Avoid adaptive solutions that use adapters


Avoid adaptive solutions that use adapters

We have seen them all. Modernization units delivered with a socket adapter, typically E39, allow you to screw them into the socket of the devices. Good idea no? False. Read this so you do not get caught in an expensive mistake.

Some kits include an adapter that allows you to screw into the existing socket of a device. Although this sounds like a good idea and you even think that it saves installation time, this type of method poses two serious problems.


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LED conversion units weigh more than HID / metal halide bulbs

This can not be discussed. The power outlet is designed to hold a HID bulb and not an LED conversion unit. LED conversion units are more than 5 times heavier than a bulb. Add to that that the plug can be old and fragile. Or he can be mounted on a pole, vibrate and swing with the wind. This will cause the plug to fail and your investment in a conversion unit may break against the fixture glass and be damaged. All the time you saved (at best, at least) during the initial installation is now lost by an expensive repair. You may need to buy a new conversion head. This type of failure is NOT covered by the warranty.

With most of company's kits, you must remove the plug and install there configurable mounting arms using the same holes that were attached to the socket. You have now eliminated the weak link. And in terms of installation time, this extra step takes a few more minutes.


LED kits with Mogul adapters can only be qualified as DLC Standard

The Design Lights consortium includes 2 standards, DLC (Standard) and DLC Premium. DLC Premium is the most effective of the 2 standards. You can not get a Premium DLC rating if your kit uses a Mogul base adapter.


Why is it important?

Utility companies offer higher discounts for Premium qualified DLC products. Higher discounts mean less costs at the time of purchase. This will help you to more than compensate for the extra minutes needed to use the proper mounting brackets in place of a fault-tolerant Mogul adapter.


Some utilities offer only discounts on qualified Premium DLC products.

Each public service manages its own discount program, which varies. There is no standard. Recently, one of the largest utilities in the country stopped offering discounts on qualified (standard) DLC products. And this includes all LED conversion kits with a screw adapter for a Mogul plug. So that's another reason why a screw adapter is a bad idea.

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