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#VOLT LIGHTING INSTALL#

This is the stuff that professionals install in high end homes.Īlso, this had to integrate with my Z-Wave smart lighting setup, so I picked up a couple of GE Z-Wave outdoor smart switches to drive the AC/DC transformers. The peices that I have chosen are constructed of solid brass, and use long lasting/replaceable LED lightbulbs.

#VOLT LIGHTING PROFESSIONAL#

Volt Lighting is a direct to consumer manufacturing company that makes professional grade outdoor lighting systems. I’ve installed cheap landscape lighting in the past, but I wanted something that would stand up over time, so I did a ton of research and chose Volt lighting. I think outdoor lighting adds ambiance to the home, makes it possible to enjoy the backyard, and adds a bit of security. We have had this type of issues happen twice in our history- one was with one model/one version of our 50 w equivalent MR16's a few years ago which was more wide spread, and one time with our 35w equivalent bi-pin (prior to 2018).Why Volt Lighting and Z-Wave make for a winning combination We apologize for the inconveniences as this should have been found in our development testing. All inventory of this batch of 35w eq LED bi pins has been discarded or had been sold out. The issue was only with 35w equivalent LED bi pins made prior to 2018. After 2 months of continuous testing we can confidently say the issue has been resolved for 2 years, any problems after that were from old inventory or older installs. The independent lab did over 1,500 hours of continuous temperature/aging testing on the new generation of bulbs with the improved IC and there have been no issues. The previous generation had the issue, the new did not. To confirm these results we did internal testing and hired an independent lab do high temperature testing on the previous generation of bulbs and the current production. The bulbs with a date after January 2018 all passed the high temperature testing and had no issues. After testing and analysis, the bulbs that had a manufacturing date before January 2018 all had the issue. We had him send us both the failed bulbs and his non-failed bulb and we sent them in for testing. We had a customer in June of 2018 (after we had made the change) complain about this issue with some of his bi pins failing. This was done to prevent any overheat issues with the 35W version and eliminated the issue. In early 2018 once this was discovered we upgraded the design of the 4 W (35 watt equivalent) bi pin with improved heat dissipation and upgraded the thermal fold back point. The 35w equivalent bi pin lamp gave off a lot of lumens for a bi pin and apparently could exceed the thermal fold back point (overheating) for that design. This was an isolated incident for only our 4 watt bi pin bulbs (35 W equivalent lamps) that were made prior to 2018- not any other bi pins, and this issue has since been resolved.

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If these were installed at a clients property, I'd be going back, finding bulbs that don't work, order the free replacements, wait for them to arrive and then go back and install. I can't imagine the hassle if they were all Volt. The rest of my system is Kichler and Vista. In order to not hassle with having to constantly reorder as they go out I just went ahead and ordered some from Amazon.

I offered to buy additional bulbs but then they wanted to charge me shipping when they could have just thrown them in with the 2 free replacement ones. Meaning a bunch of my lights would be out for at least another week. In order to get three I believe I had to pack up the bad ones, send them to them and they would let me know. Lifetime warranty is great but they would only send me two bulbs when I needed three. Each year I am replacing 2-3 bulbs even after the first year they were installed.

I installed some Volt LED path lights at my house. But, based on my experience, I would never install their products for a client. Volt is an amazing company and some of their innovations make life a lot easier.