LED Exit & Emergency Light the Way to Safety

When it comes to safety and security, exit and emergency lighting should be bright, long-lasting and provide peace of mind.

E-conolight’s huge selection of exit and emergency lighting gives shoppers a variety of quality choices that come with industry-standard features and the long-lasting bright light customers have come to expect.

Exit signs have bright LED letters in either red or green and can be used in either a single- or double-face configuration. Housings are constructed of injection-molded, flame retardant ABS white virgin plastic, are sealed and include a virtually maintenance-free lead-calcium battery that provides 90 minutes of emergency operation. Signs are wall mountable and include a canopy for top mounting.

Emergency lights are conveniently equipped with two, 180-degree adjustable T5 wedge base lighting heads at just 6 volts and 5.4 watts each.

Exit and emergency lights offered by e-conolight can be used in indoor commercial, retail, or industrial applications. Browse the full selection of exit and emergency lighting at e-conolight.com/eande.

Savings with LED Floodlights Add Up Quickly

When Yogi Patel bought his motel property in Lodi, CA, in Fall 2013, he was ready to switch out the 1,000W parking lot lights to LED fixtures, but he worried about where to find a cost-effective solution.

“I looked around, and other companies were charging $600 or more,” he said.

When his contractor recommended e-conolight, Patel did some research and was impressed with both the selection and the prices.

“E-conolight is a very low price compared to others I found. For less than $300 you can’t go wrong,” he said. “The quality of the light is exactly what I needed, and they work perfectly.”

Patel purchased 52 40-degree  7,000 lumen, 152W LED floodlights offered by e-conolight for the motel parking lot and says he saw savings – in both energy and his electric bill – immediately. The original lights ran for 12 hours a day and were using 54,000 watts. His new LEDs use only 7,752 watts for those same 12 hours, which netted Patel an $11,500 rebate check from his utility company.

More, Patel also purchased three, 20-degree spotlights to wash the roof of the motel and is in the process of replacing staircase fixtures with LED wall mounts, also offered by e-conolight.

“I have put in five LED wall mounts so far, and there are nine more to go,” he added. “As those lights go out, I will replace them with the same wall mounts.”

Patel said he plans to keep converting his legacy lighting fixtures with LEDs because they’re the future of lighting.

“LEDs are the generation people will go to,” he stated. “And e-conolight will be my first stop going forward.”

Upgrading to LED Increases Energy Efficiency, Decreases Costs

Increasing the energy efficiency in your home doesn’t mean sacrificing high style or breaking the bank. The evolution and increasing familiarity of LED products over the last several years means homeowners can swap their traditional lighting schemes indoor and out for brighter light at bigger savings.

INDOOR

Recessed lighting took kitchen design by storm a few years ago, but recent regulations that limit the manufacture and importing of incandescent bulbs mean the change to more efficient lighting will happen sooner rather than later. New 14W LED recessed retrofit kits offered by e-conolight make the transition smooth because they fit into most existing 5” and 6” recessed housings. Kits include a long-lasting LED bulb that provides bright light at considerable savings.

Track lighting has also come a long way since the chunky units of the 1970s. From high-style residential track heads with an industrial twist to sleek units that fit in nicely with almost any décor, LED track lights offered by e-conolight deliver bright light, true colors and keep a low profile. Homeowners can highlight architectural details, spotlight great pieces of art or use the new track head models for general illumination instead of traditional ceiling-mount fixtures and/or table lamps.

Brighten up basements without the headache of replacing existing T-bar ceiling structures with drop-in LED troffers, now in a convenient 1x4 size at e-conolight.com. Because LED troffers can be up to 70 percent brighter and use less energy than fluorescent tubes, fewer fixtures are needed overall. Homeowners end up saving time and money.

OUTDOOR

Saving money with more efficient LED lighting isn’t limited to indoor ideas. Homeowners can light up walkways, create the perfect backdrop for enjoying an evening outside, highlight landscaping and more.

LED wall packs offered by e-conolight are ideal lighting fixtures for exterior walls on both homes and garages. Some models include a cutoff glare shield to direct light down to the ground, where it’s needed. They can also throw light to both sides, increasing visibility along driveways and walkways with minimal glare, which is important to help keep the peace with neighbors.

Backyard decks can be fantastic entertainment spaces, but the fun shouldn’t be limited to daytime because homeowners are afraid of attracting bugs if they install lights. LED flexible strip lighting is the ideal solution because the strips are flexible and fit nicely underneath top rails. LED strips are also completely sealed, and, unlike traditional bulbs, LEDs don’t attract bugs so the party doesn’t have to move inside after the sun goes down.

Curb appeal doesn’t need to fade into the shadows at nightfall. LED decorative sconces from e-conolight.com shine light up, down or in both directions and highlight pretty features in the yard and nice architectural touches at the same time. Homeowners who want to add a little more style to walkway lighting and entryways will find that sconces are an attractive and energy cost saving way to go. 

LED Lay-In Troffers Just What the Teacher Ordered

Students in Rachel Nemitz’s 2^nd grade class at Wisconsin Lutheran School in Racine, WI, noticed immediately there was something different in their classroom when they reported for the first day of school last fall.

“They looked up and said the room was so bright,” Nemitz remembers.

Leaders of Wisconsin Lutheran last summer swapped out 1-for-1 existing T12 linear fluorescent fixtures for 2x4 LED lay-in troffers offered by e-conolight. Nemitz said the difference in the quality of light is what makes her appreciate the new fixtures.

“With the new LEDs we have bright light without the glare we had before,” she added. “I really notice the difference when I’m at my desk grading papers.”

Principal Paul Patterson also likes the way the troffers deliver warm, even light throughout the classroom.

“The light is brighter but also softer and not as institutional,” he said. “There is definitely a better mood in the room.”

Another positive factor associated with the LED troffers is that they’re silent instead of giving off a low-level hum that comes from traditional lighting fixtures. For students with distraction issues, this is a nice bonus.

“Having less background noise for students who struggle with distraction is very helpful,” Nemitz noted.

Nemitz’s classroom is the first of what Patterson hopes will eventually be the whole school, budget permitting.

“We would love to afford doing the whole school right away,” he stated. “Old ballasts are at the end of their lives so we’re working additional LED fixtures into the budget.”

Read more about how Wisconsin Lutheran is saving energy costs with LED lay-in troffers by clicking here.

Loft Apartments Get Lighting Upgrade

Rising Sun Mills apartments in Providence, RI, are modern urban loft spaces getting a new look with PAR track lighting offered by e-conolight and LED lamps provided by the local utility company.

Not only will the new lighting scheme keep units bright on even the darkest days, the combination of e-conolight’s best-selling track fixture with an LED lamp will also save management and tenants on energy bills.

Lead Electrician Marco Desrochers is charged with leading the installation, and he said the apartments have large windows so there’s plenty of natural light. But, because there are few overhead light fixtures, the units can feel too dark when the weather is overcast. 

He is putting up four-foot lengths of track in both the living space and bedroom of each apartment. 

“These apartments show best on sunny days, but we can’t always get those so overhead lighting is very important,” he said.

Mark Van Noppen agreed. He is co-founder of Armory Revival Company, parent company of Rising Sun Mills.

"There is a bright, warm feeling now so, even in the winter when it's dark by 4 p.m., residents get a homey feeling," he stated.

Desrochers recommended track lighting to Van Noppen because of its flexibility, he added. The PAR30 75W max rear-loading Gimbal Ring track heads will be fitted onto the track feeds to allow for track heads to be added or removed as needed. Each fixture will be outfitted with a 75W equivalent LED lamp provided by RISE Engineering and National Grid for bright light and energy cost savings.

Van Noppen is happy with both the way the fixtures look and the way they light up the spaces.

"These are loft-style apartments with big walls for big paintings and interesting art, and the new fixtures wash the walls perfectly," he added.

The plan, Van Noppen and Desrochers noted, is to keep installing track lighting as units rollover from one tenant to the next.

"We'll probably do 10 or 15 units a year," Desrochers estimated. "They really do make a big difference by highlighting the great features of these apartments."

LED Wall Mounts Shed Light on Parking Area

Employees at Washington Marine Cleaning in Everett, WA, have a brighter parking area and more security with the addition of 600 lumen, 14W LED wall mounts offered by e-conolight.

“We were in such need of outside lighting,” said Gary Baldwin, a company manager. “Now the security outside the building is much better.”

Washington Marine Cleaning provides cleaning services primarily for commercial marine and industrial applications. Crews often arrive to work before the sun has fully risen and leave after dark so having reliable lighting for greater safety and security was a priority.

Baldwin said he likes the wall mounts because of the way they broadcast light, the photocells work great and they look good, too.

“The lights do what they say they’re going to do in the descriptions,” he added. “What more can you ask?”

In addition to saving Washington Marine operation costs, the wall mounts also saved some money up front by being less expensive than other brands listed with the local electric utility’s rebate program.

"Even without the rebate, ordering from e-conolight was the better way to go," Baldwin confirmed.

6-Lamp Linears: Best-Selling for a Reason

Lighting large spaces with bright light that doesn’t break the bank is possible with best-selling 6-lamp linear fluorescents offered by e-conolight.

E-conolight offers a five-year warranty on fixtures and electrical components; tiered pricing, so buying more is saving more; specular reflectors that increase flexibility; and factory-installed lamps that save time in the field.

Standard features include :

• ·         High-efficiency MIRO 4™ specular reflector for medium distribution
• ·         White-painted reflector for wide distribution
• ·         Lamps are 32W premium GE® lamps
• ·         120-277V instant start GE® UltraMax® High Efficiency ballast
• ·         Two wire-form hangers for mounting

6-lamp linears with specular reflectors are comparable to 400W PSMH high bay, and those with white reflectors can replace 400W PSMH low bay. Typical mounting height is between 25 and 45 feet for T5HO lamps and between 15 and 35 feet for T8 lamps, depending on the reflector.

All T5HO and T8 lamps are TCLP compliant.

6-lamp linear fluorescents start at $125.90 but can be as low as $82.90.