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News
LED Lighting Upgrades
Yes, it is now possible to carry out total installations with LED light sources, including ambient and point of sale illumination - inclusive of 5 year guarantees.
See led-lighting.com for details.
Technical
There is mounting evidence to recommend bulk lamp changes for certain luminaire types to prevent damage to electronic gear.
Challenger have now introduced low voltage lamps with IRC technology, reducing energy consumption by some 30% without reducing lighting levels (minor increase in lamp costs).
For Candles, Golf Balls, GLS and Par 20/30 lamps, LED lamps with guarantees have reduced energy consumption by upto 85% and extended life by upto 5 years - maintenance free. Realistic payback periods are achieved.
Long life tubes and a number of compact fluorescent lamps are now installed "as standard" without increasing costs.
WEEE Directive (a reminder)
As of 01/07/2007, the WEEE directive for "effective" lamp disposal took effect, imposing a £0.15 disposal charge per fluorescent and discharge light source. The charge levied by all lamp manufacturers to conform to EEC requirements - Ref. SI 2006 no. 3289. Our practice: all "spent" lamps will be removed from site at the end of visit and disposed of via Recolight from our depot in Gosport or with Recolight in the regions.
As of 1/9/2010 disposal costs have been reduced to:
Discharge Lamps/Tubes: £0.10 per lamp
LED Lamps: £0.03 per lamp
CFLs Retrofit: £0.03 per lamp
Local Operation Development
Whilst the UK is covered by strategically located engineers - new operations are now established in Ireland and France to provide "immediate" service and market expansion.
New Systems
New PDAs providing customer "access to information", now includes spreadsheets and dedicated customer reports. Features: 3.5G Connection, camera inc for instant pictures, phone for instant communication, barcode reader for positive lamp and component identification.
Same day billing, 1hr Response to Email and Telephone Calls, 7 day Service Guaranteed.
News
- 5 Year guarantees available on HF & electronic ballasts.
- Philips "Elite" and Ultra CMH technology from GE are now in stock.
- New life time developments for Tridonic HF ballasts, 100,000 hours for T5 and T8.
- 3 Year guarantees are now available on CMH lamps installed by Challenger.
- 25,000 hours guarantee on T5 tubes.
- Long Life range being extended to Compact fluorescent lamps at minimal on cost against standard lamps.
Retail Lighting Management
With energy costs being paramount to the majority of organisations, renewed vigour must be applied to design reviews, utilising 35W CDM-T technology with comprehensive service/guarantees in place (35W CMH-TD available with extended life).
Use of daylight and occupancy sensors are being promoted at realistic costs. For back of house, T5 lighting schemes are now a competitive option to T8 installations both in capital and running costs.
Lumen depreciation and dust - lighting levels increased by 50% with new lamps and reflector clean - a fact, minimizing the need for additional luminaires to be installed.
Lighting maintenance reduces capital investment and energy costs. Over specification is unnecessary with today's lamp technology, given maintenance regimes are in place within 12 months of installation.
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