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Model Size
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Coverage Area
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Wattage Equivalent
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10" Unit
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up to 150 ft2
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up to 300 watts
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13" Unit
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up to 300 ft2
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up to 500 watts
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18" Unit
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up to 500 ft2
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up to 1000 watts
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21" Unit
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up to 700 ft2
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up to 1450 watts
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What are Tubular Skylights?
Tubular Skylights are energy efficient high performance lighting systems that are cylindrical in shape and are designed to light rooms up with natural sunlight. A small clear collector dome on the roof allows sunlight to enter into a highly reflective "light pipe" that extends from the roof level to the ceiling level. The light pipe is coated with a silver finish mirror quality that allows the full spectrum of sunlight to be channeled and dispersed evenly into a room through the means of a diffuser located in the ceiling.
Tubular Skylights are designed not to compromise roof integrity; it minimizes the size of roof penetrations, is weather-tight in design and made to totally eliminate
the chance of leaks.
Why tubular instead of traditional skylights?
Tubular skylights emit more light per given area, because of the high reflectivity of the mirror-like light pipe.
Tubular skylights are far more energy efficient. The cylindrical design minimizes the area for direct light to enter and heat up the area and the thin light pipe radiates any collected heat into the attic area. Since the light pipe acts as a sealed shaft, very little heat escapes up the light pipe, whereas a tremendous amount of heat rises up the large shaft of traditional skylights. What this means is that there is no heat loss or gain in your room because of our tubular skylight.
Tubular skylights scatter 100% of the natural light spectrum through the use of a diffuser, thereby eliminating the spot light effect common with the traditional system. 99% of harmful UV rays are absorbed by the tubular skylights special dome, light pipe and diffuser material, thereby eliminating the bleaching effect of UV rays on rugs and furniture.
Tubular skylights are far more economical. A tubular skylight can be installed in less that two hours, a fraction of the time it takes to install a traditional skylight. No painting, no framework and no drywall is required for installation of a tubular skylight.
