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With more and more states passing laws banning smoking in public places, including bars and restaurants, more smokers are either being forced to quit their habit or brace the outside elements to light up a cigarette. While there are many companies that market products geared toward gradually helping people kick the habit, nicotine gum and patches are not for everyone. A newer product that has hit the market within the last few years is an electronic cigarette that is made to look and feel like an actual cigarette.

The electronic cigarettes are more commonly known as disposable e-cigs and can be found in many bars, online, and in stores. Since the disposable e-cig does not release smoke into the air they are legal in all public facilities. Disposable e-cigs run on batteries that can last up to three hours. Replacement batteries are sold for only a few dollars and can be recharged up to approximately three hundred times. At the current time, disposable e-cigs have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, but can be purchased legally anywhere they are sold. The cigarettes are available with nicotine and can be purchased with different amounts or levels of nicotine.

With nicotine gum and patches, there are people who wonder why smokers would need an electronic cigarette. Trying to quit smoking cold turkey is not a desirable method of quitting for most people. Quitting cold turkey usually results in more people relapsing since there is nothing to slowly take away the body's dependence on nicotine. With alternatives like nicotine gum and patches, people are able to use a step-like program to eventually wean their bodies from the control that nicotine has on it. The same can be said for disposable e-cigs. Those who try to quit using other methods say that getting used to the feel of the cigarette between their fingers, in addition to the body's reaction to the nicotine and other ingredients of the cigarette, is one of the reasons they are unable to quit by using nicotine gum or the nicotine patch.

Disposable e-cigs are just now starting to catch on in popular cities across the country. It is unknown just how many have been sold so far, but there is definitely a growing trend in the popularity of these cheap alternatives to cigarettes. As the cost of real cigarettes increase per pack- in some states smokers are paying well over six dollars a pack for the more popular brands- the disposable cigarette is quickly becoming a more desirable means of getting bodily reactions to nicotine, without breaking the bank. Each cigarette can cost up to roughly fifteen dollars, there are websites that sell them for a few dollars less per disposable Bulkhead Lights Manufacturers e-cig if purchased in larger quantities, but are equipped with batteries that can be recharged over three hundred times. If attempting to quit smoking or saving money on the habit, disposable e-cigs are definitely worth the small investment and are not banned in public places.

Take a walk through any office building these days.  Once you understand the savings proposition from LED lighting, all you can see is money falling from the ceiling with the electric humm of fluorescent buzz raining down.  Whether it's the building's owner, company, or landlord, someone or some company is paying for a lot of tee times at the local utility.  Let's take a look at one of the places that LED lights can have the biggest impact, Office lighting.  

Office lighting is a perfect target for LED lights and the savings that ensue.  Office lights typically run longer than residential lights which is a big component of the cost comparison between LED and fluorescent lighting.  Why concentrate of fluorescent?  T12's are the common lights you'll find in most office spaces.  You'll also find a range of spots, general lighting, and other fluorescent form factors (T8, etc) but T12's do the heavy lifting in most office spaces.  T12's are actually there due to their relative energy efficient when compared to incandescent lights.  That being the case, let's look at a T12 versus the equivalent LED light for a quick snapshot of how the costs pencil out on a pure lumen to lumen basis before we look at contributing factors in LED's favor.

A standard T12 light will run $1.50 per tube and they're usually sold in bulk.  The wattage for a T12 bulb is usually around 34 watts while the replacement LED bulb typically runs about half at about 17 watts.  The fluorescent also requires a ballast which must be powered separately at about 10-15 watts per ballast and a ballast will usually power up 2 to 4 bulbs per fixture.  This power savings is a big part of the cost difference in lighting over a 5 year window for office space since they are typically running 10+ hours (8 hours of operation plus 1 hour on each end).  You multiply this per bulb power savings over 100's if not 1000's of bulbs and you quickly generate significant savings.  The bulbs will also not need to replaced nearly as often since fluorescents will typically last 7000 to 9000 hours but lighting quality deteriorates as a fluorescent bulb ages due to how it works and cycling (turning on and off) can significantly impact both the age and Bulkhead Lights Manufacturers  quality of light generated.  LED's have no problems with cycling and come right on as opposed to fluorescent which must "power up".  The LED bulbs we use will generally last 50,000 hours.  That's right 50K versus 9K.  Office buildings are also generally running large numbers of bulbs which requires labor to safely replace them.  So why would anyone stay with flourescents for office lighting.  The cost of LED bulbs are higher but with new government rebates and the decreased need for replacement, this allows a business to keep the power savings generated by a lower wattage.  Government rebates for LED lighting is more substantial for businesses with not only a per bulb and per watt rebate but also a per square foot savings in most cases.  

One other key factor.  The T12 is being phased out starting Jan 2012 and replacement ballasts (which fail) are already phased out.  One year from now, this whole discussion will be moot.  What about your other office lighting (outside of fluorescent)? The numbers are even better for general lighting, spots, and high intensity floods since most of those are high wattage incandescent or expensive CFL's (which have poor quality light) by the way.  The government rebates still apply for these lights and the wattage (power) savings is considerably higher.  

Office lighting is ideally suited for LED lights for a number of reasons but one big one is the aesthetic quality and color of the actual light.  LED lights are a much truer light than fluorescents and CFL's and now with our color tuning, we can provide daylight and bright white colors that office environments require.  We're happy to run a LED light quote for your office space today!

They say that there is more than one way to skin a cat, well, there is also more than one way to make a campfire. Sometimes when you are out in the wild you have to use the materials that are at hand. Try these ways or making a campfire.

1. USE A MATCH

Get a match. Oh, you were looking for something more dramatic? More challenging? OK, that's coming. However, when you have been out hunting or hiking all day and want nothing more than to sit next to a nice campfire and cook your dinner, check your pockets for a match first. That's the easiest way to make a campfire except for maybe that gun looking contraption your wife uses for lighting her smelly candles.

2. USE FRICTION

Try some friction based fire making. Every cowboy movie since the beginning of time has at least one scene where someone rubs two sticks together and makes fire. They make it look so easy. It is the oldest method, but certainly not the easiest. It is possible, though, with the right wood and technique. Choose a dry softwood such as willow or aspen to use for the fireboard (it is preferable to use this wood for the spindle as well, but you can get away with using a slightly harder wood there). Now for technique in three easy steps:

A. Cut a notch in the side of your fireboard. It should be V-shaped with a small depression at the top of the V (for your spindle). Place a piece of bark under your fireboard, right under the notch so that it will catch the ember once you get it going.

B. Find a straight stick that is about two feet long to use as a spindle. Place one end in the notch on your fireboard and while pressing it down into the fireboard, roll between your palms, working them down the spindle. They key is to do this very, very fast so the spindle creates a lot of friction against the fireboard. Keep doing this until you form an ember (the tip of the spindle glows red).

C. Tap the ember gently onto the piece of bark and place it in some tinder while you blow on it gently. This will cause the ember to ignite the tinder causing a flame to form.

3. FRICTION WITH A BUDDY

Get a buddy and make it a little easier. It is easier for two people to create the pressure and speed required to form an ember than it is for one lowly soul to go it alone. The same concept applies to this method as in the one man show version of friction based fire making. However, this time one person keeps the spindle pressed firmly against the fireboard while the other person rotates the spindle. A shoelace looped around the spindle work well to make the rotation easier.

4. USE A BOW DRILL

Make a bow drill. This is probably the easiest way to make a fire if you are using a friction fire starting method. It is very good at keeping the pressure and speed necessary to produce an ember. The same rules apply as far as the wood for your fireboard and spindle (about as big around as your thumb). You will need a strong shoelace of piece of leather for this.

A. Prepare your fireboard as you would if you were doing the hand drill method. Cut a V-shaped notch in the side and create a slight depression at the top of the V. Tie the string to both ends of a stick, as if you are making a bow, but leave the string a little loose. The stick can be any wood, it just needs to be pretty sturdy. Place a piece of bark under the V to catch the ember.

B. Set the spindle in the depression and loop the string of the bow around it. Use a piece of wood or a rock to place over the top of the spindle to give you more leverage as you bear down.

C. Saw the bow back and forth very vigorously so that the looped bow string rotates the spindle. Keep making the sawing motion until an ember is produced.

D. Place the ember into some tinder and blow gently on it until it creates a flame.

5. THE FIRE PLOUGH

Make a fire plough. Word of advice: Try one of two of the other methods before giving this one a shot. It can be done, but it isn't easy and it isn't any fun. This is another method that the movies tend to make look so easy. Judge for yourself, though.
Find some nice softwood to make your fireboard and cut a groove down the middle but not all the way to the end. Make a shaft from a wood that is only slightly harder and rub it vigorously up and down the groove. The friction that this movement creates will cause fireboard particles to be pushed out and eventually catch fire and the friction increases the temperature. That's the idea anyway.

6. USE STEEL AND FLINT

Strike a spark with steel and flint. You really need a char cloth for this method because it will have to catch the spark. Strike steel, such as a pocket knife (carbon steel works best), against flint to create a spark. You can also use an axe head against flint. Hold your flint and char cloth in the same hand so that the spark can reach the cloth. Strike the steel against the flint, but more of a glancing blow than a direct hit. Continue to do this until the sparks hit the cloth and catch fire.

7. THE PUMP FIRE DRILL

Create a pump fire drill. This is a nifty little way to start a friction fire without as much work. The Iroquois Indians are credited with this little marvel. It is definitely worth trying. You will need a piece of hard wood to use as a cross bar and a flywheel as well as a softwood spindle and fireboard. There are only three steps for set up.

A. Make the flywheel by boring a hole in a piece of the hardwood. The piece of wood should be round. Work the spindle through it. It should be snug. The hole for the crossbar (also made of hardwood) should be a little roomier so that is moves easily up and down the spindle.

B. Use a shoelace or leather thong to attach the top of the spindle to the crossbar.

C. Use the flywheel to twist the shoelace around the spindle. Press on the crossbar so that the spindle rotates and rewinds the shoelace in the other direction. Continue doing this until the friction gives you an ember.

Don't forget to either pack some char cloth or put together a tinder bundle made from dried grass and cottonwood bark or other similar materials. After all, an ember isn't very useful if you don't have something to catch it and ignite Floodlights Suppliers to a flame.

There are numerous Led Floodlights manufacturers around today. However one needs to be wary, as not all of them are what they may seem. As this form of lighting becomes increasingly popular so there are many manufacturers who are trying to cash in on this but are producing inferior quality LED lighting.

When it comes to investing money in such equipment for your business premises or homes there are certain things to consider. Below we take a look at just what some of these are.

The first thing to consider when considering investing in such lighting from any Led Floodlights manufacturers is what procedures do they have in place to test them. Ideally the company should have chosen to use procedures that are compliant with various countries regulations on such and which in turn will provide them with the appropriate certification confirming that these have been made to the highest standard possible.

Ideally the certification that the manufacturer should be carrying on their lights is that provided by the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) or SCC (Supply Chain Council) Organizations. Companies who have obtained this type of certification are ones that are very open about their manufacturing processes. This is because they allow these organizations to actually send in their own people to actually test the lights to ensure that they meet the terms.

The tests that these people carry out are ones that ensure that the Led Floodlights manufacturers products actually meet with their standards. If they do then of course they will be awarded that particular organizations certification mark.

But these organizations don't just actually test the products made but also carry out annual inspections of the factories where the products are made. This in turn then helps to ensure that all future products they make will continue to meet their exact requirements.

However be careful, as there are some manufacturers who claim to have received this particular certification, but don't actually have it. If you are at all unsure about the company manufacturing the Led Floodlightss you are considering buying we would recommend you contact the OSHA or SCC to confirm if they do hold the relevant certification or not.

Once you know that the manufacturer of your Led Floodlightss has been given the appropriate certification by these organizations then you know you are investing in lighting you can trust. You also know you are going to be installing lighting that will not only save you money each year on your electricity bills but will prove more beneficial to the working environment.

Installation of such lights from an accredited Led Floodlights manufacturers means that you are also getting lights that will be much safer. Plus will not require replacing as often as conventional ones because they use less energy and so illuminate areas for a much longer amount of time. On average such lights will provide illumination for as much as 100,000 hours compared to say 10,000 hours for a traditional light bulb.

In the past, China LED Wall Light Manufacturers two types of lighting sources were available, one was traditional lighting and the other was fluorescent lighting. Both of them had issues of emitting more heat than the energy, that is, there is more heat and less light with a short life span. To solve these problems the LED technology was developed. It is a semi-conductor source of light which is used in the bulbs, flash lights, and other light fixtures.

There are many different types of light bulbs out there to choose from which means that it can be not that simple to decide which ones to use as you are not just stuck with one type of lighting in your whole household. You can use different bulbs depending on where and what you are going to be using it for. One of the newer types of light bulb that you may want to use is the LED bulb.

LED light bulb is a great choice can be used throughout your household for many different reasons. LED light bulb has many benefits over other types however they also have not that good benefits.

LED Advantages: It has extremely long life span. It does not just cut out straight away when life is low.

LED Disadvantages: Not very high voltage so the light is not huge.

The first advantage, extremely long life span is a very good thing for these LED bulbs. They can last up to 200,000 hours however they mostly should be changed roughly around the 50,000 hour mark as once they reach here they usually start to dim down that means that they need changing.

LED lights will start to fade and are not be as bright when they start to run out as such you will always have time to get more or change the light bulb, also you will still be able to use the bulb for a while longer.

These types of light bulbs do not give out huge light so that is why they are usually recommended for side lights and corner of the room lights. LED lights are not limited to these at all however they are recommended use for them.

LED lights do not give off very much heat that can be regarded as very good considering other traditional bulbs can give off most of its power as heat which reduces your bulbs lifespan. LED bulbs power goes into producing light.

When using any type of bulb is "Do not look directly at the light", this is because the light that a LED bulb gives off is an intense low light so it can be very dangerous for your eyes if you look directly at it.

The great thing about LED bulb is that they are just solid light as such there is nothing which can potentially fail except for it running out after constant use for several years, you are even able to get different colours displayed from one depending on what kind of allow is utilised when producing the light.

One by one, the deal-breakers for LED lights has fallen and one of the most important of these was the ability to offer dimmable lights.  The ability to dim lights can be line in the sand for some spaces in terms of type of lighting and original LED lights did not have this capacity.  New advances now offer two ways to do it and our built in dimmable electronics is the cleaner of the two.  Let's take a look at newly improved world of Garden Light Manufacturers dimmable LEDs.

Dimmable bulbs and fixtures are now commonplace in residential lighting (think halogen kitchen spots) and across the commercial and retail space.  Basically, anywhere you need more control over light intensity is a valid opportunity for dimmable bulbs.  The inability of LED lights to match this quality of incandescents was originally a problem.  We say incandescents (halogens included) since fluorescents and CFL's either do not have the ability to dim or will show a drastic change in color or quality of light.  The whole purpose of a ballast is to regulate the voltage and insure a minimum level to the bulbs so trying to reduce this input or "dim" the bulb is not compatible with the function of fluorescent lights.  Not true for LEDs.

LED's are pretty simple electronic devices.  The diode converts electrons into photons so reducing the output of photons without changing the color of wavelength of light is an electronic one.  The ability to dim LED lights is just a function of attenuating or controlling the input.  We have two options.  first, the work-around.  There are actual interfaces you can screw into the socket and then screw your LED bulb directly into this interface socket.  You can then manually adjust or set the dimming quality for that individual light as needed.  This is more of a specific use where you want to dial in a light intensity area by area.  Some cases like restaurants or certain retail solutions may require this level of control but for most needs, a global dimming mechanism at the socket is preferred where you can dim an entire room or bank of lights at one time.  This  is the standard set-up for most existing incandescent dimmable lighting so we want to be able to match this to avoid having the sub out the existing lighting architecture.  Good news.  We can now for most standard dimmable form factors.  Make sure when you do your lighting inventory to specifiy if a  light is dimmable or not so we can quote your project correctly.  Dimmable LED lights are more expensive as they electronic components allowing this flexibility are built right into the light.  On average, you can expect a small difference in price to add the dimming capacity.  You can see the different for a given bulb type in price at our LED light prices page.  

One note.  It's important not to put a non-dimmable LED bulb in a dimmable (global) socket and then adjust the light intensity as this will blow the LED light bulb.  Again, this doesn't apply to the socket that has a secondary interface between the bulb and the light fixture.  Another important aspect of our dimmable bulbs deals with color of light.  We have customers that buy a 2700 Kelvin (generally the warmest available LED light) and then dim it down a bit to produce an even warmer quality of light since LED's are very bright in nature.  This is probably a truer light representation of very warm incandescents than to color tune the Kelvin down below 2700.  You can always order some samples to test the right light quality for your space.

The current domestic application and occasions are briefly described as follows:

　　First, fiber optic lighting

　　Due to the many characteristics of fiber optic lighting, its application is very extensive, and its typical application is analyzed according to different places of use and effects.

　　1), video conferencing desktop lighting

　　Using the end-lighting system, the concentrating lens-type illuminating terminal accessory is vertically illuminated from the top to form a spot-like spot on the tabletop, which is suitable for the participants to read and write without affecting the slide projection explanation (in general lighting fixtures or brightness reduction) In case).

　　2) Effect lighting placed in a place with a high top, difficult to maintain or unable to bear weight

　　The end-illumination system is used in the starry shape of the tall dome of the hotel lobby, with dimming lens type crystal tail pieces and rotating glass color plate, which can form the dynamic effect of sparkling stars, which is comparable to the general lighting system.

　　3) Guided lighting in public areas outside the building

　　The floor-standing (line-illuminated) system or the buried-dot-guided (end-illuminated) system is used for sign illumination, which reduces the workload of light source maintenance and has no risk of leakage compared with the general illumination mode.

　　4), outdoor fountain underwater lighting

　　The end light-emitting system is adopted, and the underwater terminal is configured for underwater illumination of the outdoor fountain, and the optical signal output by the sound system can synchronously control the bright output and the light color conversion. Its lighting effect and safety are better than ordinary low-pressure underwater lighting system, and it is easy to maintain and has no risk of electric leakage.

　　5), building outline lighting and facade lighting

　　The combination of the line illumination system and the end illumination system is used to illuminate the building profile and facade. The utility model has the advantages of convenient construction, short installation period, strong timeliness, and reusability, thereby saving investment.

　　6), local lighting of buildings and cultural relics

　　A terminal illuminating system is used, and a concentrating lens type or a diverging lens type illuminating terminal accessory is configured for indoor local illumination. For example, in the museum, the local lighting of silk fabrics, paintings or printed cultural relics with special control requirements for temperature and humidity, ultraviolet light and infrared rays are all optical fiber lighting systems.

　　7), light box, billboard lighting

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　　The line illuminating fiber is soft and easy to fold and is not easy to be broken. It is easy to be processed into different patterns, no danger of electric shock, no need for high voltage transformer, automatic color change, convenient construction and installation, and can be reused. Therefore, it is often used for billboard lighting set on buildings. Compared to traditional neon lights, fiber optic lighting has significant performance advantages.

The reason why the LED general lighting market has attracted so many peoples attention is as follows: first, it has a large market; secondly, at the end of this year or early next year, the first year of the LED general lighting market will come, that is, the proportion of LED lighting will exceed 10% of the total lighting; thirdly, with incandescent lamps, fluorescent lamps and energy-saving lamps market. The market is basically monopolized by GE, Philips, OSRAM and a few other suppliers. Today, these large lighting suppliers only produce about 10% of the total lighting market. That is to say, the LED general lighting market is not a monopoly market, and everyone has the opportunity to play in it.

Today, however, most LED chip suppliers are in danger of going out, because the low-voltage LED chips they produce today will be increasingly difficult to sell in the LED general lighting market. Why? Because of the emergence of high-voltage LED, high-voltage LED has two obvious competitive advantages over low-voltage LED.

First, under the same output power, the driving current of high-voltage LED is much lower than that of low-voltage LED. For example, high voltage blue-light 1W LED with chip optoelectronics, whose forward voltage drop is as high as 50V, that is to say, it can output 1W power only by 20mA driving current, while the normal forward voltage drop is 3V 1WLED, which needs 350mA driving current to output 1W power, so the power dissipated by high voltage LED with the same output power is much lower than that of low voltage LED, which means that the cost of cooling aluminium shell can be greatly reduced. Lower.

Secondly, high voltage LED can greatly reduce the loss of AC-DC conversion efficiency. Taking 10W output power as an example, if the 1W high voltage LED with a forward voltage drop of 50V is used, the output can be configured in two parallel and four series, and # the forward voltage drop of four series LEDs is 200V. That is to say, it is only necessary to use bridge rectification and 20V reduction from 220V AC of municipal power. But if we use a 1W low-voltage LED with a forward voltage drop of 3V, even if 10 of them are connected in series, the forward voltage drop is no more than 30V, that is to say, it needs to be reduced from 220VAC to 30VDC. We know that the lower the voltage difference between input and output, the higher the conversion efficiency between AC and DC. It can be seen that if high-voltage LED is used, the efficiency of transformer can be greatly improved, thus greatly reducing the power loss during AC-DC conversion. This reduction in heat consumption can further reduce the cost of LED Wall Lights Suppliers heat dissipation housing.

Therefore, if we use high-voltage LED to develop LED general lighting products, the overall power consumption can be greatly reduced, thus greatly reducing the design requirements for heat dissipation housing. If we use thinner and lighter aluminum shell, we can meet the heat dissipation requirements of LED lamps. Because the cost of heat dissipation aluminum shell is one of the main cost components of LED lighting, the effective reduction of the cost of aluminum shell also means that the cost of heat dissipation aluminum shell can be effectively reduced. Effective cost reduction of integrated LED lighting fixtures.

It can be seen that high-voltage LED can effectively reduce the cost and weight of LED lighting, but its more important significance is to significantly reduce the design requirements of heat dissipation system, thus effectively clearing the biggest technical barriers for LED lighting to enter the indoor lighting market. Therefore, high-voltage LED will dominate the future LED general lighting market.