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May
15
2023

Why to Choose Cooper Lighting

When choosing lights for a job that needs high quality products and guaranteed results, it helps to start on the right foot. The right manufacturer can be hard to find. Ideally, you would choose a spec-grade manufacturer with decades of experience and a huge inventory of cutting-edge products. For [..]
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May
11
2023

Innovations in Indoor Commercial Lighting

The marketplace for indoor commercial lighting has never been so good. New products seem to appear almost every day, and they’re getting better and better. The only challenge is deciding among so many options. It’s a good time to review the offerings and try to decode some of the new t [..]
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May
03
2023

DLC, ETL, UL, ETC.: Decoding the LED Lighting Standards

It’s easier than ever to buy high-quality LED lights today, but judging one against another is sometimes difficult. At the very least, a buyer should be able to know if the light is safe and efficient. Luckily, there are certifications that help a buyer know this. These are stamped on the li [..]
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April
26
2023

The Correct Spacing for High Bay Lights: A Primer

When it comes to installing high bay lights—and correctly spacing them—in a large space, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that the lights available today are radically better than those available only ten or twenty years ago. The lights are powerful, efficient, an [..]
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April
18
2023

Introducing Duralec for All

Duralec has recently upgraded its online store to allow easy purchasing by customers all over the country! For years Duralec has been a mostly regional supplier of LED lights and other electrical equipment. But the company has been expanding more and more, due to its talented staff, unrivaled expe [..]
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April
12
2023

Kelvin, Lumens, Foot-candles: Watt Do They Mean?

The lighting industry is full of many confusing terms, but few are more technical than some of the units of measurement involved with light. Kelvins, lumens, foot-candles, and even watts can be difficult to understand. But it’s important to be able to speak with authority on these terms to you [..]
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April
03
2023

Choosing the Best EV Charging Station

The boom in electric cars has created a huge need for electric charging stations around the country. Over 800,000 electric cars were sold in 2022 in the United States, up 65% from the previous year, and the upward trend appears to be stable. Installing new charging stations should be seen as an oppo [..]
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March
29
2023

How to Choose the Best LED High Bay Light

Choosing the right light for a space can be confusing, but picking the right high bay light brings with it extra pressure. High bay lights are used in spaces like warehouses and factories, where visibility is critically important. It’s important to get it right. Fortunately, there are many ex [..]
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March
21
2023

The Hidden Benefits of a Spec Sheet (or How to Read a Spec Sheet)

Today’s product spec sheets for LED lighting fixtures are so packed with information that they can sometimes be confusing. A good spec sheet contains technical details that fully describe the product, but some of those details can sound like jargon. This article is an explainer of those terms, [..]
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March
14
2023

How to Choose the Best Transformer

Transformers have been around for almost two hundred years. The technology began with the discovery of electromagnetic induction by the English scientist Michael Faraday in the 1830s. (Other scientists probably discovered it around the same time, as well.) Induction is the phenomenon in which a chan [..]
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