If you are looking to decorate your home with class and sophistication, then a chandelier is the way to go. Chandeliers add elegance to a home, along with being a perfect center point that looks beautiful and brings an entire room together. This type of lighting fixture can be the cornerstone to the rest of your decor, too.

With all of the different choices in chandeliers that you’ll find out there, sometimes it can be difficult to choose just the right type and style for your home. You will first need to consider the overall decorating style that you have in your home, and then you can add upon that idea. There are many different types of chandeliers available with varied styles including; modern, vintage, shabby chic, elegant, etc.

The chandelier that you choose should fit in nicely with the décor in your home and add to the overall appearance and interior design of the particular room that it’s located in. Whether you want a large scale chandelier or something a bit on the smaller side, a chandelier is a very important home decorating purchase. When you’re ready to install your new chandelier, you’ll want the assistance of a licensed electrician for the installation, so finding the right Los Angeles electrician should be the next step after your purchase.

The Electric Connection is your reliable resource for a professional electrician in Los Angeles. The Electric Connection will be able to install your perfectly chosen chandelier, and help you out with any other types of electrical wiring, outlets, repairs, electrical installations or electrical upgrades that you might need.

Remember, it’s vital to hire an electrical contracting company that is both licensed and experienced when it comes to lighting installations. The Electric Connection will ensure a quality job every time, and we will do it right the first time. You’ll want to make sure that you’re receiving the best type of specialized lighting installation services for your new chandelier, and The Electric Connection can competently take care of the entire process for you. You can always find out more about our company by visiting our website at The Electric Connection.

In general, if you have a mechanical aptitude you can perform some minor electrical work as do-it-yourself projects. At the very least, you can remove the covers on your switches and outlets to paint, and you know how to check your circuit breakers when power goes out. However, most homeowners are going to need a licensed electrician on occasion for a number of reasons.

High bay fixtures are a critical part to any high ceiling building. Since these high bays require such large lumen output, the cost to run them can be high. By converting to LED high bays, you are able to reduce your energy consumption in your most energy intensive fixtures by up to 75%.

In this post, we are going to cover (non-comparatively) 5 top types of LED high bay lights for this year, 2017. While not every item on this list will apply to you and your building, there will surely be one or two for your needs if you currently use high bay lights in your facility.

If at any time you come across a question, want more information, or are actually interested in implementing LED into your building;

These traditional commercial high bay lighting fixtures look a lot like what we think a normal high bay should look like. They are reminiscent of traditional style Metal Halide and High Pressure Sodium high bays and offer your typical round high bay look.

These high bay LED fixtures can replace both 400W and 1000W Metal Halide. The smallest unit is 80W producing 10,240 lumens. There is a 160W unit producing 19,200 lumens. This would be a good 400W Metal Halide replacement. And the largest unit at 400W produces 51,200 lumens. That’s 128 lumens/watt. And, USA Made backed with a 10 year warranty.

These LED high bay Lighting fixtures look a lot like a troffer style panel. The advantages of this type of fixture are the LEDs are spread over a larger area. This has 2 main advantages – Great light distribution and large heat sink. It is important to realize these lights are particularly good at light distribution, creating an even distribution.

These high bay LEDs can replace both 400W and 1000W Metal Halide. The smallest unit is 120W producing 15,360 lumens. There is a 150W unit producing 19,200 lumens and the largest unit at 300W produces 38,400 lumens. USA Made backed with a 10 year warranty like the traditional style high bay.

A retrofit kit utilizes your existing fixture and replaces the bulb and ballast with the LED head and the LED driver. These retrofits can be significantly more economical than replacing the entire fixture, for obvious and not-so-obvious reasons. One of which being it’s cheaper to buy. Another being it’s (typically) cheaper to install as well. For this reason, our high bay retrofit kits HAD to make it on the list of the best high bay lighting options.