Think Practical …

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Good day all…

When choosing lighting for your business or home, you should always take the practical approach. You should aim at illuminating the area of interest and Always Think Future Expansion. Truth be told, that even when you plan ahead, there will always be unforeseen cost, for additional task associated with the work being performed, especially when retrofitting and installing in spaces being occupied. The objective is to minimize setbacks and added cost, while being as efficient as 100% gets. Whenever installing products, I prefer to use devices that are listed by the Underwriters Laboratories Inc. or by another company with an equal testing credibility, also recognized by the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. You can locate the UL stamp on the product itself, and if not UL, which actually serves as the acronym for Underwriters Laboratories it will be an acronym corresponding with the testing facility that tested that product.

That aside always use a practical approach, because it will afford you an adequate install for the goal that you aim to achieve. In terms of lighting as shown in the pictures above, the customer went with style verses adequacy. Without a doubt, the rectangular shaped recessed lighting is very nice, and worked fine until, the ballast within the fixture went bad. Issue here is that there are no after market replacement parts for these lights and the dimensions for this fixture, puts the customer in the position to make a costly decision, to either purchase new lighting at cost, (11 fixtures@ $439/fixture) or go with a different fixture all together and pay a Carpenter to patch and paint the holes from the removal of the old fixtures, which will pose another issue, whereas the tenant of the establishment, will be out of work, for the duration of this project. Needless to say, but the rent paid may be a little short that month.

All in all, if the customer would’ve chosen a rounded style of recess lighting, whether swapping bulbs for LED’s etc. a 4″ – 6″ rounded fixture, would at least eliminate the Carpenter and excessive dust from the equation, making the install a 1 day job, verses a potential week.

Going forward, just know that halogen bulbs are being phased out and they pose a huge heat issue, so DO NOT OVERLAMP. If the fixture is rated for a 60watt bulb, then use a 60watt bulb. In addition never buy a fixture with an odd shape, unless you can afford the cost to replace them entirely, and always get a warranty if offered one that’ll grant you coverage beyond what that manufacturer allows.