Track Lighting

Don't make the same mistake as one of our customers. He bought on price from a popular online retailer that sold him the wrong LED MR16 lamps for his low voltage track lights. Was it the retailers fault? Not necessarily but they offered little to no help. The customer simply was not educated on what to purchase. Had he purchased the light bulbs with his track lighting purchase his costly mistake could have been avoided. Please, if you are buying lighting products purchase them from a lighting company that knows the products and can answer your questions. It will save you money, time and grief!

We just released our latest video on Griplock components. In this video we explain the core parts of the Griplock system and how each are used. If you want to learn more about the Griplock Track Lighting Suspension System then this video is a must to watch!

Griplock is one of the most flexible, easy to install track lighting suspension systems on the market. At first it may seem daunting or confusing but once you get an understanding on how it works for suspending track lighting the possibilities of its use become limitless.

Gain a little more knowledge in the workings of Griplock in track lighting suspension with our helpful power feed strain relief overview video below. Our seasoned Griplock track lighting designer has years of experience; watch as he briefly explains how the strain relief plays a critical role in securing your power supply cable!

Technology allows smaller businesses like Total Lighting Supply here in Rio Rancho New Mexico to reach customers across the nation and the globe and expand their business. Changes to online trading can be a game-changer for their long-term success and sustainability.

That’s why we are sending one of our own to Washington D.C. on April 29 and 30 2014 for eBay Inc.’s 9th annual U.S. of eBay Advocacy Day. Our time will be spent encouraging lawmakers to support policies that promote small business growth and success. During the trip to Washington we will share with lawmakers the proposed way Internet sales tax legislation will create a huge tax burden for small business owners selling their products online.

The Marketplace Fairness Act would force Total Lighting Supply and thousands of businesses like ours to collect sales tax from our customers for any state to which we sell, which would mean collecting and remitting taxes for up to 9,600 tax jurisdictions nationwide. That's a lot of paper work! Total Lighting Supply and eBay are advocating for greater equity for small online businesses like ours so that we can continue to grow and contribute to our local New Mexico economy.

Additionally we will be discussing the importance of eliminating trading barriers for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Thank you for reading :)

Have a blessed day!
Total Lighting Supply

Mega Tank was very pleased with the lighting our designers suggested for their trade show display. Here is what they said.

Thanks for the help with the lighting display.  The show was a total success.  We were able to highlight features of our tank better than ever before.  I appreciate your help.  I attached a few pictures of our booth and the tank lighting.

Caterpillar, Komatsu, Volvo, Hitachi, and just about anybody else that makes construction equipment was there.  The major manufacturers showed up with multi-million dollar stage lighting displays, 20’x40’ HD screens, a room that does motion tracking for each person as they walk into the room, complete motion simulator tractors.  We are a small manufacturer in the show.  I felt the lighting helped us show the merits Mega has to offer without spending millions.

Thanks again

Check out some of the pictures they took!

This short video goes over in detail the different power feeds and connectors for use in H style dual circuit track lighting / 2 circuit track lighting systems. Watch how we carefully outline and describe how each track lighting power feed and track connector functions as we provide a first hand look into our dual circuit track lighting components. If you are unfamiliar with H style dual circuit track lighting we highly recommend taking a few minutes to watch. You will be glad you did :)

Watch it directly on Youtube.

Many of you are familiar with the "KISS" method? Keep it super simple (well, there is another version out there-the "keep it simple s-----", but we won't use that language here!) Sometimes simple is the best. One of our clients that does large trade shows in the fashion industry came to us with a dilemma. They had three days to light a huge color banner of one of their models for a trade show in Austin, Texas. The trade show facility vendor wanted to rent them $1800 in LED lighting for the three days they were there- which was way outside of their budget. They needed the banner to stand out and be seen, but the quoted rental fee definitely put it out of reach. The owner of the fashion company called and talked with our lead lighting designer, Mark Scott. Mark has been in the lighting industry for 30 years and has wonderful and creative solutions to just about any lighting dilemma. His simple solution got the banner to stand out with even, bright light all for under $300 total. The client also got to keep the lighting fixtures for their next upcoming show too. Sometimes a simple solution is the way to go. So, what was the simple solution? They used two 500watt wide flood Par64 fixtures with bulbs, and one PAR64 flood to highlight the banner on the top left so it would be slightly brighter there.

Easy solution, and boy did that banner stand out-it was easily seen from the other side of the convention center. No matter what your project is, from kitchens to landscape lighting, good lighting can make all the difference in the world. The staff at Total Lighting Supply are not about just selling part numbers on box, they are about getting you the light you need to make your project sparkle.

Looking up at the par lights above the trade show booth

Full view of the poster (well lit, we might add!)

We here at Total Lighting Supply are on a mission to demystify lighting aspects one bulb, one fixture at a time.

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