low energy commercial ceiling fittings
low energy commercial ceiling fittings
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I'm hoping you can give me a bit of advice, we have a business in Cleveleys near Blackpool. We've recently been lucky enough to have bought the premises on either side of our original building and obviously inherited their running costs. We currently have a huge amount of 8ft fluro tubes used for our lighting, these appear to be expensive to run, particularly because they have a short life span.
I'm hoping if possible to slowly change over each fitting to a type with which I can use low enerby bulbs and yet retain the same brightness.
My first question, someone said that I won't make a saving as low energy bulbs are ' compact flurescents' and effectivly use the same energy. I currently have what I believe are around 100watt tubes, is this the case, or do I stand to save in the same way you would with a standard household bayonette bulb ?
My second question is, I need a fitting that looks neat, protects the bulb from accidental damage (we are a carpet shop primarily) and yet provides reasonable light to the sides as most of our shop is wall display.
I've seen a recessed type fitting which takes up to two low energy stick bulbs, but I'm not sure if this would provide the 'all round' light that I need. If you have any ideas or can point me towards another site that could help me, it would be most appreciated.
Many thanks for your time - Paul Jones
I'm hoping if possible to slowly change over each fitting to a type with which I can use low enerby bulbs and yet retain the same brightness.
My first question, someone said that I won't make a saving as low energy bulbs are ' compact flurescents' and effectivly use the same energy. I currently have what I believe are around 100watt tubes, is this the case, or do I stand to save in the same way you would with a standard household bayonette bulb ?
My second question is, I need a fitting that looks neat, protects the bulb from accidental damage (we are a carpet shop primarily) and yet provides reasonable light to the sides as most of our shop is wall display.
I've seen a recessed type fitting which takes up to two low energy stick bulbs, but I'm not sure if this would provide the 'all round' light that I need. If you have any ideas or can point me towards another site that could help me, it would be most appreciated.
Many thanks for your time - Paul Jones
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RE: low energy commercial ceiling fittings
A mixture of different types of light will widen the spectrum of light you have in your shop. This just plain makes things look better. This might make your product more appealing than if it were lit by flourescents alone.
In Canada all the big stores such as Walmart, Home Depot, and so on use only flourescent lights and I expect this when I go shopping there. When I go to buy more expensive items like furniture and electronics and so on I see a mix of lighting and I expect to see better lighting.
So it seems cheap light= cheap product in your subconscious I guess.
Of course the best light of all is natural light.
There are a tons of lights to suit your purpose. Go to a good lighting store and see what is availble.
RE: low energy commercial ceiling fittings
There is a lighting and wiring equipment engineering forum, Forum659, which may get you a better response.
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