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INDUSTRIAL LED LIGHTING

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LED technology has also made its way into the field of industrial lighting. An efficiency choice that all companies should make to reduce costs. For industrial LED lighting means that relative to sheds, warehouses, factory departments, and many other workplaces. In these environments, which are usually very large, a very efficient and professional lighting system is required. Numerous types of lighting have been used over the years in factories and industries. 1.      The history of industrial lighting 2.      Industrial lighting: LEDs and energy efficiency 3.      Design and functionality The history of industrial lighting In the early 1960s, halogen lamps represented a real revolution, supplanting incandescent lighting systems. Significantly greater intensity and above all longer duration, the halogen lighting has thus taken over the industrial sector. However, halogen lamps and headlights have conside...

LED DRIVEWAY LIGHTING: IDEAS AND TIPS

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Install in your own garden of LED lights to mark driveways and delimit spaces not only serves to facilitate the entry and passage of vehicles and people, but it is also an excellent solution to be able to embellish and make external areas usable even during the night. Correct LED lighting of the pathways is also a great deterrent to keep away the bad guys and keep the outdoor areas under control. 1.      How to light a driveway 2.      Bollards, spotlights or wall lamps? How to light a driveway To illuminate the garden correctly and to avoid dark areas, the lights must be placed along the access roads to the house, so as to mark the entire external perimeter. The position along the led light paths allows you to obtain a constant and homogeneous lighting, without affecting the costs of the bill considering the energy saving and the low consumption that characterizes this specific type of lamps. To illuminate the paths it is common t...

ASSEMBLY OF PLASTER SPOTLIGHTS: HOW TO INSTALL THEM CORRECTLY

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The plaster spotlights are increasingly present in modern furnishings: light and bring out the details of any environment, creating an elegant and sophisticated atmosphere. Installing them is easy, especially in rooms where there are false ceilings and plasterboard walls. So let's see how to proceed with the assembly of the plaster spotlights, in a completely DIY way. 1.      How to install recessed spotlights and surface spotlights 2.      How to plaster spotlights 3.      How to clean the spotlights How to install recessed spotlights and surface spotlights First you need to consider where the spotlights will be mounted, calculating their position exactly. The light beam of each spotlight and the affected area must be taken into account, avoiding to install spotlights too close or far from each other (and consequently to over light or leave uncovered areas). To do this we would need to equip ourselves with a mete...

HOW IT WORKS AND HOW TO CONNECT A DIMMER

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Have you ever heard of dimmers or various lights? Let's find out what it is, what it is for and how to install it in a few simple steps. 1.      What is a dimmer? 2.      What is its function? 3.      Guide to installing a dimmer What is a dimmer? To explain, we could give it a definition rich in technical terms and complicated to understand. First, however, let's start with a simpler definition, saying that a dimmer is a device thanks to which it is possible to manage the light the intensity of a lighting product (light bulbs, LED strips, panels). Instead, if we want to talk in more technical terms, a dimmer is a device able to control and regulate the power flow absorbed by a load from an electronic point of view. What is its function? Now that we have explained what a dimmer is, we can ask ourselves: “What is it for? ". Its main function can be inferred from the English verb "to dim", which means to ob...

Entrance lighting ideas for home

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The entrance is probably the most important part of the house; hence the first impressions that our friends or relatives make when they enter our home, which is why it is very important to take care of both the furniture and the lights in this space. 1.      How to light up the entrance to the house 2.      Exterior entrance lighting How to light up the entrance to the house For the lighting of our entrance we must, first of all, evaluate the type of furniture present; if our entrance is mainly made up of light-colored walls and wood-colored furniture or colors, however, a little darker and classic, it will be preferable to use warm light both in led mode and in classic incandescent. Depending on the size of our entrance, we will opt for the presence of a classic chandelier, or for the installation of spotlights that maybe we could focus on jewelry on the furniture to highlight its presence. The advice is always to direct the spotlig...