{"id":618,"date":"2016-02-29T09:50:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/night-scenes.com\/?p=618"},"modified":"2016-02-29T09:50:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T15:50:13","slug":"texas-hoa-lighting-by-nightscenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/night-scenes.com\/2016\/02\/29\/texas-hoa-lighting-by-nightscenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas HOA Lighting by NightScenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Texas HOA lighting can be done very well with low voltage LED landscape lighting<\/h2>\n<p>We have been lighting entries to developments in central Texas for several years.\u00a0 We have always used low voltage lighting in our designs and wouldn\u2019t even consider the use of high voltage lighting.\u00a0 We also would never even think about using old technology like mercury vapor or metal halide lighting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1836\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/night-scenes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Night-Scenes-Final-Edit-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1836 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/night-scenes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Night-Scenes-Final-Edit-1-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Texas HOA lighting\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Escondido Texas Entry in Horseshoe Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I am still seeing mercury vapor lighting being installed at residences and developments in the Austin area.\u00a0 I really don\u2019t know how these installation companies are doing this since mercury vapor lighting has been outlawed in the U.S. for quite a few years now.\u00a0 We can no longer get the ballasts for these lights and lamps are getting harder and harder to find.\u00a0 They\u2019re also getting to be very expensive.<br \/>\nWhat really bothers me is that the ones paying for this lighting now are not only paying a lot for the system, they are also going to pay more every month in energy use.\u00a0 They\u2019ll end up spending even more later to maintain the system as lamps go out and then, if a ballast goes bad, how are they going to replace that?\u00a0 They\u2019ll end up having to trash the whole thing and start over. Or, as some have done, use a less efficient Metal Halide ballast to energize the Mercury Vapor lights. This is NOT a good idea.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1607\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/night-scenes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Summit-Rock-Entrance.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1607 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/night-scenes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Summit-Rock-Entrance-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Texas HOA lighting in Horseshoe Bay\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrance to Summit Rock in Horseshoe Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Why not design a Texas HOA lighting system, and install an energy efficient LED system that will use a lot less energy and be pretty much maintenance free for many years?\u00a0 Why not look out for the best interest of the client?<br \/>\nOthers in my industry ask me things like \u201cwhy are you installing LED?\u00a0 What about your maintenance end of the business?\u201d\u00a0 I tell them that if I look out for my clients they will send me far more business than what I could generate in maintenance anyway.\u00a0 It also makes us feel better about the projects that we do, knowing that we are doing what is best for our clients and the environment.<br \/>\nSome of our friends in Florida made this video about the installation of LED lighting at a development that explains a little about how much money this place will save every year by installing LED lighting instead of other energy hog types of lighting.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/U8D2B8a3UhM\">LED Lighting for Developments<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If your Austin area or central Texas development already has lighting that is costing a fortune to maintain, maybe it\u2019s time to look at upgrading it to LED.\u00a0 This can be fairly easy to do (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/night-scenes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">for us<\/a><\/span>) since we do it all the time.\u00a0 We can even utilize a lot of the wiring that is probably already in place.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t spend too much for your Texas HOA lighting.\u00a0 You may save a few dollars up front when installing other types of lighting, but you\u2019ll spend a LOT more as the years go by. \u00a0Maybe we can help your development save some money on outdoor lighting. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http:\/\/night-scenes.com\/contact-us\/\">Contact us today<\/a><\/span><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http:\/\/night-scenes.com\/contact-us\/\"><\/a>\u00a0to set up a free consultation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas HOA lighting can be done very well with low voltage LED landscape lighting We have been lighting entries to developments in central Texas for several years.\u00a0 We have always used low voltage lighting in our designs and wouldn\u2019t even consider the use of high voltage lighting.\u00a0 We also would never even think about using &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,5,29],"tags":[17,26,394,395,46,12,6,7,73,74,14,50],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas HOA Lighting by NightScenes - NightScenes Landscape Lighting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Texas HOA lighting at entries tells the world all about your development at night and announces where you are . 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