Kichler LED Landscape Training

Last call for our Kichler LED Landscape Lighting training! It's this Wednesday (Chantilly) & Thursday (Arlington). Please email or call Greg Tiedemann if you plan to attend: 703-536-4400 or gtiede@dominionelectric.com. Lunch will be served in Chantilly on Wednesday, and breakfast will be served on Thursday in Arlington, so you can munch & learn! Here are the details:

Are you an electrician or landscape contractor? If so, then we have some training for you!

Kichler's Ron Carter is coming for these trainings:

Wed. May 25th from 11-2 in the Chantilly showroom (lunch will be served).

Thu. May 26th from 8:30-11:30 in the Arlington showroom (breakfast will be served).


Here's a little more info about Ron from his bio:
Ron’s continuing passion for landscape lighting fuels his desire to help contractors and distributors alike how to best understand these types of products and how to utilize them to their full potential with safety as the number one concern.

Having personally designed and installed hundreds of lighting systems over the 19 years he’s been at Kichler, Ron understands the business and knows what contractors go through from the quote, installation and even maintaining the system. He is also well aware of the pitfalls a contractor can go through when they inherit a system they did not install.

And here is what he plans to teach us:
~ A Brief History of LED
~ Why do we need LED?
~ How Kichler LED virtually eliminates voltage drop
~ How Kichler LED wattages compare to halogen wattages
~ Why does LED end up costing the contractor less money?
~ How do you sell a maintenance contract if you’re not changing the lamps?
~ Comparing an LED Installation to a Halogen Installation (The labor and the financial realities)
~ Should you use LED MR16 retrofits in halogen fixtures?
~ New Product Training


Please let me know if you would like any further information. If you are able to join us, please RSVP to me (cschla@dominionelectric.com) or Greg Tiedemann (gtiede@dominionelectric.com). We look forward to spending time with you!

(If you'd like more information about Kichler Lighting, their web site is http://www.kichler.com/.)

LED Landscape Training

Are you an electrician or landscape contractor? If so, then we have some training for you!

Kichler's Ron Carter is coming for these trainings:

Wed. May 25th from 11-2 in the Chantilly showroom (lunch will be served).

Thu. May 26th from 8:30-11:30 in the Arlington showroom (breakfast will be served).


Here's a little more info about Ron from his bio:
Ron’s continuing passion for landscape lighting fuels his desire to help contractors and distributors alike how to best understand these types of products and how to utilize them to their full potential with safety as the number one concern.

Having personally designed and installed hundreds of lighting systems over the 19 years he’s been at Kichler, Ron understands the business and knows what contractors go through from the quote, installation and even maintaining the system. He is also well aware of the pitfalls a contractor can go through when they inherit a system they did not install.

And here is what he plans to teach us:
~ A Brief History of LED
~ Why do we need LED?
~ How Kichler LED virtually eliminates voltage drop
~ How Kichler LED wattages compare to halogen wattages
~ Why does LED end up costing the contractor less money?
~ How do you sell a maintenance contract if you’re not changing the lamps?
~ Comparing an LED Installation to a Halogen Installation (The labor and the financial realities)
~ Should you use LED MR16 retrofits in halogen fixtures?
~ New Product Training


Please let me know if you would like any further information. If you are able to join us, please RSVP to me (cschla@dominionelectric.com) or Greg Tiedemann (gtiede@dominionelectric.com). We look forward to spending time with you!

(If you'd like more information about Kichler Lighting, their web site is http://www.kichler.com/.)

tED Magazine Recognition

Thank you to tED Magazine for recognizing our blog again in their May 2011 issue! The article is titled "Journaling on the Job". They say "the first step to a successful blog is determining exactly what the organization hopes to accomplish with it." Ours is "the cornerstone for the company's social media campaign; the name ties in with its ongoing retail ad campaign and reinforces its brand." It's true! If you haven't seen the other parts of our social media campaign, here are the links to find them:

our Facebook page is Dominion Electric Supply Co

our Twitter is @DomElecSup

our website is www.dominionelectric.com

our blog is www.dominionelectric.blogspot.com

If you'd like to read the whole article, their website is www.TedMag.com.
Thank you, tED ~ it's always nice to know someone out there IS reading what we post! :)

Kichler LED Landscape Training

Are you an electrician or landscape contractor? If so, then we have some training for you!





Kichler's Ron Carter is coming for these trainings:


Wed. May 25th from 11-2 in the Chantilly showroom (lunch will be served).


Thu. May 26th from 8:30-11:30 in the Arlington showroom (breakfast will be served).





Here's a little more info about Ron from his bio:



Ron’s continuing passion for landscape lighting fuels his desire to help contractors and distributors alike how to best understand these types of products and how to utilize them to their full potential with safety as the number one concern.

Having personally designed and installed hundreds of lighting systems over the 19 years he’s been at Kichler, Ron understands the business and knows what contractors go through from the quote, installation and even maintaining the system. He is also well aware of the pitfalls a contractor can go through when they inherit a system they did not install.

And here is what he plans to teach us:
~ A Brief History of LED
~ Why do we need LED?
~ How Kichler LED virtually eliminates voltage drop
~ How Kichler LED wattages compare to halogen wattages
~ Why does LED end up costing the contractor less money?
~ How do you sell a maintenance contract if you’re not changing the lamps?
~ Comparing an LED Installation to a Halogen Installation (The labor and the financial realities)
~ Should you use LED MR16 retrofits in halogen fixtures?
~ New Product Training


Please let me know if you would like any further information. If you are able to join us, please RSVP to me (cschla@dominionelectric.com) or Greg Tiedemann (gtiede@dominionelectric.com). We look forward to spending time with you!

(If you'd like more information about Kichler Lighting, their web site is http://www.kichler.com/.)

Lutron's Lightshow Publication

Lutron has revamped their Lightshow Publication, geared more towards designers now. There are some great tidbits in the new Spring 2011 issue. First of all, they offer a nice explanation of the difference between Color Temperature and Color Rendering. When I first started in the lighting business, I had the hardest time grasping these concepts. I wish I'd had their 2-page explanation back then!

So the way they explain it is like this:

"Color rendering measures how well light renders colors in objects. The Color Rendering Index (CRI) compares color rendering for bulbs of the same temperature."

And then we have Color Temperature, which "is a visual reference that describes the appearance of white light. The lower the number, the warmer the light", (using a Kelvin scale). They go on to say, "Color temperature is important because the temperature of a particular light source can change the way your eye perceives colors. For example, the same fabric that appears red in one light may look closer to orange in another."

On page 5, they show a color temperature chart (source: http://www.lighting-facts.com/):

This chart provides a nice visual for what tone you will get with the different Kelvin ratings of the bulbs you are considering.

And then I got this from the lighting-facts.com website:

Color Rendering Index (CRI)
Measures color accuracy.
Color rendition is the effect of the lamp's light spectrum on the color appearance of objects.

Correlated Color Temperature (CCT)
Measures light color.
"Cool" colors have higher Kelvin temperatures (3600–5500 K).
"Warm" colors have lower color temperatures (2700–3500 K).

Next, Lutron talks about dimming, their specialty!

They have a new dimmer, which we stock & display here at Dominion Electric Supply, that can dim both dimmable CFL lamps AND dimmable LED lamps:

This picture shows the "Diva C-L Dimmer" in their white color called "snow".

And last is my favorite little chart that shows how much electricity you save and how much longer your bulbs will last, depending on how much you dim them. If you dim just 10% (which is not perceptable to the human eye), you save 10% electricity and double the life of your light bulbs. Fabulous!

If you'd like to learn more, you can read the whole issue at www.lutron.com/lightshow.

Capital Lighting Fixture Company on display

We have a brand new vendor on display in Chantilly that I'm very excited about: http://www.capitallightingfixture.com/. Check out their gorgeous styles:

This is a stunning oval (elongated) shape, great for over an island or a long table.

You really need to come see this one, because they don't show the bottom in this picture, and the bottom is spectacular! It has a cut metal design. I could email you a picture of the bottom if you'd like to see it, so just let me know.

Beautiful classic design here ~ I've always been fond of those empire arms.

This is a great brushed nickel piece ~ not too fussy!

I have always loved the styling on this lantern.

And this lantern is truly unique. Love it!