Sunco Blog - All About LED Lighting!

When Thomas Edison flicked the switch on the first commercially available incandescent light bulb in 1879, he probably didn’t imagine that his invention would spark a decades-long saga of safety regulations and code updates.   As electricity grew to become more regularly available to people, it quickly became clear that safety standards were a must. Electrical codes have evolved over the years to keep up...

Think of construction and you typically think of men in reflective vests and hard hats. Ask most people and the idea of a female electrician, plumber, supervisor or even development manager on a building site is somewhat of an uncommon concept. Even in recent decades, as women have been stepping more forcefully into the workforce, the trades in general and electrical work specifically are...

I often imagined that the riskiest jobs for women were the ones in dangerous fields like mining, logging, or deep-sea crabbing like those guys in “Deadliest Catch.” It turns out, there’s a whole different layer of risk that women face in some professions that you'd never expect. It’s not just about physical hazards—there’s also a whole lot of gender bias, harassment, and lack of...

So, you’ve decided to become an electrician. You’ve got your tools, your certification, and you’re fresh out of your apprenticeship ready to take on the world. Charging headfirst into the industry might seem like your best bet—you're wearing your hard hat after all. But before you do, I want to talk about something just as important as rewiring a home.  Marketing yourself.   Marketing skills...

There are a ton of different lighting styles and fixtures on the market lately. Sunco’s own product directory spans in the hundreds. Now throw every other company into the mix (not that you would ever buy from another company...right?). The sheer number of lighting styles and features makes it feel impossible to decide which is best for your space.  But when you’re faced with...

Life’s busy these days, I get it. After a long workday, all I want to do is curl up and unwind in front of my TV with some pre-made pizza. So, when the light fixture in the kitchen starts to flicker, I am liable to just shrug it off and convince myself that “I’ll get to it later” (I won’t). In our fast-paced lives,...