If your LED Outdoor Lights Bright Enough?

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We’ve all had one of those free, or next to free LED flashlights that doesn’t give off enough light to help us see anything. So naturally, you might have some doubts about trusting LED lights to illuminate you exterior, especially at night. Unlike those cheap flashlights, LED outdoor lights – like floodlights, step lights, and wall pack lights – are created for important outdoor use. So, they’ll generate enough light to brighten your stairs, driveways, porches, paths, and yards, just like any other outdoor lights.

To be sure that you’ll get lights you can trust to work and to stand out in the dark, just check how many lumens your current outdoor lights emit (halogen, fluorescent, etc) and make sure your new lights have a similar number.

Lumens, unlike watts, measure the amount of light emitted by any light source. Watts just measure the amount of power that light uses. LEDs will always use fewer watts than other lights, but they’ll produce the same amount of light.

See our LED Model JMK-WP06, 18W with 2000lumens,  30W with 3300lumens.

Similar brightness levels, different wattages. So, when you’re picking out new outdoor lights, don’t shy away from LEDs because you don’t think they’re bright enough. If you do your research and check the lumens, you’ll find the right replacement, and probably save some energy in the process!

Mid-Autumn Festival Custom In China

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2016 Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 15th. The holiday lasts from September 15th to 17th. Due to the pleasant autumn weather this is a peak time for travel. Welcome to China and explore the traditional folk customs of this interesting festival!

Falling on the 15th day of the 8th month according to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the second grandest festival after the Spring Festival in China. It takes its name from the fact that it is always celebrated in the middle of the autumn season. The day is also known as the Moon Festival, as at that time of the year the moon is at its roundest and brightest.

Mid-Autumn Festival History

Mid-Autumn Festival is an inherited custom of moon sacrificial ceremonies. The ancient Chinese observed that the movement of the moon had a close relationship with changes of the seasons and agricultural production. Hence, to express their thanks to the moon and celebrate the harvest, they offered a sacrifice to the moon on autumn days.
August 15th of the Chinese lunar calendar, the closest full moon day to the Autumnal Equinox, turned out to be a better choice and was set as a fixed festival. So Mid-Autumn Festival had already become a widely celebrated folk festival.

Legends
Romantically speaking, the festival is to commemorate Chang E, who in order to protect her beloved husband’s elixir, ate it herself and flew to the moon.In addition to the romantic legend Chang E Flying to the Moon mentioned above, there are many other legends and stories related to this grand festival. The most well-known ones include Jade Rabbit Pounding Medicine, Wu Gang Chopping Laurel Tree, and Zhu Yuanzhang and the Moon Cake Uprising.

Customs
On the festival day, family members gather to offer sacrifice to the moon, appreciate the bright full moon, eat moon cakes, and express strong yearnings toward family members and friends who live afar. In addition, there are some other customs like playing lanterns, and dragon and lion dances in some regions. The unique customs of ethnic minorities are interesting as well, such as “chasing the moon” of Mongolians, and “steal vegetables or fruits” of the Dong people.

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Moon Cake
The Moon Cake is the special food of Mid-Autumn Festival. On that day, people sacrifice moon cakes to the moon as an offering and eat them for celebration. Moon cakes come in various flavors according to the region. The moon cakes are round, symbolizing the reunion of a family, so it is easy to understand how the eating of moon cakes under the round moon can evoke longing for distant relatives and friends. Nowadays, people present moon cakes to relatives and friends to demonstrate that they wish them a long and happy life.

Top Places to Celebrate the Festival in China
Some people prefer stay at home to celebrate the festival, while others would like to go outside to have a closer contact with the bright full moon. Over time, some outdoor places become more popular, including ancient man-made sites, natural scenic areas, countryside and skyscrapers, etc.

Mid-Autumn Festival in other Asian Countries
Due to frequent communications with China and migrations of Chinese people, Mid-Autumn Festival has become popular in other parts of the world, especially neighboring Asian countries where it is celebrated in the same way as in China, while others add their own customs.

JMK Tech Lighting wish all friends Happy Mid-Autumn Festival.

 

Information About DLC Certification

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Information About DLC

What is DLC

The DesignLights Consortium™ (DLC) is a project of Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP), a regional non-profit founded in 1996. The DLC is dedicated to accelerating the widespread adoption of high-performing, energy efficient commercial lighting solutions. In collaboration with industry stakeholders, DLC defines high performance through technical requirements, facilitates thought leadership, and provides tools, resources, and technical expertise to members and industry.

The DLC seeks proposals for Services to Support and Manage the DLC Solid State Lighting and Controls Qualified Products Lists.

Industry Advisory Committee

Purpose of the Industry Advisory Committee (IAC)
The purpose of the IAC is to support the mission and strategic direction of the DLC to drive efficient lighting through education, collaboration, and expertise. Activities and agenda of the IAC include, but are not limited to DLC business updates, programs to promote lighting quality, utility program best practices for lighting efficiency, ongoing opportunities, challenges and potential risks to the advancement of energy saving lighting technologies.

2016 DLC IAC representatives

The IAC is comprised of 12-14 representatives from the lighting industry with the following profile:
One Lighting Designer East
One Lighting Designer West
One designee from each of the top five OEMs — Top 5, by DLC QPL listings
This includes, Eaton Lighting, Hubbell Lighting, Philips Lighting, Acuity Brands, and CREE
Designee from three small OEMs — Small is defined as having less than 250 employees
Designee from two lighting controls manufacturers

 Goal of DLC

DLC’s goal is to promote high quality, high energy efficiency of the lighting design in all commercial lighting field . DLC certified product is used by public utilities companies high performance solid state lighting in the United States, which has not yet been covered by “Energy Star (STAR ENERGY)” standard.

Our JMKMGL Light has DLC certificates,  which is High Efficacy led  .For more information about our product, please don’t feel free to contact us.

Newest LED Wall Pack Lighting – JMK-WP06 PHOTOCELL INCLUDED

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JMK Wall Pack Light WP06

LED Wall Pack Lighting – JMK-WP06

Do you want a smaller lighting fixture easy to place and unobtrusive, 17 watt light replaced a 100 watt nomal light?

Our Newest arrival LED Wall Pack Light: JMK-WP06. At moment , we have received 2,000pcs ordered from our USA customer.

Firstly,Nice quality, using it for overnight security, entrance, and overhead door lighting applications. Gives it a modern look compared to the older style fixtures.

Secondly,18-30W, Built-in photocell included for automatic ON/OFF control.

Thirdly, ETL & DLC Certificates.

Eliminate any maintenance costs, associated with the use of HPS/HID lights by switching to JMKMGL LED Wall Mount light and save an additional 85% on your electricity bill.