COAL TOWNSHIP, PA – Shamokin High School replaced the stage lighting in its auditorium with Coemar LEDs and PARs, installed by Enola, Penn.-based Eslinger Lighting, which is also a Coemar dealer. "The school's dimmers were failing, and it badly needed new fixtures and an upgraded infrastructure," said Corey Eslinger. "We demoed Coemar's StripLite LED and a competitive product and the school chose Coemar hands down."
"The high school was sold on using LEDs because of the cost savings," said Mark Mattocks, who designed the installation, the first of its kind in Pennsylvania. "When they saw the Coemar fixture head-to-head with the competition, the school preferred the Coemar's color temperature. They liked the warmer look of the 3200 color skew."
Shamokin High School purchased 36 StripLite LEDs. Coemar touts these fixtures for offering between 75 and 82 percent energy savings compared to traditional technology at the same brightness, and also for offering long-lasting sources with RGB+White color mixing. The fixtures have no fan, require no maintenance and produce no noise and offer electronic dimming plus electronic strobe, synch, random and pulse effects.
Shamokin High School also took delivery of 12 Coemar RGB PARs, a dozen white PARs and an ETC Ion lighting console.
Mattocks designed the grid using existing rigging and adding 56 dimmers and 40 non-dimmers. He also rewired some existing electrics.
The new lighting package made its debut at the high school's spring musical production of Guys and Dolls.
"The StripLites are pretty top-notch for an LED fixture," said Mattocks. "I really like their dimming feature, and the lamp is great. In general, I love Coemar lights and have had nothing but excellent service from ICD."
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