Knowledge Centre

Knowledge Centre

Specification guides for people who have to buy festival lighting and then live with it. Written around the decisions that actually determine whether an order arrives usable.

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Buying Guides Technical Guides And Comparisons

How To Specify Outdoor Motif Lights Without Getting BurnedBuying Guide

How To Specify Outdoor Motif Lights Without Getting Burned

The six decisions that determine whether a motif light order arrives usable: shape approval, bulb spacing, frame finish, fixing method, ingress protection and lead time.

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IP Ratings For Outdoor Festival Lighting ExplainedTechnical Guide

IP Ratings For Outdoor Festival Lighting Explained

What IP65 and IP68 actually protect against, where seasonal installations really fail, and how to read an ingress rating on a quotation.

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LED String Light Buying Guide For Commercial BuyersBuying Guide

LED String Light Buying Guide For Commercial Buyers

Cable type, core size, bulb spacing, run length and connector sealing — the five specifications that separate commercial string light from retail string light.

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Buying Ramadan And Eid Lighting For A City ProgrammeBuying Guide

Buying Ramadan And Eid Lighting For A City Programme

How to order Ramadan decoration against a moving lunar date, get Arabic lettering right, and keep a district looking coherent across hundreds of units.

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Installing Cross Street Motif Lights SafelyInstallation Guide

Installing Cross Street Motif Lights Safely

Survey, fixing, cabling and strike-down practice for motif lighting installed over a live carriageway.

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Choosing Christmas Lighting For Shopping MallsDesign Guide

Choosing Christmas Lighting For Shopping Malls

Why mall decoration needs different specifications to street decoration, and how to build a scheme that photographs well and installs around trading hours.

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Planning A Light Festival Trail That Holds AttentionDesign Guide

Planning A Light Festival Trail That Holds Attention

Feature scale, spacing, power distribution and safety planning for a ticketed light trail through a park.

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Fibre Optic Or Acrylic Dandelion Lights Which To ChooseComparison Guide

Fibre Optic Or Acrylic Dandelion Lights Which To Choose

How the two head constructions differ in appearance, durability and cost, and which one suits a park, a plaza or a hire fleet.

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Importing Christmas Lights From China Without SurprisesBuying Guide

Importing Christmas Lights From China Without Surprises

Sampling, compliance paperwork, specification drift, container loading and season timing for importers buying decorative lighting.

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