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Ceiling and Wall Lights

Plug-In Ceiling Lights

No need for wiring—these lights plug-in with a two-prong plug. Also known as shop lights.

Wraparound-Lens Ceiling Lights

A wraparound lens disperses light from the sides as well as the bottom to produce ambient lighting.

LED Retrofit Strip Lights

Fit traditional fluorescent ceiling strip lights with these LED lights, which use energy more efficiently, last longer, and produce less heat.

Ceiling Lights with Reflectors

Also known as turret lights, these fixtures have uplight or downlight reflectors to direct light.

Cord-Suspended Ceiling Lights

Also known as pendant lights, these fixtures hang from a cord.

Battery-Operated Motion-Sensing Ceiling Lights

Mount these fixtures where you need light but don't have an electrical connection. They automatically turn on when movement is detected and off when an area is unoccupied.

Recessed Ceiling Lights

Also known as troffers, these lights fit most standard drop-ceiling grids.

Recessed Can Lights

These lights fit into ceiling cutouts.

Ceiling Strip Lights

Also known as strip or channel lights, the ends of these fixtures are designed to be wired together to create long rows of lights.

Motion-Sensing Ceiling Lights

Don’t waste energy lighting unoccupied spaces--these lights turn on when they detect movement. Set them to turn off after 30 or 180 seconds.

Small-Room Ceiling Lights

Update standard outlet boxes in closets, hallways, and storage rooms to use LED light.

Wall Lights

These lights mount to the wall so they're often used in enclosed spaces such as stairwells, hallways, and storage rooms.

Linear Bay Lights

With a lower profile than other bay lights, linear bay lights mount closer to ceilings, providing more room for racks or shelving.

Bay Lights

Use these lights in large, open areas such as warehouses and manufacturing spaces where the ceiling is up to 30-ft. high.

Light Bulb Sockets

Install sockets for medium (standard household) screw-in base light bulbs.

Temporary Light Bulb Sockets

Also known as pigtail holders. Temporarily wire these sockets to provide light during construction.

Suspension-Mount Hardware for Ceiling Lights

Connect the hooks to a fixture to suspend lights from the ceiling.

Washdown Ceiling Lights

A sealed lens keeps moisture out to protect these lights against washdowns.

Hazardous Location Bay Lights

These lights produce a wide beam of uniform light to fill large, open areas with ceilings up to 18-ft. high.

Hazardous Location Ceiling Lights

Suspend or mount with fasteners to the ceiling.

Hazardous Location Ceiling and Wall Lights with Guard

Also known as jelly jar lights. These fixtures have a guard that protects the lens from breaking.

Wraparound-Lens Wet-Location Ceiling Lights

A wraparound lens disperses light from the sides as well as the bottom to produce ambient lighting.

Wet-Location Recessed Ceiling Lights

Mount these lights flush with ceilings in wet locations—all are sealed to keep out humidity and dripping, splashing, and falling liquids. Unlike recessed can lights, which require a separate housing, these fit directly into a cutout in your ceiling and are held in place by springs.

Wet-Location Ceiling and Wall Lights with Guard

Also known as jelly jar lights. These fixtures have a guard that protects the lens from breaking.

Clean Room Lights

These LED lights have an air-tight seal to protect against contaminants.

Heat-Resistant Lights

Designed to withstand heat and grease, these lights are often used in commercial cooking hoods. They are also known as hood lights.

Strip and Tubular Lights

Workstation Strip Lights

Suspend these lights overhead or mount them above your workspace.

Strip Machine Lights

Similar in function to tubular machine lights, except strip machine lights have a flat lens that directs light downward.

Compact Strip Machine Lights

With a slimmer profile than other strip machine lights, these lights fit in tight spots on workspaces and inside machinery because they don’t have a circuit board.

Recessed-Mount Strip Machine Lights

Mount these lights into a recessed opening on your machine—they sit flush against the surface for a streamlined appearance.

Tubular Machine Lights

These classic-style machine lights have a reflector to distribute light more evenly than strip machine lights.

Color-Changing Tubular Machine Lights

Just like traditional tubular lights that illuminate your machine with a bright white light, these lights can also be programmed to switch over to a red or green light for communicating machine status.

Easy-Retrofit Tubular Machine Lights

Update conventional fluorescent tubular lights with newer LED technology. These lights are furnished with brackets that have the same hole pattern as most older lights for easy changeover.

Under-Cabinet Strip Lights

These low-profile lights stay out of sight when mounted under a cabinet. Use them to free up space on your work surface.

Security and Landscape Lights

Dusk-to-Dawn Pole-Top Lights

Mount this light on a pole to illuminate pedestrian areas such as streets and walkways.

Dusk-to-Dawn Wall Lights

Mount these lights near entry doors, loading areas, and driveways to cast an even glow of light.

Adjustable-Head Dusk-to-Dawn Wall Lights

Heads adjust to any angle so you can direct light where needed.

Plug-In Landscape Lights

No need for wiring—these lights plug-in with a three-prong plug.

Landscape Lights

Hardwire these lights to a power source.

Hazardous Location Large-Area Floodlights

These lights are UL listed for use in hazardous locations where flammable/combustible gases, vapors, and liquids may be present.

Solar-Powered Motion-Sensing Security Lights

Powered by the sun, these security lights function in areas that don’t have access to electricity. They’re often used to shine light on parking lots, landscaping, signs, entryways, and other outdoor spaces.

Large-Area Floodlights

Illuminate outdoor areas and objects such as parking lots, flag poles, and billboards.

Motion-Sensing Security Lights

These lights automatically turn on when movement is detected and off when an area is unoccupied.

Security Lights

Also known as wall packs, these lights mount to exterior walls and ceilings.

Emergency Backup Lights

Plug-In Emergency Backup Lights

No need for wiring—these lights plug-in with a two-prong plug.

Hazardous Location Emergency Backup Lights

These lights are UL rated for use in hazardous locations where flammable/combustible gases, vapors, and liquids may be present.

Add-On Heads for Emergency Backup Lights

Mount add-on heads in remote areas to extend emergency lighting.

Wet-Location Emergency Backup Lights

These lights are sealed to protect against humidity, moisture, and dripping and splashing liquids.

Emergency Backup Lights

Rated for use in damp locations, these lights withstand humidity and moisture.

Emergency-Light Conversion Kits for Fluorescent Lights

Connect the battery pack to your existing fluorescent light to convert it into an emergency backup light.

Washdown Emergency Backup Lights

Rated NEMA 4X, these lights are protected from corrosion and washdowns.

Lights for Enclosures

Lights for Electronics Cabinets and Racks

Illuminate your electronics cabinets and racks with long-lasting LED lights.

Enclosure Strip Lights

A motion sensor turns on these lights when an enclosure door is opened. Mount them inside cabinets, closets, and other enclosed spaces.

Color-Changing Enclosure Strip Lights

Communicate a status at a glance by wiring these strip lights to change color when a part is malfunctioning inside your enclosure.

Plug-In Portable Rope Lights

A flexible design allows these lights to be suspended above, wrapped around, or routed through areas on the job site.

T-Slotted Framing Lighting

Illuminate workstations, enclosures, and machines.

Light Sockets

Plug-In Lamp Sockets for Screw-In Light Bulbs

Turn an overhead outlet or an extension cord into a temporary light. These sockets have a two-prong plug for a quick connection.

Lamp Sockets for Screw-In Light Bulbs

Hardwire these sockets to a power source.

Sockets for Plug-In Compact Light Bulbs

Solar Flagpole Lights

Illuminate outdoor flags without connecting to an electric power source. These lights have a built-in solar panel that gathers energy from the sun throughout the day to power them at night.

Signal Lights

Continuous/Flashing Lights

These lights can switch between being continuous or flashing.

Surface-Mount One-Way-View Flashing Lights

Direct your signal with these lights; they flash in one direction.

Pipe-Mount Revolving Lights

Continuous Signal Lights

Electronic Ballasts for Plug-In Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Electronic Ballasts for Plug-In
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

In addition to being more energy-efficient than magnetic ballasts, these are lighter and quieter.

Ceiling and Wall Lights

Plug-In Ceiling Lights

Wraparound-Lens Ceiling Lights

LED Retrofit Strip Lights

Ceiling Lights with Reflectors

Cord-Suspended Ceiling Lights

Battery-Operated Motion-Sensing Ceiling Lights

Recessed Ceiling Lights

Recessed Can Lights

Ceiling Strip Lights

Motion-Sensing Ceiling Lights

Small-Room Ceiling Lights

Wall Lights

Linear Bay Lights

Bay Lights

Light Bulb Sockets

Temporary Light Bulb Sockets

Suspension-Mount Hardware for Ceiling Lights

Washdown Ceiling Lights

Hazardous Location Bay Lights

Hazardous Location Ceiling Lights

Hazardous Location Ceiling and Wall Lights with Guard

Wraparound-Lens Wet-Location Ceiling Lights

Wet-Location Recessed Ceiling Lights

Wet-Location Ceiling and Wall Lights with Guard

Clean Room Lights

Heat-Resistant Lights

Strip and Tubular Lights

Workstation Strip Lights

Strip Machine Lights

Compact Strip Machine Lights

Recessed-Mount Strip Machine Lights

Tubular Machine Lights

Color-Changing Tubular Machine Lights

Easy-Retrofit Tubular Machine Lights

Under-Cabinet Strip Lights

Security and Landscape Lights

Dusk-to-Dawn Pole-Top Lights

Dusk-to-Dawn Wall Lights

Adjustable-Head Dusk-to-Dawn Wall Lights

Plug-In Landscape Lights

Landscape Lights

Hazardous Location Large-Area Floodlights

Solar-Powered Motion-Sensing Security Lights

Large-Area Floodlights

Motion-Sensing Security Lights

Security Lights

Emergency Backup Lights

Plug-In Emergency Backup Lights

Hazardous Location Emergency Backup Lights

Add-On Heads for Emergency Backup Lights

Wet-Location Emergency Backup Lights

Emergency Backup Lights

Emergency-Light Conversion Kits for Fluorescent Lights

Washdown Emergency Backup Lights

Lights for Enclosures

Lights for Electronics Cabinets and Racks

Enclosure Strip Lights

Color-Changing Enclosure Strip Lights

Plug-In Portable Rope Lights

Plug-In Portable Rope Lights

T-Slotted Framing Lighting

T-Slotted Framing Lighting

Light Sockets

Plug-In Lamp Sockets for Screw-In Light Bulbs

Lamp Sockets for Screw-In Light Bulbs

Sockets for Plug-In Compact Light Bulbs

Solar Flagpole Lights

Solar Flagpole Lights

Signal Lights

Continuous/Flashing Lights

Surface-Mount One-Way-View Flashing Lights

Pipe-Mount Revolving Lights

Continuous Signal Lights

Electronic Ballasts for Plug-In Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Electronic Ballasts for Plug-InCompact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Recessed Double-Contact Base Tubular Light Bulbs

Recessed Double-Contact Base Tubular Light Bulbs

Electronic Ballasts for Plug-In
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs