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We have just lowered our prices on all of our T8 and T5HO vapor proof high bay fixtures!  These fixtures provide excellent light output even in the harshest environments. The fiberglass reinforced polyester housing includes a closed cell poured polyurethane gasket that completely seals the fixture against humidity, dust, moisture penetration and corrosion. A clear acrylic lens is standard and an optional polycarbonate version is available for maximum impact resistance.  Both the T5HO version and the T8 version come with a standard 95% enhanced aluminum reflector that directs the light down and out of the fixture.  All internal components are easily accessible via a removable gear tray.

We have used this fixture to relight food processing plants, cold storage facilities and outdoor canopy areas in large industrial plants.  The minimum start temperature for the ballast is specified at -20 deg. F (-30 deg. C). and since the fixture is fully enclosed, it retains much of the lamp heat to allow the fluorescent lamps to operate closer to their maximum light output temperature.  For full product details on each of these fixtures, please follow the links below to the product page on our site.

• 4 Lamp Vapor Tight T8 High Bay. Regular Price: $187.50, Sale Price: $173.25 (You Save $14.25)
• 6 Lamp Vapor Tight T8 High Bay. Regular Price: $203.70, Sale Price: $186.75 (You Save $17.00)
• 4 Lamp Vapor Tight T5HO High Bay. Regular Price: $218.75, Sale Price: $179.75 (You Save $39.00)
• 6 Lamp Vapor Tight T5HO High Bay. Regular Price: $250.00, Sale Price: $193.70 (You Save $56.30)

As always, we would love to hear from you.  Feel free to call us at (888) 548-6387 or contact us via email if you would like to discuss your project in detail.  We would be happy to provide a custom lighting layout for your facility and help secure your lighting rebates and incentives.  There’s no telling how long we’ll be able to hold these prices so low, so don’t delay.

Efficiency Vermont, Vermont’s statewide provider of energy efficiency services, has announced a new program promoting the replacement of T12 and HID High-Bay lighting with more efficient technology.  The newLIGHT program is being made available from April 1st to December 31st, 2010, and is offering businesses significantly enhanced rebates for upgrading their old T12 fluorescent and HID high-bay lighting systems to more efficient equipment.  This comes as the Department of Energy has passed new regulations that will ban the manufacture of T12 fluorescent lamps for sale in the US after July 14, 2012.

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The vast majority of existing warehouse space in the US is lit with inefficient high intensity discharge or magnetically ballasted T12 fluorescent light fixtures.  Unfortunately, lighting is one of the few areas that is often overlooked when investigating cost reduction opportunities.  Owners and managers blindly budget tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars for utility bills without realizing that switching to more energy efficient warehouse lighting can provide a tremendous opportunity to reduce energy demand and therefore cut utility costs.  Many believe that the only option to lowering the electric bill is to shut off all the lights in the facility which results in an unsafe work environment.  We have had major advances in lighting technology that allow for warehouses lighting systems to be optimized for bulk storage and rack aisle applications.

This application guide outlines warehouse lighting requirements and best practices and gives practical examples you can use as a basis for your warehouse lighting retrofit project.  As with our gymnasium lighting application guide, we will use examples to illustrate these guidelines that are based on typical warehouse layouts.  If you have any questions or need any clarifications, don’t hesitate to contact us.

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T5 and T5HO fluorescent high bay fixtures and other T5-based specialty lights are built around a linear fluorescent tube lamp.  Like other types of lamps, the number in the name of the lamp reflects its size.  The “T5” name reflects the diameter of the tube in eighths of an inch.  A T5 lamp is five-eighths of an inch (5/8”).  Similarly, a T8 lamp is eight-eighths (or one inch) in diameter and a T12 is 12 eighths (or 1-1/2 inches) in diameter.  One of the features that make a T5 bulb and T5-based high bay light fixtures more efficient is the fact that the lamp is 37% narrower tube than a T8 and over 55% narrower than a T12 lamp.

This article describes the background and technical specs of the T5 and T5HO lamps as well as some considerations you should keep in mind when relighting your facility with these types of lamps.

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