Chris

  1. Guide To Commercial Lighting

    Guide To Commercial Lighting
    Commercial lighting is changing fast, with the gradual and seemingly endless increase of energy costs, business owners and installers are now realising that low energy lighting is the way forward and are starting to understand the financial savings that can be achieved.
  2. Our Recommended LED Wall Lights

    Our Recommended LED Wall Lights
    Wall lights can form a key part of any domestic or commercial lighting installation and can provide a great level of background lighting ambiance. There are many variations of wall lights available from a variety of leading brands. Our range includes some of the market leaders including Ansell, Philips, Astro lighting, LEDS C4, Collingwood and EcoLED.
  3. Chic Ceiling Lights from Downlights Direct

    Chic Ceiling Lights from Downlights Direct
    At DownlightsDirect.co.uk, we are thrilled to bring you an extensive range of stylish ceiling lights for your perusal. With so many designs to choose from, we are sure that you will find the perfect solution for your home. Our range includes everything from modern ceiling lights to traditional designs, so you can be rest assured that your dream ceiling lights are just a couple of clicks away.
  4. Spotlights Versus Downlights - What's The Difference?

    Spotlights Versus Downlights - What's The Difference?
    Consumers often get mixed up with spotlights and downlights, let me explain the difference. A spotlight is a surface mounted light fitted that either has a single, double, tripe or quad spots. They are frequently used in kitchens but are also used in living rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms.
  5. What are Wi-Fi LED Bulbs?

    What are Wi-Fi LED Bulbs?
    Create a unique ambiance instantly with a superior range of Wi-Fi colour changing LED bulbs. Here at Downlights Direct, we stock everything you need to change the colour of your lighting at the touch of a button. So whether you’re looking for LED colour changing bulbs or a controller, we have all of this and more.
  6. Lamp Types - From Incandescent to OLED

    Lamp Types - From Incandescent to OLED
    Here at downlights direct you will find we stock many different types of lamps and light bulbs. Each lamp has its own purpose, cost and energy usage. Please read below to understand more about the most common and more popular types used to date.
  7. LED Drivers - Constant Voltage or Constant Current?

    LED Drivers - Constant Voltage or Constant Current?
    There are two main types of LED drivers (also known as LED power supply); constant voltage (CV) and constant current (CC).
  8. Light Up Your Life With Our Made-To-Measure LED Strip Lighting

    Light Up Your Life With Our Made-To-Measure LED Strip Lighting
    The big benefit of Downlights Directs' unique, LED strip lighting is that it is easy to install and can be fitted to almost any surface, meaningyou can design and install your own lighting setup to your exact specification. You can create anything from a relaxing warm white lighting effect to colour changing strip allowing you to select the colour you want, when you want it, all at the touch of a button.
  9. Top 10 Greatest LED Downlights so Far…

    Top 10 Greatest LED Downlights so Far…
    The integrated LED downlight revolution began way back in 2009. While many of the original ones have come and gone, I'd like to take this moment to remember how it all started and to pay tribute to the manufactures who pioneered this technology.
  10. An Introduction to the Lutron Energi Savr Node

    An Introduction to the Lutron Energi Savr Node
    The Energi Savr Node QS range (also known as ESN) is the latest version of automated lighting controllers from Lutron. With it sees the launch of the phase adaptive control panel which has been designed specifically (but not solely) for use in LED lighting applications.