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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...
The Complete Guide to Light Pole Components
Light poles are found just about everywhere you go but most people don’t give them much thought. Tall and slender, they are used to illuminate the outdoors at night. They do this by allowing...
The Complete Guide to Light Pole Installation
Street and parking lot lights are designed to deliver bright and effective illumination for large outdoor areas. Light poles provide lighting solutions for a variety of locations. These include...
The Complete Guide to Light Pole Maintenance
Light poles can be found just about everywhere. They line our streetways, sidewalks, parking lots, athletic fields, and more. While the luminaires that provide light for pathways for pedestrians or...
What Does It Take to Replace 1500 Watt and 2000 Watt Metal Halide with LED?
Metal halide lights used to be the most common type of commercial lighting before the advent of LED lights. They provided a bright light and were economically priced. They are typically used in the...
7 Winning Work Habits for an Electrician
It’s not enough to possess good technical skills to be a successful electrician. They are important but there are other attributes that you can bring to the job that are just as important to your...
Microwave vs PIR Motion Sensors: What’s the Difference?
You’re probably aware of the different kinds of lighting controls that are out there. Dimmers and timers are two examples. They operate just as you would imagine. Dimmers adjust light levels and...
The Complete Guide to Digital Marketing for Electrical Contractors
As an electrician, you provide an essential service that is always in demand. But, depending on your location, it is a very competitive industry. Therefore, you need to stand out among the...
How to Reduce Heat from LED Lights: The Complete Guide
LED lighting, because of its energy-saving features, has become popular in the lighting industry. It features high efficiency, a long lifespan, and is cost-effective. LEDs consume far less energy...
The Complete Guide to Marketing for Electrical Contractors
As an electrical contractor, you know that you provide valuable services that are always in demand. However, you also know that your trade is a competitive one. Being highly skilled and providing...
The Complete Guide to How LED Lights Are Made
LED Lights – What are They and How Do They Work? LED lights are currently the best and most energy-efficient lighting systems available. Because of this, all other types of lighting are being phased...
The 15 Best Podcasts for Contractors
Podcasting has exploded, and with good reason. Podcasts come in the form of digital audio and/or video files that can be downloaded or streamed on various devices. You can listen to or view them on...
The Top 10 Facility Maintenance Software Applications
As a facility manager, your main responsibility is to ensure that your organization’s buildings are safe, efficient, and comfortable for their occupants. Real estate is a business’s most expensive...
The Complete Guide to Business Tax Credits for LED Lighting
There are many things to take into consideration when upgrading to energy-efficient LED lighting. The obvious benefits of an LED lighting retrofit, or an LED lighting upgrade project include:...
LED Lighting Upgrades: A Guide for Facility Managers
As a facility manager, you’re responsible for all aspects of the physical infrastructure of an organization. Part of this responsibility is to identify areas where you can increase the efficiency...
The Difference Between Maintained and Non-Maintained Emergency Lights Explained
Whether it’s a power outage, a fire, or any kind of natural disaster, it’s critical that people in any kind of facility know how to evacuate to safety. Their path needs to be properly illuminated...
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...
The Complete Guide to SEO For Electrical Contractors
If you’re an independent contractor, you probably have a website that showcases your products and services. Over the years, the world wide web has become a great sales and marketing tool for almost...
The Complete Guide to Building Your ESG Strategy
ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. It is a framework that helps stakeholders know how an organization is managing risks and opportunities related to environmental, social, and...
The Top 18 Lighting Distributors to Consider for Your Next Project
Finding the right lighting distributor for your lighting projects can be challenging. There are many to choose from and they all come with varying levels of products, services, and industry...
LED Light Color – Binning System
LED lighting systems offer a wide range of white color LEDs. Watch the light color or brightness constancy. Samples of LED projects that emit light in slightly different light colors or different...
The Difference Between Clear and Frosted Lenses
Did you ever look to purchase LED lamps or fixtures for a lighting project and notice that there are clear and frosted lens options for the same thing? Choosing the right option is important because...
Electrician Website Examples and Best Practices
Electrical contractors provide a vital service to any community. They are in high demand. However, the industry is extremely competitive. This means that marketing efforts to attract new customers...
The Environmental Impact of LED Lights: 10 Ways LEDs Are Helping the Planet
The advent of LED lighting technology has proven to be a game-changer for environmental- and energy-related matters. Over the last ten to fifteen years, it has demonstrated to be an easy,...
The Difference Between Shunted and Unshunted Tombstones
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...
How LED Lighting Can Improve Your ESG Strategy
What is ESG? ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. It is a tool used for sustainable investing. It’s a non-financial factor that is part of an investor’s analysis process. ESG...
The Most Important Considerations to Reduce Peak Demand Charges
What is Peak Demand? Peak demand is one of the factors that determines the charge rate of your electricity bill. Peak demand is the highest amount of energy used during a 15-to-30-minute period of...
LED Lighting Statistics to Know In 2022
LEDs (light-emitting diodes) are on their way to becoming king of the global lighting market. Lighting technologies like incandescent, halogen, and fluorescent are slowly being phased out and, in...
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...
The Engineering behind High Temperature LED Fixtures
This by definition seems unachievable – LED Lights that can operate in a hot environment. LEDs are good – every one is adopting them in commercial and industrial applications. But they have their...
The Complete Guide to Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
A whole new way of driving a car has begun with the advent of the modern electric vehicle (EV). Unlike a car with an internal combustion engine, one major advantage of an EV is that you can charge...
The Complete Guide to Industrial Energy-Efficient Projects
Industrial energy efficiency programs can deliver substantial energy savings to the general public and utility systems. It can do this at a lower cost than most programs aimed at other sectors....
Top 9 Strategies for Reducing Light Pollution
What is light pollution? We’ve all heard about different kinds of pollution. Examples include air pollution from carbon monoxide, water pollution from industrial waste, and soil pollution from...
Buyer’s Guide to Baseball Field and Softball Field Lighting
Sports Lighting is one of the most common types of projects we work with and one of the most requested and utilized fixtures we sell. LED Lighting has changed and has become more efficient since...
The Top Electrical Contractor Publications to Stay Up to Date with
As an electrical contractor, you know that the industry is in constant flux. Code changes, regulations, technological advancements, market trends, and new product releases are always changing. It’s...
The Top 11 Lighting Industry Publications to Keep Up to Date With
The lighting industry is competitive and ever-changing. Whether you’re a manufacturer, distributor, designer, installer, or have any other connection to the industry, it’s essential that you stay...
How to Avoid Shadows with Commercial LED Lights
Shadows are a phenomena known in lighting caused by uneven or unbalanced lighting. It can occur in both indoor and outdoor lighting applications. Shadowing occurs when the light between fixtures is...
Free Electrical Contractor Templates to Help Start Your Business
Starting and operating an electrical contractor business requires more than just expertise in the electrician trade. It is critical that you understand certain things before you begin: Your company...
FUPC of Dale City’s Parking Lot Retrofit Project Increased Efficiency & Reduced Maintenance
Understanding Watts, Volts, and Amps
Electricity can be difficult to understand. Here are some electrifying terms everyone should learn. Most of the electrical terminology that’s used relates to one another in some way. Understanding...
The Complete Guide To Electrician Salaries by Specialty
Electrician jobs are in demand across the United States. They play an important role because electrical systems are vital to the management of many things. They include lighting systems,...
Wayne’s Electric Service Indoor Pool Lighting Upgrade Resulted In Better Light Levels & A Satisfied Customer
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, industrial and sport LED Lighting.Videos on High...
Temple Baptist Christian School’s Gym Improved Player Experience With An LED Upgrade
Guide to LED Lighting Standards, Testing and Certifications
Sorting out recognized standards testing and certifications can be difficult. Some of them are applied to various electronic equipment, while others are only for lighting products. Standards testing...
Understanding Beam Spread and NEMA Lighting Distribution Types
What is NEMA? NEMA is the National Electrical Manufacturers Association which is a trade association of electrical manufacturers founded in 1926. It is an ANSI-accredited organization that develops...
Lighting Certifications Explained
There are many certifications that demonstrate key knowledge of the various facets of the lighting industry. They provide assurance that a lighting professional is competent and proficient in their...
Healthy Living Technology Improves Longevity of Fixtures After Upgrading to LED
Buyer Beware – LED Purchases Gone Wrong
Over the past several years, we have received phone calls, emails and chats from customers. They asked us to solve bad LED purchases. Or installation issues and bad lighting in their facilities. For...
What is Dark Sky Compliance and Why Does It Matter?
Dark sky compliance has been trending a lot lately. Thanks to the efforts of the dark-sky movement attempting to 'reclaim the sky.' But what is dark sky compliance and the dark-sky movement? Both...
Conyers Electrical’s Indoor Softball Project Increased Light Levels 87% After Adding LED Lights
This Warehouse saw a 73% Increase in Energy Savings After Switching to LEDs
Spartan Sports Park Reduced Energy Consumption by 65%
Commercial Shop Lighting Buyers Guide
There are certain settings that require special lighting setups. Workshops are one of those places. They need bright lighting for performing precision tasks. Tasks which are also often potentially...
Commercial Flood Lighting Buyers Guide
If you have a large outdoor area, then you may be looking at choosing a flood light as a way to light it up. Flood lights are extremely versatile fixtures, and you might surprised how often they are...
Stadium and Sport Field Lighting Buyers Guide
Sport field lighting is site light fixtures used to illuminate large areas for sports events. It could also be used to illuminate large outdoor events like concerts, for example. They are typically...
Warehouse Lighting Buyers Guide
Commercial and industrial warehouses all over the country are realizing that switching to LED lighting can greatly reduce their energy costs and improve employee efficiency. It is no secret that...
Buyer’s Guide to High Bay Lights
High Bays have become the corner of indoor commercial and industrial lighting for large indoor facilities. LEDs have been available in a factor that would allow them to replace HID since around...
Buyer’s Guide to Outdoor Wall Pack Lights
The term “wall pack lights” describes the outdoor lighting that is commonly mounted on the outside facing walls of buildings. Wall pack lights are generally used to provide a wide swath of...
Buyer’s Guide to Converting Metal Halide Fixtures with LED
Why should you upgrade Metal Halide to LED? There are a myriad of reasons why LED is better. Not only were LEDs designed to be more durable and energy-efficient, they can reduce your maintenance...
Buyer’s Guide to Parking Lot Lights
If you own a commercial property, then you must explore the option of switching to LED lights. These lights prove especially helpful for the parking lots and advantageous over the traditional light...
Guide to Lighting as a Service Business Model (LaaS)
Why spend so much money on lighting when you could use that capital to invest in something strategically more important for your business? There is always something that needs to be replaced or a...
10 Ways to Improve Warehouse Efficiency and Reduce Costs
Your warehouse is the heart of your company. When operating properly, it can increase your profits, reduce your overall costs and keep your customers happy. However, in order to achieve that, you...
Modern Electrician Podcast Featuring LED Lighting Supply
Let There Be Photometrics: Podcast TranscriptNeil Peterson from LED Lighting Supply recently joined Doug Powell for the Modern Electrician Podcast to talk about photometrics and LED lighting’s rapid...
Buyers Guide to Canopy Lights
Looking to convert your existing metal halide or high pressure sodium to LED? Are unsure of whether the time or investment is worth it? We put together this comprehensive guide on some essential...
Damp Location vs Wet Location Rated Lighting Comparison Guide
In everyday discussions, we may use the terms ‘damp’ and ‘wet’ as if they were the same. However, in terms of lighting, these two terms mean different things. Understanding the difference between a...
LED Lighting Equivalency 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 only one benefit of...
Buyers Guide to Low Bay Lights
What are Low Bay Lights? Low Bay light fixtures are designed as a source of light for indoor space. These lights are commonly found installed on ceilings that range in height from 10 to 20 feet...
Sport Field Lighting Design Guide
From soccer fields and baseball diamonds to tennis courts, sports fields and basketball courts, powerful stadium and field lights as well as narrow beam flood lighting is used to promote safety and...
Office Lighting Design Guide
Make Light Work of Office Lighting with LEDs Office lighting is more complicated than one may think at first glance. It needs to do the obvious, provide lighting, but it should also accomplish...
Buyers Guide to NSF Rated Lighting
Everything in the food and beverage manufacturing industry has to be tested and approved for safe use around the products we consume, even the lighting. It's imperative you understand the...
Guide to Factory Lighting
Understanding the right 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...
Commercial Natatorium Lighting Guide
Navigating Swimming Pool Lighting Any industrial or commercial facility presents its own unique challenges. But, perhaps one of the most interesting of all is the challenge of lighting natatoriums...
Guide to California Lighting Regulations: Title 20
The California Energy Commission (CEC) was put into place by the Warren-Alquist Act in 1974. At the time, a growing need for energy in the state led to a need for a modern energy policy to reduce...
Guide to LED Lighting Rebates By State
As the world’s population continues to grow, so does its need for a power supply. This constant strain on resources has power companies turning to their patrons for help and even offering them money...
Recommended Foot Candle Chart
What is a Foot Candle? A great place to start is with the definition. For those of you who may not be familiar with them, a foot-candle is a measurement of light intensity. One foot-candle is...
Guide to Industrial Lighting Design
As any facility manager knows, industrial facilities pose very unique lighting challenges. From lumber and metal production to the aerospace industry, the term “industrial” encompasses many...
Guide to Explosion Proof Lighting Classification
Explosion proof lights requirements are defined and required by OSHA for hazardous locations, such as areas containing flammable vapors, liquids or gasses, or combustible dust or fibers. We won’t be...
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...
Lighting Audit Checklist
If you’re a facilities manager, you likely do periodic checkups of the heavy machinery and other equipment that you use daily. But, there might be a large aspect of your daily operating equipment...
Industrial Energy Audit Checklist
The scale of industrial energy use in the US is significant. A 2019 study by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed that the American industrial sector made up around 32% of total...
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...
How to Become an Electrician
Electrician Career Path: Let's Get Started! As one of the largest industries in the county, the electrical contracting industry is worth more than $130 billion each year. There are 70,000 +...
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...
Color Temperature Explained
Although people overlook this fact, they should always consider the difference between color temperatures. This is one of the most significant factors when it comes to installing new LED lighting...
When to Choose a High Bay or Low Bay Light? (revised 2022)
What is a Bay Light? Before we get into the differences between High Bay LED Lights and low bay lighting, you should first know what bay lighting is. Bay lights are light fixtures that have high...
5 Cost Effective Ways To Convert Fluorescents to LED
When fluorescent lighting options came up in the first place, they were considered to be highly efficient. To be honest, they are better if you compare them to HID lighting fixtures. However, these...
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...
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...
Converting Fluorescent Shop Lights to LED
The Shop Upgrade You Should Consider - Fluorescent Lights to LED Are you still using fluorescent lighting options in your facility or workshop? If yes, you are not alone. Most shops have used or use...
15 Actionable Ways to Save Energy At School
Schools, whether they be colleges or elementary schools, are consuming energy 24/7. The costs of lighting, heating & cooling, powering electronics, and other necessities add up extremely...
Electrical Contractor Training Program
Exam Prep for Electrical Contractors Are you an electrical contractor and looking to get classroom training? Get your certification? Upgrade your qualifications? LED Lighting Supply has partnered...
LED vs Metal Halide Lighting: 13 Reasons LED Wins (Especially No. 3)
It’s 2022, so we all know that converting from Metal Halide (HID) lighting to LED lighting will save you money. The real question is how much money will it save you and why? Are Metal Halide Lights...
Everything You Need to Know About LED Lumens
LED Lumens - Beyond Compare These days, everyone is converting their lighting to LEDs. It’s not hard to understand why. LED lights offer numerous improvements over every other type of bulb on the...
The 5 Pitfalls of Buying LED and Fixing Bad LED Purchases
When you upgrade your lighting system to LED, there are many options. Some are riskier than others. Here are some of the pitfalls to avoid when making your purchase. The second part of this post...
The Cost of Not Converting to LED
Thinking about converting to LED? Not sure if the benefits of the conversion outweigh the cost of conversion? We put this post together to help you work through the costs and benefits of making the...
What Does it Take to Replace a 250 Watt Metal Halide?
Too bright is as bad as too dim. Trying to find that just right solution can be daunting. Luckily, we're here to help. “How many (LED) watts do I need to replace 250 watts metal-halide?” “Another...
LED Frequently Asked Questions
All our LED lights and bulbs are energy saving that are designed to replace incandescent, fluorescent, CFL, metal halide, high pressure sodium and halogen lights in your office, facility or...
12 Best Forums for Electricians in 2022
Electrical contractors are familiar with running into problems that they don’t know how to solve. The thing that sets people in this industry apart though, is how good they are at finding a...
40 Best Electrical Apps in 2022
Making sure that electricians have access to electrical apps is a great way to improve productivity, knowledge, and accuracy. We’ve put together this list of 40 (and growing) best electrical apps to...
5+ Best Electrician Blogs & Websites in 2022
Professional electricians aren’t the type of people who find their job getting stagnant. There are always new challenges, industry trends, and changing regulations to keep track of. So how can they...
Office Lighting – LED vs Fluorescent
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...
Impact Rating IK01 to IK10 for LED Light Fixtures
It is very common to see LED lights widely used in commercial, industrial and sporting applications. They are common place and widely used in warehouses, parking lots, manufacturing, gymnasiums and...
IP Rating and LED Light Fixtures
Shopping for LED commercial and industrial lighting can be confusing. There are many different factors to consider, but the good news is that you’ve already made a good choice by deciding to switch...
Metal Halide Fixtures
A Metal fixture is a commercial or industrial light that has 5 main parts: the fixture, such as high bay, shoebox, flood light, wall pack and canopy light. the bulb, that screws into the socket of...
LED Fixtures for Extreme Applications
Some facilities have extreme circumstances where typical LED lighting may not meet the special needs. This blog will cover 4 unique applications: high temperature, hazardous locations, food...
20 Tips on LED Lights
We compiled a list of helpful LED Tips for your benefit and hopefully, you might learn something about LED. Out tips include everything from helpful hints when it comes to retrofitting an existing...
Lighting Guide for Education Institutions
Nowhere is good lighting needed as in educational institutions. It not only improves the concentration of the students, it also enhances safety for all the people in the institution. Research has...
How Lighting Controls Are Changing Lighting
As LED technology continues to grow by leaps and bounds, the world of lighting keeps on changing. And as more businesses and organizations embrace LED technology, they realize they can save even...
What Does it Take to Replace 400 Watt Metal Halide with LED?
The right way to replace a Metal Halide is one such extensive topic that keeps being researched by a lot of people time and again. Despite us having detailed on the issue in many previous blogs, we...
Active Cooling Versus Passive Cooling for LED
LED Light is efficient. Far more efficient than the HID, fluorescent or incandescent bulbs they replace. But not all energy LED consumes is converted to light. Some of the energy is used to create...
LED Lumens to Watts Conversion – NEVER buy based on Watts
This is a common message we try and teach our customers when they call us. For example, it is not uncommon for us to get a call to quote a price on a LED Product, and being told they need a price on...
23 Ways to Improve Office Productivity Levels
Any business knows that productivity is key to growth, let alone staying afloat. Whether you are talking about a production line, a traveling salesperson, and yes even your office space;...
15 Facility Management Blogs All Facility Managers Should Follow
We know that many of the LED Lighting Supply blog’s avid readers are facility managers (along with contractors, government employees, and other decision makers). Along with all of the...
How to Recycle Fluorescent Tubes Properly: Steps and Tips
You'll find tube lights in many applications. Such as office buildings, hallways, garages and anywhere that has a low, flat ceiling. Although fluorescent tubes contain small amounts of mercury, you...
What Does it Take to Replace 1000 Watt Metal Halide with LED?
Before LED lighting became the powerhouse that it is today, the most common form of commercial lighting was metal halide lights. This is because metal halides are extremely bright lights that can be...
Lumen Depreciation and LED Lighting
When we talk about replacing lights, we try to reduce the current costs old, inefficient lights incur. And keeping (if not improving) our current quality of light in place. Here are some obvious...
Converting to LED – S/P Ratios
A lot of time we are asked what is the equivalent LED to convert from Metal Halide. A lot of time, we have a product in mind that works based on previous experience. But how did we come up with that...
Do Dimmer Switches Save Power?
What is a dimmer switch? Dimmer switches give you control to change the amount of light that a fixtures produces. It allows you to have control over the amount of light in the area. By using...
How Many LED Watts Do I Need to Replace my Existing Lighting?
We hear this question all the time. The unfortunate reality is "watts" is the wrong way to shop when you are replacing your existing lighting. You need to be focusing on "lumens". In the world of...
LED Product Specifications – How to Read and Make Sense
The choice of a LED product is guided by watching specifications tables. Here is one table accompanied by the explanation of the features. The result should be a good lighting solution that is...
Lighting Maintenance Factor Explained
What Does Maintenance Factor Mean? When it comes to buying LED lighting products for an industrial or commercial facility, there are various factors to consider. Among all, Lighting Maintenance is...
Lighting Terminology Glossary
Common Terms Used in the Lighting Industry ANSI (American National Standards Institute) A private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary instructions and sets performance...
Pupil Lumens and their impact on choosing lights
A warehouse facility recently upgraded its lighting. Before the lighting improvement project, it was illuminated by low CRI High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lamps which were replaced with higher CRI LED...
Busting Electricity Myths
In the world of electricity, the myths that are passed around are occurring far too often without any evidence that they are the truth. So, with this post we are busting these common electricity...
How to Reduce your Carbon Footprint
Carbon footprint is the sum of all greenhouse gases emitted by a single individual based on their lifestyle and activities. Additionally, you can also calculate a carbon footprint for a company, a...