We See IP Rating on Electrical Components All the Time – But What Does It Mean? IP Rated Enclosures Explained What is an IP rating? IP (or “Ingress Protection”) ratings are defined in international standard EN 60529 (British BS EN 60529:1992, European IEC 60509:1989). They are used to define levels of sealing effectiveness of electrical…
V.E. Like a Boss Value Engineering can mean a lot of things to a lot of people but for us, it means not sacrificing quality and aesthetics for price. It means that we can keep our focus on the overall goal within a reasonable budget. Value Engineering does not mean cheap, it takes a little…
Fords Garage – Indianapolis We get asked all the time about our work so we decided to put a short video together to give you an example of an install. This is for one of our clients The 23 Restaurant Group http://www.23restaurants.com/. As they continue to expand the brand into different parts of the country…
Project Highlight Under the counter, lights are a fantastic use of LED light. Very straightforward installation with many different options. The first question that you need to ask yourself, what look am I trying to achieve with my under the counter lights? Are you simply trying to put functional lights in the right place so…
Understanding the language of LED Lights Watts A Watt is the amount of energy used to operate a device. In this case, an LED light. When reading that a 7 watt LED light produces the same light output as a 50-watt incandescent light it refers to the amount of power that it takes to produce that light.…
What is CRI and Why is it so Important? Have you ever left your house wearing a new jacket or sweater only to glance in a mirror at your destination and realize that it looks totally different? This can be very confusing. I think that most of us would put it down to the light…
LED Screens – Evolution LED screens can change entire landscapes – the can bring the forest to the city, create waterfalls in hotel lobbies and let your imagination run wild with endless visual possibilities. No longer are they just used for advertisements in Times Square New York or along the Las Vegas Strip. As technology…
Why Tunable Lighting? So what are tunable LED lights? They are the next step in the evolution of lighting technology. The picture above is of a timelapse of the Sun’s color temperature throughout the day. At different times during the day, the Sun goes through the white light spectrum. This is in line with our…
Can LED Lights Be Dimmed? This has been one of the greatest obstacles to LED light being fully adopted throughout the world. The reason is a lack of understanding and application of the proper dimming systems to compliment the LED lights. Yes LED lights can be dimmed, but you must check first that they are…
What and How of LED Lighting A quick search on https://answerthepublic.com shows that there are over 175 commonly asked questions relating to LED lights. The questions are grouped into commonly searched terms on online search engines such as Google https://www.google.com/ and Bing http://bing.com. These questions are presupposed with “are”, “why”, “without”, “what and so on.…