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New Employee Showcase: Meet Jam & Rebecca

At Inspired LED we pride ourselves on maintaining a close knit, award winning staff. No matter what department we belong to, we all work together in a variety of different roles to keep our business running from day to day! And in order to meet the growing needs of our customers, our team is continuing to grow. Let’s get to know our newest employees, Jam and Rebecca! Meet Jam Tell us a little about yourself (birthplace, family, education,etc.). My given name is Jamerrino, but all of my life I have been called either “Jam” or “Jammer”. I grew up on an Indian…

New Product: Radiant Edge Series 2.0

Two years ago, Inspired LED’s custom Radiant Edge series panels made their debut as a convenient lighting solution for larger projects and custom fixtures. With a sleek, square profile and a strong light output, this product quickly found a home among our customers with specific home or commercial lighting needs. But while the Radiant Edge panels were a great fit for many, we at Inspired LED are always looking to improve, finding ways to transform good into great, and great into spectacular. While they may be highly efficient and low-cost, the discrete nature of LEDs often means that these light fixtures…

Kitchen Update : Spexarth Design Project #2

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Spexarth Design, based outside of Wichita Kansas, is a contracting & remodeling group specializing in a variety of services from carpentry work, drywall, and tile, to paint, architecture, and interior design. For the past year, they have been putting the finishing touches on their projects using Inspired LED lighting systems, with some fantastic results. This summer, our friends at Spexarth kicked things off with another stunning kitchen remodel, featuring some elegant upgrades, and of course, some LED lights. Let’s take a moment to see what they’ve been up to, and admire the results of their hard work! Before Spexarth Design’s clients began with a simple…

Insight Series: Recessed LED Can Lights

LED lighting is swiftly taking over as the leader in preferred lighting choices for new commercial and residential buildings, and the demand for different lighting fixtures and solutions continues to grow. Inspired LED has proudly been producing LED light panels, flexible LED tape light, connectors and much more for the past 7 years. But we are always on the look out for the latest and greatest way to meet our customers’ lighting needs! With so many LED products on the market now, it can be difficult to determine which ones are here to stay, and which ones are doomed to…

More FAQs Answered!

inspired led FAQs

Here at Inspired LED, we are constantly finding ourselves being asked new and exciting questions about our products. From general inquiries about LEDs, to questions about power requirements and product specifications, there is a lot to know about the world of low voltage lighting. Below we take a moment to answer a few of the questions we have received recently. Hopefully we can provide some concise answers to your more common questions, and spread a little knowledge about our products… Question 1: Do I need to know how to solder? NO! Inspired LED kits, flexible strips and panels all come with female connectors pre-soldered…

Introducing the TRIAC Analyzer

At Inspired LED, we pride ourselves on helping to drive the modern lighting industry forward by bringing new and exciting products to the market each year. From our patented solderless connectors, which helped to revolutionize the DIY LED lighting trend, to our unique self-powered Independence Dimmer, we are always excited by the opportunity to create something new. The latest and greatest innovation to emerge from our engineering department is the long awaited TRIAC Analyzer, a unique control device with the potential to transform the way we think about LED installation. When designing an LED system, the first question is always one of power…

Employee Spotlight: Peter

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In an age when an increasing number of manufacturing and technical jobs are being outsourced, Inspired LED is proud to be one of the few US based LED companies with our own in-house manufacturing team. While some of our components are indeed produced overseas, almost all of our products are finalized here at our facility in Tempe, Arizona. It is this aspect of our business which allows us to create custom LED products catered specifically to our customer’s needs. If you’ve ever ordered from Inspired LED, chances are that at some point, your products passed through the hands of Peter, one of our skilled Lighting…

New Product: Designer Series 2.0 Panels

new designer series panel

At Inspired LED, we pride ourselves on providing superior customer service. We believe that this is accomplished through not only offering high quality products, but also by maintaining open communication with our customers regarding ways in which we can continue to meet the growing needs of the LED lighting industry. Although we have spent the past few years designing and manufacturing a variety of different LED panels, recently we began to recognize an increased market demand for a simple, low-profile frosted lens which could eliminate the so-called “dot effect”. Considering the discrete nature of LED diodes, this presented a significant challenge to our engineers,…

Employee Spotlight : Cody

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Many Inspired LED employees have worked their way up through the ranks, wearing quite a few different hats along the way. Cody is one of those who has held a variety of different positions within our company, and his wide range of experience has helped to make him one of the most valuable, and most knowledgeable members of our team. This week we take a few moments to get to know Cody a bit better, to find out what makes him tick while he’s on on the clock, and off! Cody, describe your time here at Inspired LED and the roles you have played!…

Should you be using a Mid-Connector?

when to use an inspired led mid-connector

Flexible LED strips are the perfect solution for task and accent lighting in almost any residential or commercial application. Inspired LED’s wide variety of brightness and color options guarantees for a unique lighting experience in any space. For most LED strip lighting applications, like under cabinet kitchen lighting, the runs of light are generally shorter lengths that are either wired in series (daisy-chained), or  in parallel from a single power source. But when your project shifts to accent lighting, specifically areas like toe-kicks or coves, longer lengths of flexible LED strips are required, and this can lead to a dissipation of power known as…