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Discussing Different Types of Lighting

In this segment Bob Vila meets with lighting designer Markus Earley who explains the differences between different sorts of lights. Bob also meets with Tony Zwain who discusses electricity is distributed in the building.
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Discussing Different Types of Lighting

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" how complicated is that. Not too complicated although all the track lighting itself with physically installed and now we're just installing vital part of our football though there. Yes that is line voltage components right incidents and the back end of that is. The money and what you put the pieces of involved in. And he just inserted twisted. And it's time how many of those go on that track about six straight yes yeah -- Marcus how do you decide what type of head. To use in any particular a particular application."

" Well most times you want to think about the effect of polite not necessarily use the style of the fixtures you an example. These track heads use some par thirty -- very directional. And in this case we have a Louver where will be shining down and helps. Prevent glare."

" No case -- so this kind of thing helps to prevent glare so that when you're walking around. They're not blinded by the lights and -- down."

" And then this one which is against the law uses a Linear spread lens that helps diffuse the light and making it round beam into an oval beam like a -- even so that you can create complete wash monologue have a large -- exactly what's this thing do. Well this is the fixture that we're going to use in the entrance hall and this is theatrically styled it will have. Seven or eight of them in that room and the barn doors are terrific because you can. Reduce the aperture -- what comes out."

" So you can really shape the amount of light that you using right in particular area as well as direct it down okay. Well we're certainly using a lot of electricity here in about a week ago I visited in the basement to get a better idea how all the different units here at the loft building are fat. Let's talk about the electrical service the new service coming into the building. Is this where these pipes will be where the new wires cement. That's correct and how much power comes in from the street it's coming get flooded on the dance too late to vault the --"

" What happens in this box. This what we call it the -- and -- blocks in order to limit the luck. Yeah."

" What that he -- coming for most people would be connected to -- boss feels hot and cool it boss. We'll throw loss phase me BV. OK so it's -- three base installation. And then from each of those phases you've got power coming through here. Going through these conduit into the next stop over here yeah. And what do you call this."

" These -- Why can't you see them coming from -- here. It's in the off position it's in the opposition so it can to the safety right correct but it will the public. And all this head off. That's what we'll have lower on blue -- okay but right now oh yeah we don't have. Connected we're still working up for the original power that was in the building right that's correct yeah. And this pollen comes through to be. What to court he -- they hit Portland pounded Seton. In most houses you just have single -- power coming in right. Correct -- plummeted to 52 family house is usually they have thing fifties and by having a three days system. You've got an isolating current kind of thing that allows you to have deliver more power well actually let me have teeth. -- you have more bottles and little to. So it's more efficient. You can always -- war and print them thing your feet and less. That's the old on the transform OK so this is defeating -- have been in place. How much power does each lot get from that original big service that comes it. Whether it's left is that -- far what what fifty again. 150 am not pleasant rolls up approximately about -- to -- like the -- maximum more than that right so it's oversized that in any case. The average house being built today would get a 200 -- service men and maybe -- that the blonde 10200 maybe ten or fifteen years ago overall hundred. And if you go and buy an antique house you might to step -- The accident yet is that -- all right because they didn't you still have your final appliances microwave or what ever it. It will brawls -- an -- right and if -- up and then up here what kind of cable is. Yes -- what we call it the right that's or. The fetus which are feeding. HP the load of substance what wheat gluten cook and keep."

" Run us through the space we were just talking a minute ago about how these theatrical lights go in our front hall. And I see you've shown us here that basically you've led up that hole art wall -- what's happening in the rest of the law."

" Well essentially since we have terra cotta ceilings everywhere made most sense to use. Track lighting system because it acts like an electrical distribution system right and put the light where we need it right and put everything on separate controls so you don't have to have the kitchen on when you're in the living room for example."

" We've already got tracks overhead here and it. It looks like you're also hanging a couple of pictures right off of the the track to come over the table."

" Exactly track is so flexible you can kind of decorative light. Or functional track had like this one. Or any number of types of products OK and then along the curved wall which is one of the key features in the unit and -- you've got conduit pipe with. Well fixed lights like what we see in this deet tails it right here right this is call the Jack system so this box here is transformer. And that connects to a low voltage accent light."

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