By Mike Gambino This week I am featuring Mark Carlson of Avalon Landscape lighting. A landscape lighting industry consultant, design/builder, colleague and friend from Roseville Northern California who I have much respect for. Mark Gets it. He can be reached via his website http://www.avalonlighting.com/ By Mark Carlson ...
By Mike Gambino When I come across a failed landscape lighting system I always wonder who's fault it is. Was it the owner who insisted on buying based upon low price? Was it the lighting system provider who promised a good end result and did not...
By Mike Gambino Quality in the lighting industry is often misunderstood. The quality gap seems to be greater than other areas of the landscaping industry. Comparing apples to apples, or uplights to uplights...
By Mike Gambino Show me any great athlete, business person etc. who is at the top of their game and industry and I will show you a dedicated individual who got that way from the same repetitive practices on a consistent and daily basis. I’d like to...
By Mike Gambino We recently completed a 54 lamp LED retrofit of a halogen system that Gambino landscape lighting company installed 6 years ago. The project was pretty routine except for one string of 4 fixtures that began to flicker when they had their halogen lamps...
By Mike Gambino We have always gone over board for clients who have been loyal to us over the years and have helped build this business to become the success that it is today. Clients who appreciate us as much as we appreciate them. On the opposite...
By Mike Gambino [caption id="attachment_3250" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="This is what can happen inside the transformer when cable to lug connections are loose"][/caption] Poor contacts are the cause of more problems than all other low-voltage lighting installation errors combined. Poor contacts or loose connections cause friction...
By Mike Gambino Throughout my more than 2o year career of designing and installing landscape lighting systems mostly in Los Angeles and other parts of the country where I have been fortunate enough to have installed projects. I have always felt that my number 1 responsibility...
By Mike Gambino The human eye is one of the most intricate, complex organs of the human body. As light enters the iris, it is projected through the lens, onto the retina, which is at the back of the eye. Unlike other living species, this thin...
By Mike Gambino No matter what the scale or shape of your landscape lighting project, from a small front yard to a whole-property, it requires the same key ingredient to be a success - trust. Homeowners should develop a relationship with a contractor they can trust....
