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LED Retrofits - Made in the USA

We have USA Made LED ARRA Compliant UL Listed HID Replacement Kits from 50W-1200W+ HID. Rated for 100,000 hours with a 5 year OEM warranty.


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LED PARs - Made in the USA

We have USA Made ARRA Compliant LED Par 20, Par 30 and Par 38. We also carry a full line of UL Listed Energy Star Rated LED Par Lamps.


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LED Tube Lights - Made in the USA

We have USA Made ARRA UL Listed LED Tubes - T5, T8, T10 and T12 replacements. We carry both internal and external driver LED Tube Lights.


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LED High Bays - Made in the USA

We have USA Made ARRA Compliant UL Listed LED High Bays, LED Flood Lights, LED Wall Packs, LED Street Lights and LED Garage Lights to replace 50W-1200W+ HID. Rated for 100,000 hours with a 5 year OEM warranty.


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Induction Lights

We have ETL Listed ARRA Compliant Induction High Bays, Induction Flood Lights, Induction Wall Packs, Induction Street Lights and Induction Garage Lights to replace 50W-1000W HID. Rated for 100,000 hours with a 10 year OEM warranty.


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We can help arrange green project financing for businesses and municipalities paid for by the savings on your lighting bills. We can offer enhanced and extended warranties that cover Parts, Labor and Shipping.


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A Common Question We Get Asked: How Can You Replace 19000 lumens of HPS with 8000 lumens of LED?

There are many different factors that you need to take into account to answer this question correctly and accurately. If you compare the total lumen output of conventional lights, such as High Pressure Sodium or Metal Halide, against the lumen output of LED lights, it appears that LEDs deliver less light. These comparisons are not accurate, as they fail to take into account  the significant amount of light that is wasted in non-LED Lighting applications.

Lumen output is a poor measure of the suitability of how well a lighting solution performs it's job. A better measuring stick is how light is delivered, or rather, how much of the light is delivered to a area that needs to be lit. So you must make an accurate comparison on the amount of delivered light, not the amount of available light. If the light cannot be delivered to where it is needed, it is of no value to you.

 

Several factors come into play, As much as 30% or more of the lumens is lost in a conventional lights delivery. Reflectors, lenses and other factors all reduce lumen output from a normal light source. These lights are radial lights, in the sense that they distribute their light in every direction, and it is the job of reflectors and lenses to collect, redirect and hopefully deliver that light where it is needed. Unfortunately, a lot of usable light is lost in the process.

 

LED lights, on the other hand, are directional by nature. A well designed LED Light will place and direct all it's light where it is needed. For example, it makes complete sense for a street light to direct all of its light to the roadway below. LED's do that by design. The face of a LED Street Light contains all the LED's, and all the light they produce gets sent down to the roadway. Reflectors are not required.

 

Secondly, conventional light sources such as Metal Halide and High Pressure Sodium suffer from lumen degradation quickly after initial installation. So although the specifications on initial lumens is very high out of the package, what is not advertised is the expected lumen output 3, 6 or even 12 months later. So it may appear that a conventional light is more bright than LED, conventional wisdom shows lumen output degrades quickly which reduces the amount of light available to perform the task.

 

In conclusion, when comparing LED against conventional light sources, LEDs often perform as well, and in some cases significantly better, than conventional lighting while consuming far less electricity to perform the job.



Comparing LED Lights to Induction Lights

Both LED and Induction Lights are similar in that they are a better solution to traditional HID light sources like Metal Halide and HPS. Both LED and Induction Lights are considered green and are RoHS compliant. Both are instant on - instant off, so the days of waiting for HID Lights to come to full brightness are over. Both maintain their lumen output far better than HID Light sources. While brand new HID Lighting have great initial lumens, they quickly start to degrade along with their usable (scotopic) light. Both LED Lighting and Induction Lighting are rated for long operational life, up to 100,000 hours, far exceeding HID light sources.

But the question remains, when to use LED Lights and when should you use an Induction Lights

LED Lighting - Strengths
Long life, good color rendering, great ability to focus the light where it's needed, RoHS compliant - no mercury, no hazardous materials, low heat output compared to HID or incandescent lighting. Capable of producing up to 200 lumens/watt, produces no Ultra Violet light that can damage or fade products, can be used in cold environments, has a very high scotopic factor making it appear brighter to the human eye, can be dimmed.

Induction Lighting - Strengths
Long life, excellent color rendering, produces lots of light 65/lumens per watt, great for flooding product in-discriminately (warehouses, street lights, gyms etc), also RoHS Compliant, long track record (15 + years), uses about 40% of the energy HID Lighting does to accomplish the same job, high CRI. Perfect when you want to provide secondary lighting to walls, ceiling as induction is a 360 degree light source.

What product works best for your application? Led and induction both have good efficiencies and applications.
LED:
• Led works better in night time applications because of its high Scotopic value.
• Led has better light control, so you can put the light wherever you need it. Light is more focused directional.
• Will work great in very high applications over 30 feet.
• Likes cold environments, does not like the extreme heat. LED's must be kept cool.

Induction:
• High CRI for night usage.
• Works great in retail high bay areas were light is dispersed all over.
• Should be used in lower applications under 30 feet. Light cannot be focused.
• Works better in cool - warm environments - does not like the extreme cold.





LED lights are the high efficiency, Eco friendly solution to help battle global warming. They use a fraction of the energy used by incandescent bulbs. If you use an air conditioner - every watt you save by using our LED lamp saves another watt of energy savings in lower air conditioning loads. If you are looking for directional lights, reading lights or spot lights, LED lights are an obvious choice. Given their low power consumption, LED lighting are an absolute must for people living or planning to live off grid, or a must for companies who are looking to save money that directly affects the corporate bottom line.

LED Bulbs - No Mercury, No flickering, No warm up time, No UV light, and No risk of burning are all benefits of this technology. We believe that this signals the death of the common incandescent light bulb. It is time to wave good-bye to flickering fluorescents and power guzzling incandescent bulbs. LED light bulbs help the planet breath easier, as every incandescent and fluorescent bulb replaced with an LED means less coal burned to produce electricity, reduced greenhouse gas emission, less mercury pollution and less solid waste to be disposed off in landfills.



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