The Benefits of LED Lighting - Featured in VIEW Magazine
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Top 5 Reasons to Choose Diode LED Tape Light
Learning what makes LED tape light good enough for your needs can be difficult to understand. That is why we created this helpful guide to understanding what makes Diode LED Tape Light great! ...
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A Practical Guide to LED Lighting in Residential Application
Up Top: Quick purchasing guide for linear lighting GOOD BETTER BEST BLAZE™ Basics BLAZE™ X VALENT® X INTRODUCTION LED lighting solutions are on the rise. There are more LED products and alternatives available on the market already than there ever have been for traditional incandes...
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Correlated Color Temperature and Kelvin
The CCT (Correlated Color Temperature) represents the color of white light. White light can be warm like candlelight or cool like fluorescent or an overcast day and many colors in-between. LED light sources use correlated color temperature to measure the color of the white light, based on the t...
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Why is CRI Important?
When designing any space, color, texture, and finishes play a critical role in the process. Equally important is lighting. With high-CRI lighting, colors pop, textures stand out, and finishes have depth and luster. Think of lighting as the fourth element of good design, which turns colors and t...
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IP Rating
An Ingress Protection (IP) rating of a product is represented by two numbers. The first number determines the protection rating against solid objects or materials. The second number determines the protection rating against the ingress of liquid/moisture. IP ratings and descriptions are a...
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Save the Turtles: Use Red and Orange LEDs
We all know that LEDs are better for the environment, mainly because they use less energy than incandescent, fluorescent and halogen lights. And less energy usage means fewer carbon emissions, which in turn creates a healthier planet. But it turns out that LEDs are the better choice for some life...
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What Is Voltage Drop?
Voltage Drop Chart PDF DOWNLOAD Voltage drop is defined as the amount of voltage loss that occurs through all or part of a circuit due to impedance. Wires, electrical components, and virtually anything carrying current will always have inherent resistance, or impedance, to current flow.
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Low Voltage Lighting: A List of Benefits
The gap in pricing between low voltage lighting and more traditional high voltage lighting continues to close, while the list of benefits for utilizing low voltage lighting continues to grow. Most consumers are familiar with the well-known energy efficiency benefits of LED lighting, but many st...
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Understanding Class 2 Compliance
Whether you’re a contractor or building manager, it is important to keep Class 2 compliance in mind when retrofitting or creating new construction with low voltage LED lights and systems. The National Electric Code (NEC) requires that low voltage power supplies and electrical wiring be C...