by Access Fixtures | Sep 26, 2017 | Access Fixtures Lighting Solutions Blog, LED Garage Lighting Blogs, LED High Bay Blogs, LED Learning, LED Lighting Blogs, LED Lighting Technology Learning, LED Luminaires Learning, LED T8 Tube Light Blogs, LED Tracking Lighting Blogs, LED Troffers Lighting Blogs
LEDs have come to the forefront of the market in recent years; investing in LEDs not only saves you a lot of money, but dramatically reduces the hassle of relamping and replacing units. With fluorescents gradually being replaced by LEDs, you may have thought the days...
by Access Fixtures | Aug 15, 2017 | Access Fixtures Lighting Solutions Blog, LED High Bay Blogs, LED T8 Tube Light Blogs
If you are considering purchasing or installing T8 LED lamps, also known as TLEDs, be sure to continue reading. Access Fixtures lighting specialists receive and answer many questions about T8 LED tube lamps on a regular basis, and to help our customers out we have...
by Access Fixtures | Aug 4, 2017 | Access Fixtures Lighting Solutions Blog, LED High Bay Blogs, LED Lighting Blogs, LED T8 Tube Light Blogs
T8 bulbs, also known as T8 lamps or T8 TLEDs, are energy-efficient, lumen-boosting replacements for T8 or T12 fluorescent lamps. If you are ready to upgrade your fluorescent lighting to LEDs, T8 TLEDs are a fantastic alternative to buying full LED fixtures. Because...
by Alex Guarco | May 27, 2016 | Access Fixtures Lighting Solutions Blog, Fluorescent Lighting Projects, LED Lighting Blogs, LED Lighting Projects, LED T8 Tube Light Blogs, LED T8 Tube Light Projects
A customer with an automotive service center in Texas called with a question about his lighting. The fourteen lights in his service center were dated, inefficient 8-foot T12 lamps. Unfortunately, but common for facilities with T12 fluorescents, many of the lamps were...
by Access Fixtures | Nov 23, 2015 | Access Fixtures Lighting Solutions Blog, LED T8 Tube Light Blogs
With their newly acquired NSF sanitation certification, Forest Lighting’s LED products can now provide long-term energy savings to the food processing industry! Forest Lighting, the USA branch of worldwide LED manufacturer MLS distributed by Access Fixtures, has...
by Access Fixtures | Jun 5, 2015 | Access Fixtures Lighting Solutions Blog, LED T8 Tube Light Blogs
Overall sales of fluorescent lamps are declining due to regulation and changing technology. While energy regulations have eliminated product offerings, linear fluorescent lamps are also facing competition from LED tube lamps, or TLEDs. Once considered inadvisable due...
by Access Fixtures | May 26, 2015 | LED T8 Tube Light Blogs
T8 LED tube lights, or TLEDs, are quickly becoming more popular due to their improvements, energy savings, and price reductions. Access Fixtures recently announced a new line of TLEDs that include internal drivers with direct AC input. At $13.99 per lamp, these TLEDs...
by Access Fixtures | May 8, 2015 | Access Fixtures Lighting Solutions Blog, LED Lighting Blogs, LED Retrofit Blogs, LED T8 Tube Light Blogs
T8 LED tube lights, or TLEDs, have been a controversial topic in the lighting industry for several years. As recently as 2013, an Access Fixtures blog detailed 6 Reasons We Don’t Provide LED Tubes. (OUCH!) Then, in January of 2015, Access Fixtures announced...
by Access Fixtures | Feb 13, 2015 | Access Fixtures Lighting Solutions Blog, LED T8 Tube Light Blogs
T8 LED tube lights (TLEDs) are used to retrofit T12 and T8 luminaires. Conversion to TLED from T12 has rapid return on investment as the chart in an earlier blog demonstrates. TLEDs are available in two very different operating formats. There is the type like Access...
by Access Fixtures | Jan 28, 2015 | Access Fixtures Lighting Solutions Blog, LED Linear Fluorescent Lighting Blogs, LED T8 Tube Light Blogs, LED Tennis Court Lighting Blogs, LED Wall Pack Blogs
Remember the 10 Breakout Lighting Products for 2015? Access Fixtures lighting specialists are back with more five more products that they predict will be the most valued by property managers, electrical contractors and sports complexes in 2015. These fixtures are the...
by Access Fixtures | Jan 14, 2015 | Access Fixtures Lighting Solutions Blog, LED Bollard Light Blogs, LED High Bay Blogs, LED T8 Tube Light Blogs
You wouldn’t buy a Super 8 movie camera for your family, would you? No. You’d likely buy a digital camera or use your smartphone. So, why would you buy outdated lighting technology? Unless you have a specific application that requires high pressure sodium, or you...
by Access Fixtures | Jan 14, 2014 | Access Fixtures Lighting Solutions Blog, LED Linear Fluorescent Lighting Blogs, LED T8 Tube Light Blogs
NEMA reports that linear fluorescent lamp shipments based on year-over-year (y/y) performance presented mixed results for different lamp types. The results are compared to 2012 Q2. T5 lamp sales increased by 5.7% T8 lamp shipments increased by 10.7% T12 lamp shipments...
by Access Fixtures | Aug 1, 2013 | Access Fixtures Lighting Solutions Blog, LED Linear Fluorescent Lighting Blogs, LED T8 Tube Light Blogs
Access Fixtures sells T5 linear fluorescent lighting and LED flat panel lighting. We sell T8 replacement lamps, but do not sell LED tubes as replacements for T8 fixtures. Why? LED technology is advancing rapidly and has become the ideal solution for many applications...
