Volume 16 Issue 470

Last night was the presidential town hall debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and the audience was made up of undecided voters — or as they’re also known, the worst people to be in line behind at Baskin-Robbins.
-Jimmy Fallon

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Vote! - AND Be the Grown Up in the Room
By Bill Floyd

After what seems like forever, we will finally get to vote for president. Do it. It is extremely important to determine the DIRECTION of this country. Once you sidestep the mudslinging and character body shots between the candidates, all of this is really about US not THEM.






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GE Bright Stik Takes Aim at Residential CFL Market
James R. Dukart

Over the past two years, GE has been developing and debuting a new line of compact LED bulbs called the Bright Stik line, an attempt to capture the residential CFL (compact fluorescent) and incandescent bulb market.

Starting with a 10-Watt-drawing “bulb” (the shape of the Bright Stik is, indeed, more cylindrical than bulbous — think of an old push-pop or small spray bottle) that is meant to replace and offer the same light as 40-100W incandescent lamps, GE now also offers a 16W LED to replace 100-W incandescents in stores such as Target or Home Depot for about $10-$20 per three pack, or $3-5 per lamp, which is meant to compete with CFL bulb costs.





Portable Power for Your … House?
Steve Maurer, IME

It's that time of year again. Home improvement stores, big box discounters and others are promoting power generators heavily. Around here, even the grocery stores get into the act.

With football season cranking up, generators power electric grills to burn, I mean, cook burgers and brauts at tailgate parties everywhere. Intrepid campers, braving the elements in their fall and winter wilderness forays, want power on demand too.





Philips Offers Tunable White LED System
James R. Dukart

Claiming that the right amount of white light can have measurable effects on human performance in schools and offices, Philips Lighting introduced its PowerBalance Tunable White line of recessed luminaires earlier this year.

The system is for internal lamps only, and is being targeted specifically to schools and office buildings.





Caséta Wireless and Sivoia QS Triathlon Shades Featured in 2016 Greenbuild KB Home ProjeKt™
Lutron Electronics

Home offers unprecedented time-travel look ahead to the years 2020 and 2050

The Greenbuild KB Home ProjeKt, presented by Hanley Wood in partnership with KB Home (NYSE:KBH), BUILDER Magazine, KTGY Architecture + Planning, and the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute and Virginia Tech, was designed to serve as an unprecedented time-travel look ahead to the years 2020 and 2050 as a way to bring new perspective and strategic scenario-planning opportunities to builders and consumers alike.







Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.

Caséta Wireless: Save time with an easier 3-way

• No-neutral-required dimmer • Remote mounts without cutting holes • No wiring necessary for remote • Dimmers work with compatible dimmable LEDs (up to 150 W), and incandescent and halogen bulbs (up to 600 W)






Atkore Calconduit/Calbrite/Calbond

The Advantages of Calbrite EMT Conduit

Stainless steel EMT conduit and fittings combine strength with ductility, resulting in anaffordable, lightweight and easy-to-handle conduit assembly. EMT can be installed indoors and outdoors in accordance with UL & NEC® requirements.





IPEX USA LLC

IPEX Scepter® JBox™ - Easier to Install

The completely redesigned Scepter® JBox™ has added features to make this the easiest box to use – no matter the situation.





Greenlee’s new G-Series Smart Pull Cable Tension Monitoring System Designed to Save Contractors from Costly Errors on Cable Pulls
IDEAL Helps Electricians Create Perfect Conduit Bends with New Line of Precision Levels
BURNDY® Introduces a 4” Fence Post Ground Clamp for use in Large Security Fence Applications
Safely Connect Power in Demanding Industrial Locations with New UPR Series Plugs & Receptacles from Appleton
Hubbell Industrial Lighting Introduces the Triple H LED Highbay/Lowbay for Severe Duty, High Temperature Applications
Reduce Capital Expenses and Installation Time with Premset MV Switchgear from Schneider Electric / Square D
Southwire Introduces Nine New Meters
Philips Connected Lighting Systems

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