Friday, October 10, 2014

Doing our part to Save on Utilities

A few days ago I looked up in the shop and noticed a few lights that needed to be replaced, we swapped in a couple of bulbs and realized that the ballast had gone out as well. We then did some research and it turns out that its better to go ahead and convert these lights to LED rather than purchasing the lights and the ballast to get them working again. So all of the 8 foot shop lights will be changed over to LED's, they already seem brighter, will last around 8 years and will substantially reduce our lighting cost's here at the shop.  If all goes well, the entire shop lighting has and will be converted over very soon. We started this a few years ago with smaller bulbs in the restrooms and branched out to LED flood lights for the early mornings. This is just the last step!

LED lights have arrived

Old and nonworking lights


New LED lights installed

Wall timers added 3 years ago in restroom and locker room,
Yes, people think they have to press the button which is
why it is pushed in. But it still works!

Restroom lighting that was installed 3 years ago, 

1 of 5 LED flood lights installed about 2 years ago out side the
shop. These all have light sensors for automatic operation.