Top 25 Electrical Distributors Top 200 distributors will someday remember the past two years as the good old days. Many of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas have plenty of construction projects to keep people happy. The federal tax cuts are being received well, even if the impact on customers’ capital spending isn’t always immediately obvious. And while the industrial market can’t match the growth of the commercial and institutional [...]

RCM is the short word of Regulatory Compliance Mark. It is the compliance requirements in Austrial and New Zealand. The following information is provided to help suppliers understand the Australian and New Zealand compliance requirements specific to EMC, telecommunications and electrical safety. Previously there were 3 individual compliance marks that could be used for compliance, depending on applicable requirements. The 3 compliance marks are identified as follows: In order to [...]

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UL Type A vs. B vs. C LED Tubes: A Contractor's Guide to Selection & Retrofit As a linear lighting fixture manufacturer, we often have heard of some client refer to LED Tubes as Type A, Type B or Type C tubes. So what does that mean? And, if you’re considering upgrading your fluorescent tubes to LED tubes, or are simply thinking of replacing other LED tubes, you’ll [...]

The Launch of 2X2 and 2X4 Air Handling LED Troffer Brandon Lighting is excited to announce the newest Air handling LED troffer. It is available in 2x2 and 2x4. Description: Die-formed pre-painted high reflectance white cold rolled steel housing. Knockouts are provided on ends for through wiring. Ballast cover snaps into place. Lens snaped into the housing by hand.  Specification grade, recessed, lay-in T-Bar fixture with framed door [...]

What's the meaning of LED Life Standards In And Out Of Luminaires The Rated Life, Bp of an LED light source is different from the Lumen Maintenance Life, Lp, and is an essential reliability value that is required by luminaire manufacturers. Firstly, let's see the definition of Rated life, BP. The rated life of a light source is defined as “The life value assigned to a particular type lamp. This is commonly a [...]

NEMA Enclosure Types The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) is a US Manufacturers Organization which actively promotes standardized product specifications for electrical apparatus. While NEMA does not actually test products, it establishes the performance criteria for enclosures intended for specific environments. NEMA standards describe each type of enclosure in general and functional terms, and specifically omits reference to construction details. In other words, NEMA specifies what an enclosure [...]

The top 200 largest electrical distributors list Here’s your opportunity to learn more about the very largest electrical distributors list Electrical Wholesaling’s editors thought our readers might be interested in some of the stories behind the numbers in this year’s Top 200 listing, so we are publishing capsule summaries of what’s happening with some of the largest of the Top 200 distributors. We based these reports on news [...]

FAILURE, RELIABILITY, AND LIFETIME “Reliability” and “lifetime” are not synonyms. They are two separate and equally useful values reported by a component or subsystem manufacturer. A “failure” is an event which ends the life of a specific product or component, but may need definition if that end is not immediately evident, as is the case with lumen depreciation. Usually a luminaire or lamp design will encompass a number [...]