What is Colour Rendering?
When you’re shopping for lamps, what are some of things you look for? The number of watts the lamp consumes? The initial lumen output? Most certainly the life hours, right? Well it’s time to add another one to the list: CRI So what is CRI? For starters, CRI stands for color rendering index, and it […]
Top 5 Philips LED Products at a Great Price!
Philips top 5 products which Powercor can price match or beat – Guaranteed! Powercor has a diverse range of clients which makes the luminaire range offering by Philips all that much more appealing. Powercor offer a 5 year guarantee on parts and labour for any project using the Philips range. Gentlespace 2 High bays which […]
Electric Car Chargers – What is all the hype?
Electric cars are becoming increasingly popular and as an electrical contractor we are being asked to incorporate electric car charging points into more installations especially new build properties So what is all the hype? Quiet and Quick It only takes one ride in a battery-powered car to understand the improved ride quality of an electric car […]
What are Luminous Textiles?
What are Luminous Textiles? Luminous Textiles created by Philips Lighting are a revolutionary new solution to enhance and enrich any interior space. Luminous textiles bring light, texture and content together to create a design statement that will be sure to impress!! Luminous textiles integrate multi-coloured LED’s within a textile panel, you are free to choose […]
PAT Testing for Residential Care & Private Nursing Homes
Thankfully these modern worthy establishments are now ever more on the increase in providing an alternative comprehensive range of care for dearly loved elderly folk. Whilst in attendance of a recently modernised property, we observed that there were a considerable amount of various portable appliances throughout the building mostly owned by the Nursing Home and some […]
What is LiFi?
LiFi technology, short for Light Fidelity, uses light from LED bulbs to transmit internet data instead of the radio waves our WiFi routers currently broadcast. The LED lamps flicker extremely quickly to emit a frequency of light that can transmit data at incredible speeds. LiFi technology has been demonstrated by streaming a video on a […]
Unified Glare ratings – How soft is the light on the eyes?
Many schools and institutions use recommended glare ratings as a guideline. Unfortunately for LED lighting manufacturers it is not a clear cut case. There are a huge number of factors which add to a glare rating of an LED product which need to be taken into account for example natural sun light within a space […]
Our lighting journey as a Philips Partner
Who would of thought that Powercor would be installing luminaires today that can position any person with a mobile phone or ID card to around ½ metre in a building, but that’s exactly what’s happened, since becoming a Philips Lighting Partner in 2013 we have been on a lighting Journey and it’s been a great […]
Emergency Lighting: new and existing buildings
When should you start to think about Emergency Lighting & what are the differences between new & existing buildings? Often over-looked in fire safety planning is the use of emergency lighting. New buildings will need to have a fire risk assessment carried out as soon as possible after they become occupied and the emergency lighting […]
How can Dimming LED’s increase worker productivity?
Dimming LEDs can increase worker productivity, enhance the experience of diners in a hospitality setting, and save energy, but you have to correctly combine controls, drivers, and LED sources. Gone are the days of swapping out lamps easily to save on electricity consumption and maintenance. There are a vast number of commercial businesses opting to […]
