Sky Light - The Best Light!

You are looking at a Kelvin scale!

The use of this scale is how lighting professionals measure the light output of light bulbs, and in particular fluorescent tubes. We are not teaching a class in lighting, but we are making the point that the purchase, installation, operation and replacement cost of fluorescent bulbs is a subject of significant interest to those who want to see better and spend less money!

If you are like most people, choosing and replacing light bulbs is likely very low in your priorities.  We're going to show you why it should be, starting with the Kelvin scale.  An ordinary fluorescent bulb has a Kelvin rating of around 3000 which means it has a yellowish look that increases over the life of the bulb. Our SkyLite Plus bulbs are rated at 5100 which means that things look more natural when you use our bulbs.  Our bulbs have a CRI (Color Rating Index) rating of  91 versus 62 for ordinary bulbs.  Without getting technical, let us just say that the higher the CRI rating, the better the colors you see!  If you do want to get more technical, check out www.info4u.us/Lighting_Answers.pdf for more detailed  information.

Our bulbs last longer which means replacement cost (both for bulbs as well as associated labor and disposal cost) is lower, but there is even better news.  Using our bulbs, ballasts, and services can save you a LOT of money!  Now let's see just how much money!

   WE'VE GOT A
MONEY SAVING PLAN
 JUST FOR YOU!

It begins with replacing your existing fluorescent bulbs with new F40 Sky-Lite Plus bulbs.  They will fit your old fixtures and work with your existing ballasts.  We can give you better light, reduce labor and recycling cost associated with light maintenance, and SAVE MONEY ON YOUR POWER BILL! It all starts with using two high energy, low current drain, color enhanced bulbs in place of every four bulbs you are now using!




It's fairly easy to calculate energy saving. All we need to know is the number of fixtures, the number of bulbs per fixture, type of bulbs currently used, the watts used per bulb and the number of hours per week that the bulbs are used.  Let's use an example of a small office building with 30 fixtures using four 4' T12 bulbs per fixture for 60 hours per week.











Our calculations are made as follows: Four Clear White (CW) T12 bulbs in a single fixture will draw 40 watts each or a total of 160 watts per fixture. Two of our F40 Sky Lite Plus (SLP) bulbs will draw 80 watts.  The purchase of the new bulbs will save 80 watts per fixture.  We multiply this number by the hours in use per year. We will assume 60 hours per week or 3120 hours per year which equals 249,600 watts or 249.60 kilowatts.  

 













Assuming the cost of a kilowatt hour to be $.10, our annual savings are $24.96 per fixture.  If we assume 30 fixtures, our savings come to a total of $748.80 per year, or $3,734 for the five year life of the bulbs

 






Looking at things in perspective, our bulbs have a 5 year warranty and a one time cost of $33.98 per 4 bulb fixture using our Sky-Lite Plus (SLP) bulbs. Installation is optional at $2 per fixture if we do it and $2 per fixture if we dispose of old bulbs). 

 






Compare this to a standard T12 Clear White (CW) bulb with a cost of around $24 per fixture with no warranty. We assume replacement bulbs every 18 months compared to once every five years for the Sky-Lite Plus (SLP) bulbs.  This means the "economy" bulbs actually have a HIGHER ownership cost than the SLP's ($102 versus $37.98 including installation and disposal cost over a five year period).

 





There is a lot more we could say, but we think you have the general idea.  You can save a whole lot of money by spending a little money!  We'll tell you something else - you can save even more by letting us provide a periodic visit to your offices to check out both your lights and your fixtures.  Check out http://thefilterbulbguy.blogspot.com for additional information on our facility services.  We think you'll like what you see!



Thanks for visiting with us.  We look forward to serving you!



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