original Lpacks. RAB has also expanded their choices to include a 10 watt unit, a 13 watt unit and the 20 watt unit.
The 20 watt unit is capable of putting out light levels similar to a 175 Metal Halide lamp. If you factor in the ballast loss on a 175 watt Metal Halide the RAB Lpack uses roughly 1/10th the electricity while still giving the same amount of light. The RAB Lpacks have a rated lifespan of 50,000 and a 5 year warranty. In comparison, life span on a 175 Metal Halide lamp is somewhere around 18,000 hours.
I have three of the original generation Lpacks installed on my home. I have ten watt units on both sides of my garage door and a 20 watt unit on my back deck. I've really been impressed with these and am excited to see and install the 2nd generation lights.
These fixtures are so efficient that I often leave the two on my garage on all night for security purposes. It's nice to know that the two units are only using a total of 20 watts of electricity.
Here is a short video on the new CREE CR6 LED modules designed to fit in existing 6 inch recessed light housings. These should be on the market by the end of August. We have a sample on order and will update our blog once we give this new product the once over.
I've been interested in Induction lighting since first reading about them. We were lucky enough to have the chance to install a couple of them in the main waiting room area of Bridger Orthopedics. It's been over a year now since the install and we have not had any issues with them.
For that project we selected the Phillips QL 85 light. The complete package includes the generator, the antenna and the vessel. You can see those devices in this short youtube video.
The project at Bridger Orthopedics was actually a retro-fit job on two seperate fixtures. The fixtures were existing and used a 400 watt metal halide lamp to provide up-lighting on a wood ceiling. We removed the metal halide lamps, disconnected the ballast and installed the Phillips QL 85 system. The light output of the QL 85 was not quite as good as the 400 watt metal halide but was certainly sufficient for the task. Unlike a HID style fixture, the QL 85 had a very slight warm up period and will re-start almost immediately if power is cycled.
Now to the really good part.....the QL 85 unit has a rated lifespan of 100,000 hours. A typical metal halide lamp might last 15,000-20,000 hours. Servicing these lights required the use of a lift and could not be done during normal business hours so, by removing the metal halides and replacing with the induction lights, we have greatly reduced maintenance cost. We also dropped the electrical load 630 watts (315 watts per fixture). That's not only 630 watts of direct savings on the utility bill it's also 630 less watts of heat the cooling system had to offset during the summer months. The reduced maintenance needs and the reduction in electrical usage by these fixtures and the HVAC system makes this retro-fit a real winner.
The bad part? If I keep putting these I might just work myself out of a job!
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