Commercial Lamp Supplies News

This is currently a hot topic with the BBC but it is always foremost in our minds.
Your card details are only kept on the secure SSl server, they never get put onto our own computers.
We record them from the SSL server, which is hack proof ,onto a paper form, which is shredded once the transaction is complete and we know the goods have arrived and you are happy.
In this way we can be certain that no one can obtain your details from our systems.

Because people live busy lives and are often not at home during the day we are often asked if the parcels can be left without any one signing for them, such as behind the wheelie bin or through the cat flap.

It never fails to amaze us how many of you have the Smilight lights fitted in your kitchens. Not a day goes by when we do not have several customers contacting us all very frustrated and angry but relieved that the y have finally found a source of replacement lamps.
We can supply all three sizes of replacement tubes the 8 watt the 13 watt and the 24 watt you will find the sizes written on the end of the tubes.
We often find when we send out replacement tubes and the customer finds it is the light fitting itself that has gone. We test every tube before we send it so if they don’t work we can be pretty certain it is the fitting that has failed.
We can provide exact replacements for the 8 watt and 24 watt Smilight fittings, they replace them very easily and you can even use the same wiring and plugs.
We do not have an exact replacement for the 13 watt we can either go a bit smaller or a bit longer if you have the space.
If you are not sure please call us and we will do our best to help.

Finally it is up there, the web site update has just been finished and we shall be adding lots of new and improved products over the next few weeks.
Many will be related to energy saving lighting as this is the hot topic, maybe not so much during the summer, but come the autumn it will be very serious as energy prices are far more likely to rise than to fall.
We also have a great set of garden lights we have to offer, they are low voltage and so very safe have many LED options for subtly low energy lighting which can be mixed with Halogen where you need more brightness a brilliant combination.
They come in Kits which you can link together as you get more ambitious.

We think we have caught up with everything we missed last week, we had one or two apologies to make for things that didn’t happen quite right.
The web site has been updated today, If you choose a combination of lamps that does not exist it will now tell you right away on the front page rather than only telling you when you have pressed the buy button.
We hope it helps.
As soon as we are certain that all is well with the new system we will be adding new products.

We will then be closed until Monday 31st March.
As many of our customers know we are a family firm and we are taking the opportunity for a short family Holiday together over the Easter break.
We hope this does not inconvenience you; we will be back refreshed and with many improvements planned for the website including new products and some superb garden lighting, it will be a very busy time.
In the meantime we would like to wish all of our customers a very happy and peaceful Easter.

It appears that Tungsten halogen flood lights, (out door security light used indoors) are often used for lighting of churches, this is a big problem as the light fittings are often high up and a short lived lamp is not much use when the cost of replacing them is very high.
Also the energy consumption is huge, 80% on the electricity is wasted in producing heat not light.
The low energy security light is the answer, it offers excellent light output, long life and low energy consumption.
It can also be fitted in the existing light fittings which make the change very cost effective, no need for new light fittings.
All around a first class solution to a tricky question.

We have after many years with City link changed to Amtrak for our deliveries, the reason we have done this is that Amtrak offer us a wider range of delivery options including an evening delivery option which although at extra cost may suit some of our customers.
They also offer a budget delivery with no signature required and they will leave the package in as safe a location as they can find if you are out.
Obviously with this option you take the risk if a package goes missing.
All of our deliveries are glass and Amtrak offer a dedicated glass handling service, you will see the stickers on the parcels.
There is a down side, for our highland and island friends, all of the carriers now charge more for these areas even City link have started charging extra for those post codes now.
You can understand it when you look at the distance involved.
For small consignments we will offer an alternative postal service to these areas but we cannot then insure against breakages.
The web site is in the process of being updated to include these changes.
In the meantime we will notify any customer who places an order where the standard carriage does not apply before sending out the order.

We have the perfect heat lamps for your early rising tortoise to bask under, apparently the heat helps them to start eating more quickly and so that they don’t use up the last of their reserves.

We have finally got around to putting the lamp changing pole on the web site, they are a top quality product and consequently quite expensive.
When you consider the cost of a cherry picker and the health and safety implications of using that kind of access equipment it looks a bit more reasonable, also once you have paid for it you have it for ever, they are pretty much indestructible.
The pole is a high quality fibre glass telescopic tube with very positive locking system which you can set at various heights up to a maximum of 20ft. it is all in feet because they are American.
It is fibreglass to ensure the operator is fully insulated from the light fitting.
It works by forcing a sprung loaded basket over the lamp which holds it firmly while you unscrew the lamp.
Obviously it works the same way to put a new lamp in place.