Brand New LED Gooseneck Barn/Sign Light Now Available

Whether it be offering an bright way to draw eyes to shop’s signage. Or to offer general Area Lighting in commercial front space, Our WM70 LED Lighting can be installed to establish business’s visible footprint, making it stand out among neighboring shops and storefronts. The Fixture is Suitable for both interior and exterior walls, WM70 adds a functional style to residential spaces while withstanding the rigors of commercial applications.
WM70 Specification information

We offer different shade’s to meet various application needs:

Some Application for the Fixture includes:

• Barn Light Application (Residential)
• Sign Light Application (Store front, Restaurant Signs etc.)

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Importance of Aging test on LED Lighting

Since Traditional HID Lighting Evolving into LED Lighting, we have moved into a electronic component sector today, so what that means is that the longevity of these product are highly dependent upon the thermal dissipation and how the electrical component can operate over a duration of period.

With LED chips and power supply, it is important to operate them at a requested operating temperature (as provided by specification) if operate above the said operating temperature, it means the components are now taking on more heat than it is designed for. This in terms can cause early life failure for some of these components.

Therefore, an LED Lighting which is designed to ensure the proper thermal heat dissipation is so important. Many manufacturers, when assembly LED Lighting Fixture, might not go through a proper aging test, this is very critical in the part of quality assurance for product.

Aging test, which means powering the LEDLighting Fixture for a duration of period, to Identify how the fixture is operating, in terms of its thermal and functional aspect. Aging test is critical, in detecting early life failures, whether it be poor soldering in power supply or LED PCB board, or simply identifying a higher operating temperature than originally designed.

All our LED lighting conduct through 4 Hours of Multiple voltage aging test, to identify any product which may cause early life failure, prior to shipping. It’s important in doing so to eliminate the faulty Products and prevent it from getting to the hands of the consumer.

Aside from aging test, there’s also alternative more intensive testing, like the HALT Testing (Highly Accelerated Lifetime Testing) where a harsh external environment is created to speed up the proceed of LED lighting. This Is important in the development stage of the product.

For more information on the various type of testing done on lighting to ensure quality and longevity,  contact us today.

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Surge Protection Device- What is it and why do we actually need it?

One of the most common lighting failures, is the surge spike resulting in driver IC in the fixture to get damaged. So how does surge spike occur and how can we prevent it from damaging our lighting fixtures?

Most of the time one of the most common occurrence is due to regional voltage in spike, causing a sudden spike in the current going through the electrical circuit in the area. If the electronics or the LED lighting fixture does not provide sufficient enough surge protection, you are looking at an early life failure for that product.

Known as a surge protector, it is an indispensable device for electronic equipment to protect against lightning or surges. The function of the surge protector is to use components such as gas discharge tubes or varistors to discharge the transient over voltages such as strong lightning or surge currents into the power or signal transmission lines into the earth, limiting the voltage range of the equipment or system within the range that can withstand, the protected equipment or system will not be damaged by the electric shock (voltage surge). It is very common for outdoor lighting driver to have build in minimum 4kV surge protection.

For more information on what type of application required for what type of surge protection, contact us today!

Three reasons why choosing aluminum work light, not plastic ones

With some construction work on job-sites, working the car in the garage, or simply a need to light up our Backyard, a work light comes in handy, but seeing so many different types in the market, how do you know what is the right one to choose and what to avoid?

 You might see a lot of work lights in home centers, with some with a lot of features and some just simply such low cost, we’ve compiled a few pointers when choosing work light to help you avoid stepping on potential landmines.

Aluminum vs Plastic-Which one to choose?

With more and more plastic housing work light in the market now. It offers a much more cost competitive solution. If you just want some temporary light source that does the job, and not looking to spend an arm and leg, simply buying a plastic work light is fine for you. However, there are few things you should remember:

1.    Plastic generally have a poorer dissipation than aluminum, therefore with some work light that offers up to 50-100W, plastic simply unable to dissipate such heat generated, meaning could cause early life failure. If a work light only runs about 10-20W(1000-1500lm) or so, there is not much heat generated from the LED therefore plastic is an acceptable option. However, if you are looking for some of those larger fixtures, Aluminum Die-Cast Housings offers optimal heat dissipation, to allow your fixture run for much Longer duration without overheating.

2.    If this work light have the chance to be left out in the sun for a longer duration, then plastic may not be the right choice. As plastic tends to become more fragile or easily crack after long period of UV exposure, having it in the sun doesn’t do too good for the product. Plastic also have a tendency to change color after a period of exposure to the sun. Aluminum work light on the other hand, do not have the issue of becoming more fragile after sun exposure.

3.    Plastic housings are generally made via plastic injection, where the plastic pallets from time to time can be recycled. Generally seeing the with lower cost plastic work light in the market, could correlate to poor quality plastic(higher percentage of recycled material) which in the long run, effects the quality and performance of the product as well.

For more heavy duty, long duration, high lumen application, it is still recommend to use aluminum Type work lights. Whilst from price aspect may be slightly higher than plastic, can guarantee in terms of durability it will last you a lot longer time.

Recommendation Work Light

First Lighting offers a Range of Quality aluminum Work lights, Contact us for more information.

Two Ways to Prevent Paint Peeling on Lighting Fixture

How often when you driving past residential area, when you see paint peeling off poles, walls, lights fixtures? Does not look pretty right?

Whilst paint peeling on commercial and residential lighting fixtures can occur more in areas with high air salinity (Florida and areas near ocean)

It’s important to know that It is not main cause for paint peeling.

What if we told you that paint peeling is something that can be easily avoided, through the right choose of powder coating material and correct treatment process during production. If done properly, The light fixture’s paint should last 10 years or more without any discoloration or peeling.

But First, why do some LED LightingFixtures display paint peel more than the Other?

When commercial/residential lightingfixtures such as Floodlights, Area Lights, Wall packs are manufactured, especially The aluminum base Fixtures, generally prior to applying the Powder Coating process, a lot of Fixtures don’t go through the proper surface treatment of the aluminum or Metal Parts. As with a lot of these aluminum fixtures, during production there is generally a layer of dirt/oil/Aluminum scraps or other substances found on the surface of the parts, If you don’t remove these, when you apply PowderCoating onto the Fixture, the layer of substances between the Aluminum Metal Parts and the powder Coating, will prevent the Coating to become fully adhesive onto the these Parts.

Over Time, When Lighting Fixture is exposed to UV, combine with the coating not being fully adhesive onto the LightingFixture, it causes the Paint to become detached from the surface of the Fixture, causing the Paint to Peel.

By knowing this, This is why we takes this matter very serious, and go through additional steps on their Lighting Fixtures in preventing the Paint from Peeling over time. All of First Lighting Fixtures go through a process which we call Pre-treatment Process. This Process applied during the assembly of Fixture, where all the Aluminum/ Metal Parts prior to Coating Process, we place these parts into Pools of cleansing agent to remove any excess and unwanted dirt or oily substances from the surface. Doing that is not enough, we then move the parts into a pool of Zinc Phosphate, and what that does is it adds an additional icoated layer onto the Aluminum Parts, so that when you implement Powder Coating, it allows Coating to become fully adhesive onto the surface, increasing the durability of the Paint.

Furthermore, we choose only the Best PowderCoating, a high UV resistance Powder Coating, to ensure the longevity and prevent any discoloration over a long duration use (tested for hundreds of hours in our Lab).

Our Goal is to ensure the longevity in our lighting product, whether it be performance or aesthetic appearance, which is why when choosing Ascent Technology, you can feel confident knowing the process we go through in making our lights.