Commercial Lighting Supplies

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Commercial Lighting Supplies

• As a business owner, you know how important the
  lighting systems are to your company. There are
  many roles filled by commercial lights. They add
  to the safety, practical, and aesthetic
  components of your business, but if you are
  installing these yourself, you will need to find
  the right commercial lighting supplies in order
  to properly mount and wire them. The size of your
  business does not matter if you need lighting.
  All workplaces will need to be lit. This is for
  the safety of your employees and customers. 
  Commercial lighting supplies can provide you with
  the hardware and accessories you need in order to
  self install a myriad of lighting choices.

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• Types of commercial lighting supplies you might
  find a need for could include commercial parking
  lot light poles. These are necessary for mounting
  outdoor street lights and other types of exterior
  lighting. For light poles you need to determine
  how you will mount them. The mounting accessories
  for poles are also vital supplies. Some poles can
  simply be put into a gravel-lined hole in the
  ground. This is a simple embedding, and it is the
  easiest and most common method. There are other
  mounting options for decorative light poles as
  well which require the use of a poured concrete
  foundation. Take a look at your light pole and
  the lamp you intend to affix to it. The lamp
  attached to the pole will require wiring to
  render it fully functional. The height of the
  pole, type of lamp, and the bulb will determine
  the supplies you will need to wire it.

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• If you operate a warehouse, you might need 
  commercial lighting supplies such as flood lights
  or commercial emergency lights. These are for the
  safety of your employees. They also provide for a
  productive work environment. The supplies
  required to install these will be dependent upon
  the type of light and the bulbs used. You will
  want to look for energy efficient lamps or Lutron
  dimmer control switches as they will save you
  money in the long run by lowering your electric
  costs. The area for the lamps to be installed in
  will also dictate the amount of light required.
  In work areas, you will need a lot of light and
  the necessary commercial lighting supplies to put
  them in. If the lights you will install are low
  voltage,

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• you need to get a transformer of ensure that
  there is one in the lighting package. This
  applies to any low voltage path lights you will
  install. A transformer will act to bring the
  voltage of a typical outlet, which is 120 V in
  the United States, down to the operating level of
  the lamp. Most low voltage lamps are between 12
  and 24 V. You can tie several lights into the
  transformer, but keep in mind that the sum of the
  wattage of all the lamps must be less than the
  load of the transformer.

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• Outdoor lighting Transformers are just one of the
  many commercial lighting supplies you might
  require. There are as many supply types as there
  are lighting options for your business. If you
  need assistance in finding the right  commercial
  lighting supplies or are unclear about what to do
  with them once you have them, then you will need
  to consult with an expert. Professional
  contractors could be hired to do the job, or you
  could consult step by step instructional
  specifications designed to make installing
  lighting projects easy.