Vibe 10W LED Downlight Fitting

As electricity prices soar, switching to energy efficient lighting just got a whole lot easier with Vibe’s new 10W LED Downlight!
Leading Australian light distributor Vibe is introducing the new multi purpose 10W LED Downlight, which is now available as an alternative or replacement option for the 50W Halogen Downlight.
The environmentally friendly Downlight has zero mercury, lead, infrared / ultra-violet rays or other dangerous substances and saves you 60% more on your electricity bills than the 50W Halogen lamp.
Vibe Product Development Manager Stephen Forsyth says “We have been working hard with our engineers and manufacturers to put forward a quality LED alternative for our current Halogen Downlight. We uniquely designed the product to be simple, stylish and affordable. We believe the VBLDL10W range will put money back into customer’s pockets and make it easy and affordable to lower carbon emissions”.
The stylish, light weight product of only 640g has dimensions of Ø116 x 62mm, with a beam angle of 150° and will surely compliment any area you wish to highlight. The extensive range is available in either a Silver or White fitting with a colour temperature choice of either Warm White or Natural White.
Vibe expect a strong uptake of this product in Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic applications such as Hotels, Restaurants, Retail Stores, Night Clubs, Office Buildings, Homes, Showrooms, Museums, Galleries, Factories, Gaming Centres and Schools.
Taking only a few months to pay itself back, you can expect the LED Downlight of 50,000 hours to last a decade.

Hours a Day           Years of Life
24 hours a day           5.7 years
18 hours a day           7.6 years
12 hours a day           11.4 years
8 hours a day             17.1 years
The Vibe brand of light fittings is synonymous with style and quality. Vibe supplies an ever
growing network of lighting retailers and hardware stores, electricians, landscape
designers, architects and builders with a wide range of lamps, light fittings and other
electrical merchandise.

EcoSwitch - Energy Saving Switch

The award winning Ecoswitch, a simple energy saving device is set to slash your electricity bill by reducing wasted use of electricity when devices are in standby mode. It is not widely known but electronic devices on standby can account for over 10% of your electricity bill.

Ecoswitch inventor Rod Sheppard: “The Ecoswitch simply plugs between your power point and power board. A quick flick of the easy access switch will cut off the power to your devices, saving on electricity when they are in standby mode.”

Domestic savings of over $160* per year from your electricity bill can be achieved plus 800kg per year of CO2 production can be eliminated. Offices can save even more. (*Australian Greenhouse Office)

Applications include TV/entertainment areas, computers & games consoles, workshops areas and rechargers and plug packs … anywhere with a hard to reach switch. Other benefits include reduction of fire risk, life of appliances are extended due to being completely off and a safer home/office environment due to reduced live wires when Ecoswitch is off.

On average each household would need three Ecoswitches and at only $19.95 rrp the savings will add up quickly. Taking only 46 days to pay for itself the Ecoswich is sure to be common in all households and businesses across Australia.

The Australian owned and designed Ecoswitch is distributed by ANL Lighting and can be found in all good retailers across Australia. Call 1300 300 301 or visit www.anllighting.com.au for more information or to stock this great new product.

VIBE E27 Energy Saving CFL Downlight

Switching to energy efficient lighting just got a whole lot easier with the E27 Energy Saving Downlights from VIBE Lighting.

The VIBE E27 Energy Saving Downlights are an energy efficient alternative to incandescent lighting with 80% more energy savings than standard incandescent lamps.

VIBE Marketing Co-ordinator Stephanie Leung: “With the new Building and Construction Authority regulations requiring a maximum of 5 watts per square meter, the Vibe E27 Energy Saving Downlights are a perfect way to replace banned incandescent lighting with an approved, energy efficient alternative.” T2 CFL technology will ensure high light output, quick start and an 8,000 hour long life from your CFL downlight. These improved, brighter fittings are perfect for domestic and small commercial applications. The energy saving downlights come complete with a die-cast aluminium reflector to enhance light spread and a frosted glass diffuser to minimise glare, making these fittings not only extremely efficient but also an attractive addition to any home.

The VIBE E27 Energy Saving Downlights are uniquely designed with large terminal blocks and an adjustable lamp holder to make installation easier than ever. The energy saving downlight range is available in a stylish white or satin chrome finish with an 11W, 15W or 20W T2 spiral compact fluorescent lamp with colour temperature options of warm white or daylight.

About VIBE

The VIBE brand of light fittings is synonymous with style and quality. VIBE supplies an ever growing network of lighting retailers and hardware stores, electricians, landscape designers, architects and builders with a wide range of lamps, light fittings and other electrical merchandise.

VIBE LED Floodlight

The new Vibe LED Floodlight is set to wreak havoc on its halogen, HPS and metal halide competitors.

Compared to inefficient halogen floodlights, the new LED Floodlight by VIBE saves over 80% in electricity costs and has payback periods less than 12 months for commercial applications.

Long lasting and sturdy, The Vibe LED Floodlight reduces maintenance and replacement costs. The new LED Floods are IP65 rated, giving protection against the ingress of dust and against standard water jets with a nozzle and have a long lifetime of up to 50,000 hours.

VIBE Director Philip Hill: “The new LED floodlights from VIBE Lighting are a huge breakthrough in technology. Never before has LED technology been so advanced, offered such high light output and been so energy efficient. These LED floods are in a whole new playing field compared to its halogen predecessor.”

VIBE expects a strong uptake in commercial applications including sporting stadiums, gymnasiums, advertising boards and in outdoor security lighting.

The black powder coated VIBE LED Floodlights are available in 10w, 20w, 30w and 50w in a cool white 4000K colour temperature.

Vibe LED Downlight Range

Leading Australian lighting distributor VIBE has a stylish new range of LED downlights that are certain to add that extra flair to any commercial or domestic project.

The extensive range of VIBE LED downlights use CREE XRE 3-watt, high power LED chips for a high lumen output that can stand moderate working temperatures. CREE LED chips boast features such as a long life of 50,000 hours, energy savings, bright light and are dimmable to 20% when using a Philips Xitanium LED driver.

The extensive downlight range is available in single or dual head styles with one to twelve LED chips. Each LED chip produces equivalent to a 15-watt halogen lamp output. Extensive energy savings and low maintenance costs can be achieved by replacing old inefficient lighting with the VIBE LED downlights.

VIBE Director Philip Hill: “The new VIBE LED downlight range is low profile making it perfect for use in small spaces like cabinets, book cases and under shelf lighting.”

VIBE expects a strong uptake from lighting designers and commercial building managers looking for decorative and general lighting for use in jewellery stores, hotels, homes and function rooms.

The stylish LED range is available in warm white and pure white colour temperatures in both fixed and gimbal designs. The low energy range is available in a brushed satin chrome silver finish and requires a 700mA constant current LED driver.

The VIBE brand of light fittings are synonymous with style and quality. VIBE supplies a growing network of lighting retailers and hardware stores, electricians, landscape designers, architects and builders with a wide range of lamps, light fittings and other electrical merchandise.

Vibe LED Tube

Vibe LED Tubes are now replacing fluorescent tubes as a more efficient and environmentally friendly way of lighting while also replacing lower quality LED tubes that don’t live up to their estimated long life.

LED lights offer dramatically reduced operating costs over their super long life due to their efficiency. LED does not contain the harmful mercury and phosphorus that is found in fluorescent lights making them even more environmentally friendly.

LED is still a relatively new lighting technology and some manufactures are still in the dark. While LED tubes have an incredibly long lamp life of up to 80,000 hours, lower quality products are failing at only 10,000 hours due to the drivers shutting down. Standard LED tube models have built in drivers that will last for only 10,000-30,000 hours before shutting down after which the whole tube is rendered useless.

Vibe Lighting is at the forefront of LED technology with replaceable adapters on all their Vibe LED Tubes achieving the projected lifetime of 80,000 hours saving an extra 50% on replacement costs.

Vibe Director Phillip Hill: “When the driver eventually fails, instead of having to replace the entire LED tube, you need only to replace the adaptor. This makes the Vibe LED Tube the most economical and cost effective option for replacing standard fluorescent tubes.”

A major advantage that LED has over fluorescent tubes is that LED lights don’t flicker. Flicker and glare can impact learning and the ability to concentrate while also causing headaches. Although humans cannot see fluorescent lights flicker, the sensory system can. LED Tubes operate a constant colour output resulting in no flicker.

Vibe Lighting expects a strong uptake for the new LED Tubes from schools, offices, retail stores and other consumers looking for a long-lasting, green alternative to fluorescent lighting.

The Vibe LED Tube boasts a host of key advantages including a wide range of colour temperatures and wattage options. The LED Tube is available in Warm White, Pure White, Daylight White and Cool White and in lengths of 600mm (9w), 1200mm (18w) and 1500mm (22w).

The VIBE brand of light fittings is synonymous with style and quality. VIBE supplies a growing network of lighting retailers, hardware stores, electrical wholesalers, landscape designers, architects and building suppliers with a wide range of lamps, light fittings and other electrical merchandise.

LED stands for Light Emitting Diode and arguably produce the healthiest form of light, known as Full Spectrum, the closest to natural sunlight available. LED bulbs and tubes use diodes to produce light making them the most energy efficient of all the lighting systems. LED lights do not require starters or ballasts and so are more durable and longer lasting than their fluorescent counterparts. Expect up to 80,000 hours from an LED.

Hitachi AAA Fluorescent Tube

Good lighting helps promote quality and competence within a hospital providing a welcome reassurance for patients. Hitachi recognises this and has designed a fluorescent tube that cares for patients’ health and safety while providing the hospital with optimal light that lasts.

Introducing the Hitachi AAA fluorescent tube with a Cyanosis Observation Index (COI) below the Australian Hospital Standard and the highest Colour Rendition Index (CRI) of all lamps on the market. The Hitachi AAA has been tested, approved and is the recommended fluorescent tube for hospitals.

The Hitachi AAA tube uses a new type of high colour rendering phosphor for the highest CRI of 98 emitting the closest light output to natural light and reproduces all colours faithfully.

The Australian Hospital Standard COI must be below 3.3. The Hitachi AAA tube has 3.0 CRI, that’s better than the Australian Hospital Standard so you can be sure that Hitachi AAA is the best lighting solution possible for your hospital and patients.

The AAA lamp emits absolutely no UV rays and will prevent discoloration and fading of objects and products while also caring for patients and staff in the hospital. ANL Lighting Marketing Manager Stephanie Leung says ‘This makes the Hitachi AAA Fluorescent Tubes the best lighting option for operating theatres, patient treatment rooms, consultation rooms, accident emergency areas and other areas within a hospital that require perfect colour rendition of skin.’

The Hitachi AAA tubes have a long life of 10,000 hours and hold a 1-year warranty that covers lamp failure and fading and is available in two sizes, a 20Watt and 40Watt lamp.

COI has been calculated in accordance with the method described in Appendix G of AS1680.2.5 : 1997.

It's important that medical staff be able to correctly diagnose cyanosis through clinical observation.

A hospital’s number one priority is patient care. An important aspect of medical diagnosis thorough clinical observation is the reliable detection of cyanosis.

Cyanosis is a condition where the skin and mucous membranes give off a bluish discolouration, which indicates that oxygen levels in the blood are dangerously depleted. The ability of medical staff to reliably detect the onset of cyanosis by visual observation may be critical to a patient’s well being.

The detection of cyanosis requires adequate power output around the 660nm wavelength. If the output is too low a patient’s skin colour may appear darker and they may be diagnosed as cyanosed when this is not the case. On the other hand, if the output is too high it may mask the cyanosis and it may not be diagnosed when it is present. The end result is that clinical staff cannot rely on visual detection.

To meet the Australian Hospital Standard and be suitable for detecting cyanosis in hospitals, all lamps must meet two criteria: a Cyanosis Observation Index of less than 3.3 and a colour temperature between 3200K and 5500K. Lamps with colour temperatures above 5500K provide false positive diagnoses of cyanosis and lamps with colour temperatures below 3200K results in failure to detect cyanosis.

Fluorescent lamps commonly in use may not have a continuous spectrum. When selecting lamps for the reliable diagnosis of cyanosis, Hospitals need to ensure that the lamps chosen have a COI of 3.3 or lower, have a colour temperature between 3200K and 5500K and are long lasting and cost effective.

The Hitachi AAA fluorescent tube has a COI of 3.0, a colour temperature of 5000K and the highest colour rendition index of all lamps currently on the market. The Hitachi AAA tube has been tested, approved and is the recommended fluorescent tube for hospitals. This makes the Hitachi AAA fluorescent tubes the best lighting option for operating theatres, patient treatment rooms, consultation rooms, accident emergency areas and other areas within a hospital that require perfect colour rendition of skin.

The Hitachi AAA tubes have a long life of 10,000 hours and hold a 1-year warranty that covers lamp failure and fading and is available in two sizes, a 20w (2ft) and 40w (4ft) lamp.

Earthmate - Environmentally Friendly CFL

This is Earthmate, Australia’s most environmentally sensitive compact fluorescent light globe according to its distributor ANL Lighting, who is hoping it will become our most switched on green globe.

From its 100% recycled packaging to its compact size, the mini Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) is super energy efficient, long lasting and contains as little as 1mg of mercury ­ 80% less than most other globes which have 5mg of mercury ­ and a major step forward in the product recycling process.

ANL says Earthmate has been designed to reduce greenhouse emissions by reducing the amount of energy used in lighting.

Domestic, commercial and industrial lighting consumes around 25% of all electrical energy generated. The aim of  Earthmate is to reduce that figure and fight global warming in three key areas:

• Earthmate consumes 75% less energy than incandescent globes
• Earthmate will last up to 10,000 hours ­ up to 10 times longer than incandescents
• Earthmate contains as little as 1mg of mercury most other globes contain 5mg or more

ANL Lighting Marketing Manager Stephanie Leung says Earthmate is a leading international example of Environmentally responsible product lifecycle and design.

It starts in the manufacturing process using 80% less mercury, lead free solder and other developments and continues through packaging using 100% post-consumer waste ­ even our ink is soy-based!

The product itself is very efficient and when it comes time to recycle Earthmate contains as little as 1mg of mercury which can be re-claimed and used in dental healthcare.

Their small size is also a plus for the environment in terms of transport and storage.

Recycling experts estimate the mercury from just one globe – 5 mg – leaching from landfill into the water table – is enough to contaminate 5000 litres of drinking water.

It is estimated Australians currently recycle less than 2% of all light globes with more than 70million going to landfill annually.

Designed to fit into most fixtures, the Earthmate range of light globes ­ available in both bayonet (BC) and screw-in (ES) models  (also available in small bayonet Cap (SBC) and small screw-in (SES) models for 7 watt range)-  are compact, bright and provide a soft, warm light similar to incandescent models.

Typical applications for Earthmate include general lighting, recessed can lighting, table lamps, floor lamps and ceiling fixtures.

At 70+ lumens per watt for high efficacy and instant on flicker free start up, there is no need to sacrifice the quality of light while benefiting the planet.

Available in two different colour temperatures – 2700K and 5000K – and multiple wattages, Earthmate globes are a bright choice for any situation.

There’s an Earthmate replacement globe for almost every residential application including:

Earthmate Conversion Guide
7W (CFL)    30W (Incandescent)
11W           ­   60W
15W ­             75W
20W ­            100W
23W ­            120W

VIBE LED Weatherproof Strip Light

Leading Australian lighting distributor VIBE, has just made LED lighting more flexible with the release of their new range of LED Flexible Strip Lights.

Vibe director Phillip Hill said that these LED Flexible Strip Lights are like nothing that came before them, “This is new technology; there has never been a more flexible way to decorate”. The LED Flexible Strip can be bent back on itself, can be easily cut and rejoined at regular intervals and can be mounted on any smooth, dry surface. “The possibilities are endless.”

Phillip Hill: “Before LED Flexible Strip Lights, people were restricted by having to use Neon lights which were bulky, contained harmful gasses such as argon and mercury and would flicker and often go out. With the VIBE LED Flexible Strip Lights, you’re now only limited by your creativity.”

At only 14.4 watts per meter, the VIBE Flexible LED Strip is low on power and boasts a super long life of up to 50,000 hours reducing maintenance costs. The low energy range is available in warm white, cool white and RGB and uses a DC12V driver to connect to 240V.

VIBE expects a strong uptake for use in homes, hotels, clubs and bars. The strips are only 10mm wide and coated in a weatherproof gel so are perfect for decorative use in cove and under shelf lighting, kitchen splashbacks, deck and emergency stair lighting and other applications.

The LED Strips come with strong adhesive backing so can easily be mounted on any smooth, clean and dry surface. To achieve the best results possible, mount on aluminium to disperse excess heat and prolong the lamp life. The LED Flexible Strip can be simply cut to desired length at every 3 LED chips and can be easily rewired by an electrician.

The VIBE LED Strip Lights give off a crisp, bright light that have a halo effect when used in cove or under shelf lighting. LED lights are eye catching and stylish perfect for feature and decorative lighting.

The VIBE brand of light fittings is synonymous with style and quality. VIBE supplies a growing network of lighting retailers and hardware stores, electricians, landscape designers, architects and builders with a wide range of lamps, light fittings and other electrical merchandise.

LED stands for Light Emitting Diode and arguably produce the healthiest form of light, known as Full Spectrum, the closest to natural sunlight available. LED bulbs and tubes use diodes to produce light making them the most energy efficient of all the lighting systems. LED lights do not require starters or ballasts and so are more durable and longer lasting than their fluorescent counterparts. Expect up to 50,000 hours from an LED.