2019-10-22 Standardization Committee Minutes

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Ms. Sako — Asked if the newer fixtures P&R put up before Merrie Monarch were holding up well and Mr. Marote said yes they were holding up good and no signs of wear. Mr. Marote — Prefers the adjustable adapters since they need to keep the horizontal plane. Especially for their parking lots; if someone hits one of the poles, it can easily be adjusted to keep the fixtures plumb, in a horizontal plane and also assist with the observatories. Ms. Sako — Questioned if the driver or the engine part last the longest. Mr. Marote said they both have a long life. Mr. Marote — Besides the E2 fixture having a good rubber seal, it also has stainless steel screws. They have the option to go with photocell or put a shorting cap inside and run it with a timeclock. Mr. Lord — Approximately a year ago or maybe even a few months ago he read the County/Public Works (DPW) were installing 6,7 or more types of lights on different roads on the island to test for the observatories. Mr. Lord asked if these fixtures were all in line with what Public Works are doing and Mr. Marote said it was. Mr. Simeon — DPW uses and has a contract with Chips & Wafer (C&W). They converted from LPS to the 1st generation LEDs but the life of the LEDs does not last too long therefore C&W is honoring their warranty and replacing with the more current and better LEDs. This in relation to the article in the July 13, 2019 Hawaii Tribune -Herald. Recommends P&R get a good warranty. Mr. Marote — Theircurrent fixtures are from C&W and they didn't honor exchanging the chips and/or the filters. They are changing vendor from C&W to LED Hawaii. LED Hawaii will provide a 5 year warranty. Mr. Hunt — Asked if P&R have a lot of inventory of the sodium bulbs left. Mr. Marote said they are phasing them out slowly. Mr. Hunt questioned if the scheduling and priority on those bulbs that die will be replaced by using the older LED's and so forth with eventually converting all to the E2 fixtures. Mr. Marote said this is what they are currently doing. Mr. Matsunami — One low pressure sodium bulb now costs approx. $120 at a store (off of the bid). The maintenance division were having issues getting the bulbs because not many people were producing these bulbs anymore. The low pressure bulbs have to be discarded a certain way — it gets crushed in a can, pour water inside (while standing back), and it catches on fire/explodes. Mr. Kamelamela — Inquired if the 55 fixtures that were replaced for the Merrie Monarch for all the sidewalks and walkways. Mr. Marote said yes, it was installed at Aunty Sally's, the Civic and the Victor Stadium. Ms. Sako said if you drive by the area, there's a noticeable difference in the lighting. Mr. Kamelamela — Asked if LED Hawaii was the only vendor. Ms. Sako stated there was only one manufacturer and Mr. Marote confirmed there is only one manufacturer making this particular model and they have a series of these fixtures that have different wattages. You look at lumens not wattages for LEDs. LED Hawaii is the vendor they would be working with.