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WAC Lighting Co.

Track Lighting: Illuminating the Light Path

My home is taking on the aura of an art museum gallery. Canvases are popping up on the walls everywhere throughout the house.

Not that it’s a bad thing. There are some real benefits, like hiding holes in the walls, and not having major areas to paint.

Gibson Stainless & Specialty, Inc.

Know Your Conduit Options for Corrosive Applications

When it comes to metal conduit, the choice for electrical contractors can often boil down to three options: galvanized steel, aluminum or stainless steel. However, in particularly challenging environments, stainless steel offers advantages the other two materials can’t match.

Southwire Company

On the Mark: New Program Helps Assure Copper Products’ Sustainability

Copper wire can seem like a commodity – after all, it’s fabricated from one of the world’s most heavily traded commodities and is sold in bulk quantities all over the globe. And, like a lot of commodities, it can be difficult to know how the copper products you’re buying is actually produced.

Meet AETHER ATOMIC from WAC Lighting: Small Aperture, Powerful Downlights

ILSCO

Going Underground: Wire Management in Direct Burial Projects

Not all wiring is created equal – after all, some of it has to be buried underground. While this cable might not see the varied weather exposure of unburied, outdoor lines, it faces its own unique challenges.

Intermatic, Inc.

Whole Home Protection – SPDs

Today’s homes, no matter the date of construction, have one thing in common. Scads of electronic devices populate our personal domiciles, even those of us “old folks.”

When you think about it, there aren’t too many appliances and pieces of equipment that aren’t controlled by some sort of circuit board, or even computer-style mother board.

Topaz Electric Corp.

LED Lamps – Energy Saving Replacements

I’ll make no bones about it. LEDs are the light of my life. Okay, maybe that’s going just a bit far … but not much. If you want to find an incandescent or fluorescent lamp in my house, you’re going to have to look hard. I think I may have a few C7s left to replace. But only because they’re hard to get to.

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