Flood Lights

Britney Simpson asked:


There are a lot of differences between indoor lighting and outdoor lighting fixtures. For one, when it comes to installation, the latter is definitely more complicated. You have to take into consideration the environmental factors. There are practically more designs to choose for your lighting indoors than those for the outdoors. Most of the outdoor lights are made of stronger materials to make sure they don’t easily wear. However, when it comes to shopping, they share the same mantra: buyers should pick the most ideal one.

 

Content: There are a lot of differences between indoor lighting and outdoor lighting fixtures. For one, when it comes to installation, the latter is definitely more complicated. You have to take into consideration the environmental factors. There are practically more designs to choose for your lighting indoors than those for the outdoors. Most of the outdoor lights are made of stronger materials to make sure they don’t easily wear. However, when it comes to shopping, they share the same mantra: buyers should pick the most ideal one.

 

So how do you choose your indoor lighting?

 

First, you have to go for the most trusted brands for your indoor lights. This is how you are assured of the stability and durability of the product. Next, you have to ensure that it’s rated with Energy Star. Indoor lighting doesn’t have to cost an increase in your monthly electric bills. Those with Energy Star label can even lower your payments. It would be good too if you can go for indoor lighting with three base lamps. This way, you won’t have to feed a lot of energy to every one of them. You should also keep in mind the amount of light that you need. Some parts of your home don’t need much. For example, in the bathroom, small sconces or vanity indoor lighting pieces will do.

 

There are also certain accessories that you can add into your indoor lighting to make them more efficient. For instance, you can make use of timers, which can automatically switch the lights off during morning. You can also settle for torchieres with compact fluorescent than halogen since the former uses less amount of energy, around 60 to 80 percent. They also illuminate a lot brighter than halogen. If you are planning to install lights in the garage or workroom, you can utilize fluorescent indoor light pieces that are 4 feet.

 

How do you look for outdoor lighting?

 

There are few two good reasons why you are buying outdoor lighting. First, you want to enhance the beauty of your landscaped garden or your lawn. Second, you want to improve your security. Most of the intruders are apprehensive to enter well-lit homes because it increases the chances of being seen and identified. Some types of outdoor lights include PV modules, pathway lights, and flood lights. You can also use those that resemble lampposts or small ones that you can attach to small columns on your gate.

 

A number of outdoor lighting pieces these days come with security features. For example, there are lights that have motion sensors, which means they only turn on when they can detect heat emanating from a person’s body. You can save more on energy as most definitely the lights are off throughout the entire night. You can also go for solar-powered lights, if you want to lessen your electrical consumption. These ones collect the heat energy from the sun and later convert it to electricity during night fall. You can also opt for CFLs because you don’t need to change them at all times.



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Kimberly Green asked:


It’s a well accepted fact that most robberies and crimes tend to happen during the night. Criminals quite like operating under the veil of darkness as they are easier to detect and therefore foil. A homeowner should always keep this in mind and try to ensure that gardens and house fronts are well lit. Street lighting can suffice in most circumstances, but for areas that don’t have enough light, one should consider purchasing and installing a flood light.

Different varieties of flood light exist, but the ones commonly used on domestic premises tend to be 250 or 500 watt tungsten. It’s common for a flood light to include a passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor) for the light to come on when movement is detected. Flood lights should be mounted to make sure that they shed light into areas where a robber may hide and remain undetected in normal circumstance. It is important to pay heed and attention to where a spot light may be mounted. For example, the light should never shine into neighboring homes or onto neighboring property and this may be perceived as breaching their privacy. Also, a flood light should always be pointing downwards as this max most use of the light it generates. The ideal angle for a flood light is an angle of 22 degrees. In this position it illuminates walls without blinding an observer who may not be able to witness the intrusion otherwise.

There are a few things you need to keep in mind when using a flood light. If used incorrectly they will not provide any security, but instead pose a risk to your property and your visitors. Here are some things to keep in mind:

1. Make sure the flood light is not in a position where it can distract drivers. They can be a source of accidents by temporarily blinding someone in charge of a car. 2. If a floodlight is incorrectly installed it can actually help a robber by blinding onlookers or providing shadows for criminals to hide in. 3. PIR sensors can be triggered by cats, dogs or things moving in the wind. This can cause false alarms and desensitize your neighbors to the flood light coming on. 4. A 500W flood light can be quite expensive to run (and has a large impact on the environment). Sometimes, just an ordinary 60W light bulb is enough for your needs.

Keep these points in mind when purchasing and installing a flood light as the only thing worse than no security is a false sense of security.



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Chad L asked:


i know the lights need to be full spectum lights or whatever but idk if flood lighs are..

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Abhishek Agarwal asked:


Importance of lighting need not be stressed. When the sun sets we want the lights to be on immediately. So many times we take our lighting for granted and miss it when it is out. Lighting is used in many ways. You can have bulbs of different wattage and colors. The lighting source can be in the form of a lamp, an overhead light, a porch light or tube light or a flash light.

Light can be movable or stationery. This article gives you information about source that powers your light. You will learn about indoor and outdoor lighting using solar power and how you can get this type of lighting.

Indoor Lighting

You can use the indoor solar lighting in your sheds, gazebos, garages or inside your home. The need to change the light bulbs is minimized. The installation is simple and maintenance is negligible.

Installation of a solar panel receiving maximum sunlight during the day is what you need to enjoy lighting system all through the night. Choosing a solar panel that is just right for the size of your building is important. Once the solar panel has been installed you will be able to enjoy the lighting round the clock. During the day it may be required only if it is a cloudy day. Ensure that you have enough energy from the solar power last you through the night.

Outdoor Lighting

It is becoming popular in lighting barns on farms because there is no necessity of wiring for lighting the barn. When you are outside during the day you may not need much light but at night you will be glad that you have installed solar power lighting.

There are various types of outdoor lighting using solar power, e.g. flood lights, security lights, solar flag lights and pond or pool lights, garden lights, post lights, and sign light. When you have a pool or a pond in your yard then you may wish to add lighting that is simple to install. You have varied choices to select from as regards shape and design.

Who does not like an eye catching yard that has been well cared for and now your efforts can be highlighted at night too. When you display a flag in your yard, people can see it at night but if it is solar powered then it can be seen at all times. In case your yard is too dark it’s a good idea to invest in security lighting powered by solar energy so it will work even when the power is off and trees are down. Solar power ensures that you have the light at night too.



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Clint Jhonson asked:


Capital, Progress Lighting, Kichler, Hinkley, Murray Feiss, Metropolitan, Crystorama, Uttermost, Fine Art, World Imports, Savoy House, Artistic and Maxim - when it comes to indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures, these are just some of the bestselling brands that you can trust. Did you know that when you are decorating your home, once of the easiest and best ways to add drama to any area in the house is with the help of some decorative lighting? For example, instead of placing a few fluorescent bulbs on the ceiling in your hallway - you can instead put pendant lights which will instantly give character to that particular area. No matter which room in the house it is that you plan to renovate, the best way to add a unique touch to your decorating is with the help of pendant lights as decorative lighting.

If you want to use pendant lights for your decorative lighting, here are a few basics about this lighting fixture that you need to know about. First, when it comes to the height of pendant lights as decorative lighting - you have a wide array of options to choose from. Depending on the brand of the lighting fixture that you will get, it can range from as small as 3 inches to as high as 47 inches, depending on where you would like to install the pendant lights. Meanwhile, the width ranges from 3 to 47 inches, or even larger.

Next, when it comes to the finish of the pendant lights that you will use as decorative lighting, you also have a wide array of options to choose from. Take a look at the following: wood, verde, silver, rust, nickel, iron, gold, copper, chrome, bronze, brass, antique brass, black, painted finished, mixed composition or the classic white color. More importantly, pendant lights and other decorative lighting items come in energy efficient variants so that you will have the option to save on your utility bills.

Aside from pendant lights, there are a lot of other indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures that you can use to illuminate and add style to your house. Remember that when choosing the type of lighting fixture to install, it should be both functional and stylish so that you can get your money’s worth. The other types of indoor lighting fixtures that you can use are chandeliers for your living room, ceiling lights to illuminate your hallways, accent or spot lights for walls and ceilings, under cabinet lights for the bedroom, and bath or vanity lighting for your dresser. The same thing holds true for your outdoor lighting needs. You can take your pick from exterior sconces, post lanterns, landscape lightings, exterior ceiling fixtures, exterior pendants, security lights, flood lights and commercial outdoor lights. By determining exactly what type of decorative, indoor or outdoor lighting fixture it is that you need, you can rest assured that your decorating or home makeover project will be a resounding success - no matter which room in the house it is that you wish to change the look of.



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Onyx Ninja asked:


Hi everyone….I HAD dusk/dawn flood lights but decided to swap one of them out for motion sensor type. I bought the one for 180* radius (Brinks) and am about out of my MIND! It either triggers over every little thing or not at all, even if I haven’t changed the sensitivity on it. I have a unique situation that I’m trying to have it bypass the backyard (with the dogs inside that with their constant running around would make the darn thing look like a giant blinking christmas light all night) I need it to monitor the driveway. It seems like it’s not reaching out far enough. Should I get a higher radius or different brand? Or do all of these things work about the same regardless of radius or brand? Thanks.

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Kimberly Quang asked:


American-made Commercial Lighting fixtures feature the highest commercial grade lighting fixtures in all major light sources used for building exterior, site lighting, security lighting, warehouse interior lighting, roadway lighting, and security lighting systems. Contractors and end-users benefit from a great freedom of choice when working with RLLD Commercial Lighting. As a multi-manufacturer representative, we maintain an objective stance toward brand and technology type, working through a nation wide distribution network that is quota free from our standpoint. This means that we will never insist that any company or individual buy a particular product from us to fulfill obligatory demands of our vendor status. On the contrary, we actually extend vendor privileges to our clients by allowing sole proprietor designers and electricians direct access to the relationships we enjoy with the world’s top manufactures and giving them access to pricing and shipping services that smaller companies and individuals may not be able to obtain on their own.

Clients of US distributors like RLLD Commercial lighting can thus obtain fixtures of any type, size, intensity, and design simply by contacting and RLLD lighting specialist and placing an order directly through our distribution network. Our growing inventory offers the following to contractors, end users, architects, and building developers nationwide.

Incandescent

Although incandescent lamps are more frequently used in residential lighting applications, some commercial lighting fixtures also used this technology. Incandescent lamps pass current through a filament, which causes the filament to give off light. Because they are relatively short lived, incandescents are used mostly as decorative commercial lighting fixtures. Their ability to render warm colors effectively without ballast makes them well suited to this application, and the enormous variety of bulb designs make them highly soft after source of any type of accent lighting or decorum based commercial lighting design.

Fluorescent

Fluorescent lamps are used extensively in commercial lighting fixtures for a number of reasons. First and foremost of these reasons is their ability to use less power than other commercial lighting fixtures, making them very cost effective from an energy conservation perspective. Fluorescent bulbs also produce a very bright light that is evenly distributed, making them ideal commercial warehouse lighting fixtures, canopy lights, security lights, in interior retail lights in discount stores where high levels of general lighting help psychologically motivate larger bulk purchases of discount merchandise.

Fluorescent bulbs produce light by activating phosphors on the interior of the bulb using ultraviolet energy generated by a mercury arc. Ballast helps start and operate the fluorescent lamps by regulating electron flow through the gaseous arc. Trends in fluorescent technology have made them more compact, increasing lumens per watt efficiency as high as 100 lumens per watt, and reducing the amount of toxic mercury within the bulbs interior. Fluorescent commercial lighting fixtures are best deployed underneath building eaves (as in the case of canopy lights), near loading docks, in wallpacks on the sides of buildings, or as large grocery store or warehouse lights. Placing them too far out into open spaces tends to diffuse their light output and diminish their intensity.

High Intensity Discharge (HID) Commercial Lighting Fixtures

HID stands for High Intensity Discharge. It refers to a technology where light is produced by a gaseous arc discharge using a variety of elements. Typical elements include mercury vapor, metal halide, and high pressure sodium. The arc tube within an HID lamp will contain one or more of such elements, and when current passes between the electrodes at either end of the tube, the current creates an arc that generates visible light.

HID lamps feature the highest efficiency in lumens per watt output and also feature a greater level of lighting control. They also last longer than other commercial lighting fixtures, making them a wise investment for a company on a Spartan budget that cannot afford to continually replace equipment.

High intensity discharge sources include mercury vapor, metal halide, and high pressure sodium (HPS) lamps. Light is produced in HID and low pressure sodium (LPS) sources through a gaseous arc discharge using a variety of elements. Each HID lamp consists of an arc tube which contains certain elements or mixtures of elements which, when an arc is created between the electrodes at each end, gasify and generate visible radiation.

Light Sources and Lamp Characteristics:

Mercury Vapor (MV)

Mercury vapor lights were the first HID commercial lighting fixtures developed. They were designed originally to meet a rising demand for a very compact, high output, and energy efficient source of light. They are used extensively in a number of landscape lighting applications, being commonly deployed as tree lights in high-end commercial outdoor lighting systems. In other applications they have proven somewhat less effective duo to their inferior color rendering abilities, although this has improved to a certain extent over the years by phosphor coated interior bulb walls.

The life of mercury vapor lamps is good, averaging 24,000 hours for larger wattage lamps. However, because the output diminishes so greatly over time, economical operational life is often much shorter. Efficacy ranges from 30 to 60 lumens per watt, with the higher wattages being more efficacious than the lower wattages.

As with other HID lamps, the starting of a mercury vapor lamp is not immediate. Starting time is short, though, taking 4-7 minutes to achieve maximum output depending upon the ambient temperature.

High Pressure Sodium (HPS)

High Pressure Sodium (HPS) commercial lighting fixtures gained huge popularity in the 1970’s to meet the needs of a powerful, yet super efficient, source of HID lighting. Lumens per watt output in an HPS lamp can be as high as 140 lumens per watt-approximately 7 times the luminance as incandescent lamps and twice that of MV or Fluorescent. They also last for approximately 24,000 hours—the longest lamp light on the market.

The problem with HPS commercial lighting fixtures has always been the quality of light they create. HPS lamps give off a yellowish or orange-tinted color and are not acceptable light sources for situations where illuminating a brand, architectural keynote, or any type of ornate exterior landscaping requires a high level of color rendering. For the most part, they are used in applications such as commercial parking garage lighting, warehouse lighting, and certain outdoor applications such as security flood lighting.

Metal Halide (MH)

Metal Halide (MH) commercial lighting fixtures are fast becoming the preferred source of HID lighting in most commercial environments. This is because they produce a very bright white light that nearly equivalent to daylight in its color rendering ability. The variety of applications is significant as a result, ranging from decorative street lighting, commercial parking lot lighting, car lot lighting, outdoor landscape lighting, architectural lighting, security lighting, and general site lighting. Traditionally, their biggest drawback has been their short lamp life-only 7,500 hours on the average.

Newer designs in Metal Halide commercial lighting fixtures include pulse start technology and ceramic metal halide design. These improvements have increased lumens per watt efficiency, control of the light itself through superior dimmability, better stability of color rendering, longer lamp life, and shorter start time.

Unfortunately, recent legislation has called for the phase out of certain standard forms of MH commercial lighting fixtures due to their use of incendiary elements that fall under the classification of greenhouse gas sources. This in turn paves the way for the most sophisticated lighting ever developed on our world, and quite possibly, the singular source of lighting used both commercially and residentially in the very near future: LED commercial lighting fixtures.

LED Commercial Lighting Fixtures

As technology improves, the ability to create truly “white” led light continues to evolve. LED commercial lighting fixtures are featuring higher lumens per watt efficiencies than their initial prototypes initially offered. This has opened the door for a number of architectural lighting and site lighting applications that were previously the exclusive domain of HID commercial lighting fixtures.

We are also seeing an upsurge in the use of led commercial lighting fixtures in street and roadway lighting, where a number of municipalities in the United States and Europe have reported some very promising findings in regards to both power cost reduction and the overall quality of street lighting itself.

Look for quarterly leaps and bounds in the engineering gains made by LED commercial lighting fixture manufacturers, and be sure to sign up for our RLLD Commercial Lighting Newsletter which will feature news updates and case studies about this exciting and revolutionary technology.



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Clint Jhonson asked:


Your home is probably one of the biggest investments that you will ever make in one lifetime - which is the reason why it pays to exert every effort in making sure that your home looks and ‘feels’ like the best that it can be. First of all, you need to consider the materials that you will be using for the structure itself. A secure and sound building is the foundation of a strong house that is built to last. Now, when it comes to the decorating - you should take into consideration the quality of the materials that you will be using, as well as its aesthetic effect. One of the best ways to make any part of the house a focal point in your decorating is with the help of strategic outdoor lighting and indoor lighting fixtures. In no time at all, your home can be transformed from ordinary into something dramatic and extraordinary.

Now, let us take a look at some of the indoor lighting fixtures that you can use, not just to illuminate but to decorate your house as well. The best place to start is your living room - where chandeliers should be the main attraction. Once the furniture has already been strategically placed, your indoor lighting fixtures can be installed to put some finishing touches on your decorating scheme. Again, chandeliers can be the focal point of your living room. This type of indoor lighting fixture comes in different shapes, sizes and styles, but the best part is that the little crystal or glass detailing used on each piece can provide your living room with the design factor that you are looking for. Next, for other parts of the house, you can use accent or spot lights to illuminate walls or light up walkways. It is a good idea to have lights that can be dimmed. This type of indoor lighting fixture will not just create drama but help you save on energy as well.

The living room is not just the other parts of your indoor lighting scheme that you can have fun decorating. You should also think about installing bath and vanity lighting fixtures. Or how about the kitchen? If you have a love for cooking, this part of the house should be well-illuminated so that you can clearly see your work. In bedrooms or guest rooms, a typical table lamp would do, but you can also install pendant lights for some added drama.

Next, for your outdoor lighting, here are some of the products that you can choose from: exterior sconces, post lanterns, landscape lighting, exterior ceiling fixtures, exterior pendant lights and security and flood lights. The good thing about installing outdoor lighting fixtures is that you are not just adding to the beauty of your house, but you are also ensuring its security. Outdoor lighting fixtures, when strategically placed, can serve as a good distraction for any intruders who might think about barging into a house it is not well-lit. With such a wide array of indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures to choose from, you can rest assured that your home can be the best that it can be when you combine illumination with style and great designs.



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Patcho asked:


Both are 240v and 50W. I assumed that GU10 was the significant reference. Other numbers on the bulbs are F6T and M4H. Was it because I did not properly push in the bulb? Or did the other bulb fail (It’s a two bulb unit) when I installed the new one? Thank you.

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