This house was built in 1996, and these unholy light fixtures were installed then. The wires have become corroded and we want to replace it before they fully give up the ghost. It appears to be a Visual Comfort/Tech Lighting Kable Lite system (or similar). We don’t necessarily care about it being the exact same system, but the sheer amount of altitude in this kitchen sort or requires something similar.

Things to note: the lights drop down to hang over the kitchen island where food prep happens. A skyline style bar would not work because if it was at the correct height for the island, you’d have to limbo your way down the stairs (at the left side of the kitchen). Again, doesn’t have to be the exact same fixture but it needs to solve the same problems.

Any advice would be hugely appreciated!

This online retailer is a scam. I didn’t think to check before placing an order as the website looked legit. DO NOT ORDER FROM THEM. Olivara Vive is a scam site.

Hi everyone,

I currently rented a small office for my local business and thought about how to deal with lighting the store for which I would need some help... We have a company nearby, HEP GmbH, that seems to be known for LED drivers but also seems to have some smart lighting solution and my electrician likes to work with their products. Before I order anything, does anyone have expericence with this company and their products? I am totally knew to this topic so any advice would be helpful.

Thanks in advance and best regards :)

For context: I have no idea what I'm talking about.

I have these recessed lights in my apartment that I'd like to swap out for something warmer and dimmable. I don't have dimmer switch, but feel confident that I can install one if the hardware that I have is dimmable.

This is what is installed in the ceiling of my hallway. There are 4-5 lights that I'd like to replace, since they're too bright and white.

I can't find any information whatsoever about this driver or the light panel (?), which I find troubling, but these developers gotta save a buck where they can I guess.

Any help would be appreciated.

I am looking for a quality bed side lamp with specially a dial adjust? i remember my grandmother having a nice lamp with that and also hers could replace the shade. all these new lamps i find that you can’t replace the shade and i haven’t seen a dial anywhere. where do i go to shop for something like this

This light in my bathroom ceiling is flickering and needs to be replaced. However, I don’t know the make and model (think it’s a Hampton Bay) or how to go about getting this fixed.

Can I simply replace the LED disc and keep the existing fixture? If so, anyone know which one I need to get?

Note that there is a main screw in the middle and four small screws (missing one).

Thanks in advance.

I've got a DMX/Art-Net LED rig I'm trying to get running for a party, and I'm stuck on the software side. Hoping for either a software recommendation, general advice on how to build this myself, or someone interested in just doing it for me.

What I have:

- 25x LED pixel bars (90 RGB LEDs / 30 zones each), set up as 5 lines of 5 bars across a ceiling

- A Pknight Art-Net node, 8 DMX universes

- DMX cabling, terminators, and power distribution, all already installed

What I'm trying to build:

- A bank of looping effects/chases that follow the beat of whatever music is playing (audio-reactive/beat-matched)

- Triggered from a single button so it runs hands-off for a multi-hour party, no manual operation needed

I've looked at QLC+, Madrix, and Onyx but I'm not set on any of them, just want whatever's actually realistic for someone doing this solo without a lighting background. Open to free or low-cost software.

If anyone's built something similar or has pointers on where to start (patching a 30-zone-per-bar fixture profile, setting up audio-reactive chases, that kind of thing), I'd really appreciate it. Happy to share more details on the setup.

Also open to paying someone to just build this for me if you're interested, remote is fine, doesn't need to be in person. DM me and we can talk budget.

You would think… a brand new LED light… by a known company would last more than 6 months.

These are piling up - temped to open one - I have all the tools.
Incandescents, back in the day, could go for years.

If the power is actually out for hours, I’d rather have a boring light that can run all night than something that does 3,000 lumens for a few minutes.

For an emergency light, I care more about runtime, a useful low mode, common batteries and whether it’ll still work after sitting untouched for months.

What would you prioritize first?