So you have a factory or warehouse, and you currently have 400W Metal Halide or HPS fixtures, and you are thinking to convert over to LED. But you want to make sure that the light levels are good before you buy? How can you be sure?
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In 2018, the typical LED industrial indoor bay fixture price is more variable than ever. You have brands that offer cheaper and less efficient options all the way up to the premium products and brands; and then everything in-between. We like to take an analytical approach that looks at the real raw numbers that allows you to best justify the cost of one light to the next.
We do this by considering the price, wattage, lumens, and other factors (such as lifespan, qualifications, and warranties). Below, we cover the average price for these lights price in 2018. After that, we explore what exactly you should look at when considering price to get the best value that will maximize savings long-term.
Source: https://www.myledlightingguide.com/blog-led-industrial-indoor-bay-prices
Industrial Indoor Bay Fixtures are a critical part to any high ceiling building. Since these fixtures require such large lumen output, the cost to run them can be high, especially when running old Metal Halide or HPS lights. By converting to LED, you are able to reduce your energy consumption in your most energy intensive fixtures by up to 75% (or more).
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So you are in the market for a LED Conversion Solution. You have existing fixtures and you want to save money by gutting them and installing a LED Head and Driver to replace your metal halide bulb and ballast. There are a lot of similar looking kits out there, so how do you choose. Well here’s a small list of 3 points to consider before you purchase.
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LOL First, a warm up. Now, the real thing.
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You may remember that last May, I reviewed Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong by Paul Offit, and around the same time, interviewed him. My original post and a link to the interview are here. It is an excellent book, and the kindle version is now on sale for $1.99, so now’s your … Continue reading Book deals including Paul Offit and Doris Kearns Goodwin!
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In 2018, the typical LED highbay fixture price is more variable than ever. You have brands that offer cheaper and less efficient options all the way up to the premium products and brands; and then everything in-between. We like to take an analytical approach that looks at the real raw numbers that allows you to best justify the cost of one light to the next.
We do this by considering the price, wattage, lumens, and other factors (such as lifespan, qualifications, and warranties). Below, we cover the average price for these lights price in 2018. After that, we explore what exactly you should look at when considering price to get the best value that will maximize savings long-term.
Source: https://www.myledlightingguide.com/blog-led-highbay-prices
Explosion proof fixtures are a necessity for environments which output potentially explosive or flammable fumes, produce dust of dirt in the air, or similar situations in which a gas could enter the fixture and cause damage to the light or well-being of the facility.
If you are currently running or working with a facility which requires these explosion proof light fixtures, the list of 3 must-haves below will clear the air and hopefully set you on the right track to ensuring you have the proper setup and design.
Source: https://www.myledlightingguide.com/blog-must-haves-explosion-proof
Explosion proof fixtures are a necessity for environments which output potentially explosive or flammable fumes, produce dust of dirt in the air, or similar situations in which a gas could enter the fixture and cause damage to the light or well-being of the facility.
If you are currently running or working with a facility which requires these explosion proof light fixtures, the list of 3 must-haves below will clear the air and hopefully set you on the right track to ensuring you have the proper setup and design.
First on the list, we are going to talk about the actual technology within the fixture and why it is so important.
Source: https://www.myledlightingguide.com/blog-must-haves-explosion-proof-fixtures
LED Light is efficient. Far more efficient than the HID, fluorescent or incandescent bulbs they replace. But not all energy LED consumes is converted to light. Some of the energy is used to create heat. And while LED is far more efficient than the other light sources at producing light and very little heat, the heat it produces must be removed.
Source: https://www.myledlightingguide.com/blog-active-cooling-versus-passive-cooling-for-led
Some time ago it dawned on me that a future Microsoft operating system, a version of Windows, would be based on Linux. It only makes sense. There is no better operating system to base a desktop, server, or other specialized OS on, for normal hardware. Eventually, this would dawn on Microsoft. I thought it might … Continue reading I knew it, I saw this coming! (Microsoft-Linux)
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High bay fixtures are a critical part to any high ceiling building. Since these high bays require such large lumen output, the cost to run
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These fake ad blockers hid malicious code. Ad Guard Research reported this: What if I told you that thanks to poor Chrome’s WebStore moderation the situation is much worse, and in reality over 20,000,000 users are affected and tricked into installing fake malicious ad blockers?… Now back to the normal language. Here is a list … Continue reading Do you have a fake ad blocker installed in Chrome?
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A more interesting and fruitful than usual bunch of books cheap in Kindle format: First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies by Kate Brower. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true … Continue reading Sex at dawn, Smart birds, Lincoln: Excellent cheap book deals
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… is a very interesting read. Details here. Meanwhile, the Rachel Maddow Interview:
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This happened once. A major new venue was to be opening some time in the next year. A major existential threat was menacing the planet. A major star, one of the biggest ever, was said to be interested in performing a benefit concert, somewhere interesting, to help an important cause. I suggested that the major … Continue reading Black holes of isolation induced oddness
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High bay fixtures are a critical part to any high ceiling building. Since these high bays require such large lumen output, the cost to run
Source: https://www.myledlightingguide.com/blog-best-led-high-bay-lights
High bay fixtures are a critical part to any high ceiling building. Since these high bays require such large lumen output, the cost to run
Source: https://www.myledlightingguide.com/blog-best-led-high-bay-lights
Natasha Ravinand is the founder of “She Dreams in Code,” a nonprofit focused on increasing opportunities for middle school girls to engage in coding. She is also the author of Girls With Dreams: Inspiring Girls to Code and Create in the New Generation. In this book, Ntasha interviews several women in engineering and technology in … Continue reading Girls With Dreams and Women With Cards
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Last years some time I found myself hanging in the Longville, Minnesota library. So I randomly picked a book off a random shelf, read the first ten pages, and got very interested in the story. The book was The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral-And How It Changed the … Continue reading Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Weeds (cheap books)
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The view from my second floor office window:
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Congratulations to citizen Adam Jennings for running a fantastic campaign in the Third Congressional District DFL! Adam reminds us of the essential nature of the Democratic Leader. He embodies the spirit of Lettered Democrats and Progressives Past (JFK, RFK, FDR, and even TR and possibly LBJ on a very good day). The Jennings campaign did … Continue reading
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A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey is coming out any minute now. Described as such: In his forthcoming book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks … Continue reading James Comey: A Higher Loyalty
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But her emails!!! And there are brown people everywhere!!!!! Hat Tip: Media Matters.
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I’ve been cautious about predicting what Trump will do next, and when I do predict I’m usually wrong, because he is so random. But right now I’ve got a strong feeling that he is about to make a move on Mueller. I know, I know, it’s been looking that way all along so saying that … Continue reading Cover the fans, the sh*t is coming
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Lost in space is a brilliant idea that has been done twice, both times deeply flawed, but it still remains a great idea. The reason this is a great idea is because it places a group of people with sufficient internal conflict to be in a story, in a context where the writers can do … Continue reading Lost in Space
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This rant is more about TV and culture than economics, but still serves as an example of an important and often ignored phenomenon: the blindness of the patriarchy. I wonder what the value is of a show like House of Cards vs, say, Jessica Jones, to a producer of content like Netflix. The former has … Continue reading More proof the “free market” is a right wing fantasy
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No, he’s not dead, he 90. But for some reason, probably because his birthday was yesterday, Nature wrote him up, and it is a fun read. In case you are wondering who Tom Lehrer is, he is this guy:
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When you see an election result like “98%” for a sitting president who is actually a dictator do not assume that this dictator would have lost the election had the election been fair. I lived in Zaire. Mobotu Sese Seku Kuku Kibombe, the arch-typical syphilitic dictator, the model for all the other African dictators found … Continue reading How Trump Gets To Be Dictator
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There is all kinds of note taking software, from simple to complex, cloudy or not cloudy, etc. I’m here to recommend a simple cloudy application that works across platforms. I should mention that I did have a problem with this software once, which I’ll describe below, but that I’m willing to blame on the OSX … Continue reading Excellent Note Taking Software
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The number is (800) 273-8255. Everywhere in the US, I’m pretty sure, there is a crisis hotline someone can call if they feel totally desperate, perhaps ready to commit suicide. There is a national number but this number typically goes to a more local entity. In Minnesota, if you call the National Suicide Prefention Lifeline, … Continue reading Contemplating Suicide? Call this number. Oh, wait, maybe you can’t.
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LED Light is efficient. Far more efficient than the HID, fluorescent or incandescent bulbs they replace. But not all energy LED consumes is converted to light. Some of the energy is used to create heat. And while LED is far more efficient than the other light sources at producing light and very little heat, the heat it produces must be removed.
Source: https://www.myledlightingguide.com/blog-active-cooling-versus-passive-cooling-for-LED
Provided to you without commentary, because I know some of my readers will want to spend $0.99 to $2.99 for these Kindle books, instead of full price: No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science Siege of Yorktown: The Last Major Land Battle of the American … Continue reading Cheap Books: LeGuin, Dawkins, Yorktown, Composting
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There is a pair of bills working their way through the Minnesota state legislature that would change the way Xcel Energy can pay for certain costs of maintaining and upgrading its nuclear power plants between now and their eventual final shut down several years hence. This bill has a strange and unusual set of detractors … Continue reading Nuclear Plant Bill Riles, Confuses, Perhaps Conspires
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TRIGGER WARNING DO NOT LOOK AT THIS THING!!! Here, look at this thing … Close up: Anybody have a clue what the heck that is? It looks like chewed up apple substance that has turned black. It does not smell bad, and Huxley did not notice any taste other than that of apple when he … Continue reading A rotten apple like you’ve never seen before
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A PROCLAMATION Every day, women, men, and children across America suffer the pain and trauma of sexual assault. From verbal harassment and intimidation to molestation and rape, this crime occurs far too frequently, goes unreported far too often, and leaves long-lasting physical and emotional scars. During National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we recommit ourselves not … Continue reading Presidential Proclamation: National Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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