When it comes to highbay lighting, metal halide is a thing of the past. Way to costly to run and maintain. Today, most people rely on T5 highbay's to fill that lighting application. It's inexpensive for the initial purchase, and is very cheap to maintain and run.
Topics: LED highbay, metal halide, metal halide or T5 Fluorescent, T5 HO, 400 watt metal halide, LED Lighting, LED vs. T5 highbay
Let's take a look at the differences between T8 and T5 fluorescent technology and see how they stack up. This is important because the T5 lighting could cost you 2x more than T8 Lighting. Here's why.
Topics: t8 lighting, t5 vs. t8, t5 fluorescent, t5 lighting, t8 vs. t5, t8 and t5 comparison, T5 HO, t8 fixtures
Topics: T-12, t5 retrofit, t5 fluorescent, t5 lighting, t5 fluorescent ballast, T5 HO, t5 electronic ballast
Many people see T5 lighting as good for only Highbay replacement applications. While it does excel extremely well in that department there are other main stream uses for this incredible lighting technology.
Topics: fluorescent t5, t5 retrofit, t5 vs. t8, t5 lighting tennessee, t5 lighting, T5 HO, energy efficient lighting, t5 lighting michigan
T-5 Ballast and bulbs are a better combination all around but one of the greatest benefits is the reduction in wattage required to light these up compared to a T12 fixture. The difference in savings will depend on which type of fixture. We have used fixtures with wattage ratings of 190 watts.
Topics: fluorescent t5, t5 retrofit, t5 vs. t8, t5 lighting, t8 vs. t5, T5 HO, energy efficient lighting
I have written in the past about which sensors are for various applications, however a common question I hear is "how much electricity do they save?". In this article I will run through a common scenario and show the benefits of adding them to your lighting system.
Topics: Energy savings, motion sensor, occ sensor, occupancy sensor, fluorescent highbay, T5 HO
