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Welcome to LED Lighting Supply Blog. We tried to put together a collection of posts related to LED Education, Electrical Contractor Resources, and just good information related to topics similar to LED Lighting. So whether you are looking for information on Buyers Guides to High Bays or Parking Lot Fixtures, information on lumens, color temperature or color rendering index, or the path on how to become an electrician, our blog posts will hopefully help and educate you.

LED Grow Lights Buyer Guide

LED Grow Lights Buyer Guide

Living in a space where there’s little to no light can be a struggle when it comes to growing indoor plants. Enter, LED grow lights. Indoor gardening enthusiasts often find themselves using this...

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How Do Grow Lights Work?

How Do Grow Lights Work?

One of the most effective tools in today's commercial growing are grow lights. These specialized light fixtures are engineered to replicate the suns light spectrum and intensity. This aids the...

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How LEDs Pay for Themselves

How LEDs Pay for Themselves

One of the most common hurdles on large projects for customers is funding sources. For sports fields, grants sometimes do not come through. For industrial projects, sometimes cash gets reallocated...

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The History of LED Lights

The History of LED Lights

These days, LED lighting can be found just about everywhere. The light-emitting diode (LED) is currently the most energy-efficient lighting technology available. It is one of the most rapidly...

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Shunted vs Unshunted Tombstone

Shunted vs Unshunted Tombstone

What are Tombstones? Have you ever heard the term “tombstones” when people talk about lighting, but you didn’t know what it was referring to? It can be confusing because it describes the appearance...

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The Best Lighting Audit Software

The Best Lighting Audit Software

As a lighting industry expert, one of the best things that you can do for your customers is to demonstrate how energy-efficient lighting systems can help save on energy costs and provide an impact...

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Video Resources

Video Resources

We are constantly adding new videos to Our YouTube Channel. Check back to this page often to see new videos on the latest and greatest in Commercial Lighting, Industrial Lighting, and Sports...

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Lighting Certifications Explained

Lighting Certifications Explained

Many certifications demonstrate key knowledge of the various facets of the lighting industry. They assure that a lighting professional is competent and proficient in their field of expertise. Having...

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Buyers Guide to Canopy Lighting

Buyers Guide to Canopy Lighting

Looking to convert your existing metal halide or high-pressure sodium lighting to LED? Are you unsure of whether the time or investment is worth it? We put together this comprehensive guide on some...

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LED Equivalent Chart

LED Equivalent Chart

If you know anything about LED lighting, you likely know that LEDs are considered to be energy-efficient fixtures that help save money on electrical costs. And, although that is not the only benefit...

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Buyers Guide to Low Bays

Buyers Guide to Low Bays

What are Low Bays? Low Bay fixtures are designed as a source of light for indoor spaces. These lights are commonly found installed on ceilings that range in height from 10 to 20 feet high. They are...

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Guide to Exit Sign Requirements

Guide to Exit Sign Requirements

They’re there when you need them most, but essentially unnoticeable otherwise. Exit signs are an essential component of a safe environment, and every industrial and commercial facility needs them....

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Office Lighting Design Guide

Office Lighting Design Guide

Upgrade Your Office with LED Lighting Lighting and offices are more complex than you might think at first glance. It needs to do the obvious, provide lighting. However, it must also accomplish many...

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Factory Lighting Guide

Factory Lighting Guide

Understanding the lighting that spaces like manufacturing plants, factories, and other facilities need is very crucial for the owners as well as the electricians who carry out the process. The...

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Vapor Proof Lighting Buyers Guide

Vapor Proof Lighting Buyers Guide

Vapor proof lights are luminaries that are shock-proof, waterproof, and dustproof. They come in many different styles and varying levels of water and dust protection. An LED Vapor proof light takes...

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Lighting Audit Checklist

Lighting Audit Checklist

If you’re a facilities manager, you likely perform periodic checkups of the heavy machinery and other equipment that you use daily. But there might be a large aspect of your daily operating...

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Guide to Lighting in Airports

Guide to Lighting in Airports

A lit-up airport in the middle of the night is a sight to see, whether it brings a feeling of wanderlust or the dread of a red-eye flight. In technical terms, this lighting is referred to as airport...

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How to Become an Electrician

How to Become an Electrician

Licensed Electrician Career Path: Let's Get Started! As one of the largest industries in the country, the electrical contracting industry is worth more than $130 billion each year. There are 70,000...

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Highway Lighting Guide

Highway Lighting Guide

Lighting up the Road to Somewhere Highway lighting plays an important role in ensuring that the roadways are safe for drivers by ensuring that the streets are visible, even at night. Highway...

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Color Temperature

Color Temperature

Although people overlook it, they should always consider the difference between color temperatures. This is a very significant factor when you install new LED lighting fixtures. It’s possible for...

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Color Rendering Index Explained

Color Rendering Index Explained

Things to Know About CRI If you’ve been shopping for LEDs, you may have come across the term "CRI" or “Color Rendering Index”.  Knowing what CRI is, and how important it is, will help you make a...

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Why Upgrade to LED Lighting?

Why Upgrade to LED Lighting?

Advancements in technology across the board have let people live more efficient lives. Whether it be the accessibility of a smartphone or the fuel efficiency of a car, technology lets us do more...

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Buyers Guide to Street Lighting

Buyers Guide to Street Lighting

LEDs Make Streets Brighter Street lights have a very obvious purpose that is lighting up the walkways, driveways, and other similar areas to ensure a safe driving and walking experience for the...

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Metal Halide vs LED

Metal Halide vs LED

13 Reasons LED Wins (especially No. 3) It's 2023, so it's common knowledge that converting from Metal Halide Lamp (HID) lighting to LED (light emitting diodes) lighting will save you money. The real...

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LED Lumens vs Metal Halide Lumens

LED Lumens vs Metal Halide Lumens

LED Lumens - There is No Comparison Everyone everywhere is upgrading their lighting systems to LED. There’s a reason for that. By every metric, LED lights outperform all other lights that came...

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250W Metal Halide LED Replacement

250W Metal Halide LED Replacement

What Does it Take to Replace a 250-Watt Metal Halide? Too bright is as bad as too dim. Trying to find the right solution can be daunting. Luckily, we're here to help. What LED Wattage Replaces a...

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LED Frequently Asked Questions

LED Frequently Asked Questions

1. What Are LED Lights, and Do They Save Energy? LED lights are much more energy-efficient than all other lighting technologies that came before them. This includes metal halide, high-pressure...

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LED vs Fluorescent Office Lighting

LED vs Fluorescent Office Lighting

What’s the Best Lighting for an Office Environment? Office lighting can be a little tricky. You’ll need to provide bright light to perform precision tasks, but the light can’t have a glare or be...

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What is LED?

What is LED?

LEDs are Light-Emitting Diodes, semiconductor electronic devices that produce visible light. They were initially used as simple indicator lights. Today, they are used extensively for indoor and...

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IP Rating and LED Light Fixtures

IP Rating and LED Light Fixtures

Shopping for LED commercial and industrial lighting can be confusing. There are many factors to consider, but the good news is that you’ve already made a great choice by deciding to switch to LED...

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Metal Halide Fixtures

Metal Halide Fixtures

A metal halide fixture is a commercial or industrial light that has five main parts: The fixture type, such as high bay, shoebox, flood light, wall pack, and canopy light. The bulb, that screws into...

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20 Tips on LED Lights

20 Tips on LED Lights

We compiled a list of helpful LED Tips for your benefit and hopefully, you might learn some useful things about LED lighting. Our tips include everything from helpful hints when it comes to...

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Lumen Depreciation and LED Lighting

Lumen Depreciation and LED Lighting

When we talk about replacing lights, we try to reduce the current costs that old, inefficient lights incur. We also try to keep (if not improve) the current quality of light in place. Here are some...

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Converting to LED – S/P Ratios

Converting to LED – S/P Ratios

A lot of the time, we are asked what is the equivalent LED is to convert from Metal Halide. Typically, we have a product in mind that works based on previous experience. But how did we come up with...

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Do Dimmer Switches Save Power?

Do Dimmer Switches Save Power?

What is a Dimmer Switch? Dimmer switches give you the ability to change the amount of light that a fixture produces. Thus, it allows you to have control over the amount of light in a room or space....

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How to Calculate Lumens Per Watt

How to Calculate Lumens Per Watt

LED Wattage for Replacing Existing Lighting We hear this question all the time. The unfortunate reality is that looking at "watts" is the wrong way to shop when you are replacing your existing...

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Lighting Terminology Glossary

Lighting Terminology Glossary

ANSI (American National Standards Institute) A private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary instructions and sets performance levels for products, services, processes,...

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Pupil Lumens

Pupil Lumens

Pupil Lumens is a concept that is not well-known outside of the lighting industry, but it is an important aspect to consider for lighting upgrades. Here is a helpful example: Recently, a warehouse...

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Busting Electricity Myths

Busting Electricity Myths

In the world of electricity, there are prevalent myths that are passed around and are occurring far too often without any evidence that they are the truth. So, with this post, we are busting these...

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How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

​Why Carbon Footprint? Thinking about carbon footprints is a simple way of thinking about ways and means of reducing environmental pollution. By reducing one's carbon footprint each one of us can...

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