Fluorescent Lighting Fixtures

Fluorescent light fixtures offer your clients both a front-end savings and a back-end return on investment. They are far less expensive than LED, Induction, and MH luminaires, and their energy efficiency lighting, lamp life, and performance level is undisputed. As 2010 is just around the corner, all of us are faced with the impending need to replace all incandescent lamps with newer, more energy saving, and more environmentally friendly luminaires. In spite of the fear and uncertainty we face in this recession, putting it off for too long will only result in more complications down the line, because parts shortages are almost sure to come when everyone scrambles at the last minute for replacements and retrofits.

In actuality, now is the best time to propose to fluorescent lighting fixtures to clients whose genuine need and limited budget make them ideal candidates for an affordable purchase that compounds a savings/reinvestment return that will wind paying for the equipment anyway.

You really won’t be able to offer your client a better deal than this. When funds are limited, fluorescent light fixtures are the perfect replacement for incandescent sources because they come in so many shapes and sizes, and they are equally viable for indoor and outdoor lighting applications.

Any client you encounter can utilize compact fluorescent light fixtures to generate a better quality of light and a lower monthly electric bill. Schools, churches, warehouses, corporate office parks, retail establishments, libraries, non-profit headquarters, and government buildings are just of few of the many organizations that will benefit from specification grade, American made fluorescent lighting fixtures, ballasts, and lamps.

It is important for you to help your clients understand the differences between commercial fluorescent lights and incandescent lights. A fluorescent light fixture is designed to be fundamentally different from an incandescent light. The core operative in an incandescent is a filament that produces a bright, white light when current passes through it. When Thomas Edison first invented the incandescent lamp, it revolutionized the world.

However, as world population has grown, the demand for fuel needed to produce electricity has exponentially increased. Limitations unforeseen by Edison have now made incandescent lamps inefficient and obsolete. They waste too much power, generate too much heat, often create blinding glare, and they burn out way too fast. They also produce greenhouse gasses that are released into the atmosphere if a bulb gets broken.

Fluorescent light fixtures were the first luminaires that required no filament to produce light. Instead, they pass an electric arc between tungsten cathodes in a tube filled with low pressure mercury vapor mixed with other trace gasses. This arc excites the mercury vapor, producing radiant ultraviolet energy. This ultraviolet light strikes a phosphor coating on the inside of the tube and causes it to “fluoresce” into visible light. A ballast, either magnetic or electronic, controls the electron flow to prevent the lamp from pulling too much current and burning itself out.

You will no doubt encounter many clients who already have such fluorescent fixtures already in place and who feel they are fine with what they have. Please point out that many foreign made and retail fluorescent fixtures have magnetic ballasts that cannot regulate electron flow as efficiently as commercial grade electronic ballasts can. Consequently, they tend to have lower Lumens per Watt efficiency and won’t do your client as much good in the long run.

If you are proposing fluorescent light fixtures for any type of landscape or outdoor site lighting system, you really have no option but to go with the highest LPW possible. Regulations on power consumption are only going to get tougher in the years to come, so it this is one area where costs effectiveness means buying the best, not the most convenient or expedient, ballast technology.

Because fluorescent lighting fixtures use electricity to agitate gases rather than heating a filament, they operate at much cooler temperatures than incandescent lights. This results in two benefits you can pass directly on to your clients. For one thing, the cooler temperatures in the office, warehouse, or factory will less electricity for the HVAC system to cool the building to cool the building. Secondly, the fluorescent fixture itself will last longer, as prolonged exposure to heat will cause virtually any substance to deteriorate.

A long lasting fixture like a fluorescent light will not need to be replaced as often. Your clients will avoid wasting money on buying new induction lighting equipment, and they will save money on the labor associated with installing them as well.

RLLD Commercial Lighting is a Design Services and Domestic Lighting Equipment Source committed to providing contractors with the very best American made products and lighting design support services. By placing an order with us, you can obtain a free photometric analysis of your client’s site generated by means of our sophisticate lighting design software. Any information you require on new technology that will help you win a bid to your client can also be obtained simply by calling a specialist now.

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