Sunday, January 17, 2010

The Fluorescent High Bay : Illumination For All Your Industrial Optical Needs

By Max Kinsler

Why choose fluorescent high bay light fittings? Well there are many reasons and we hope to give you a little more information before you make the wrong choice. Essentially you would use this type of lighting in industrial factories and assembly lines. They will illuminate large areas because they are connected or fitted to the ceiling of the factory or warehouse. Normally you would find three types of commonly used bay lights like; fluorescent lamps, high pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps.

These fluorescents are especially good to use for assembly line type of work because the color resembles natural light. It is very difficult for workers to achieve maximum production under low yellow tint lights of the sodium lights and more people complain that the metal halide is too bright for their eyes.

Most new factories are being erected to these specifications and many older factories are changing to high bay fluorescent lighting. It is very cost saving for companies relying on donations like non profit organizations and churches. These fixtures are also available with ballasts, which are devices that regulate light when it should be discharged at a certain time of day or night. This is a huge help because electricity bills can be slashed by forty percent per month.

If you do not have a heavy duty industrial manufacturing plant, then you can also go for a more tailored style to render lighting for general tasks by officer workers and such. Or should you be building an outdoor pavilion then you can definitely benefit by installing a high pressure sodium lighting system. This lights will give you excellent illumination at night for sports events or even big outdoor entertainment events as well.

So let's sum up and have a quick glance as what is available:

High Pressure Sodium fixtures - these are preferred by commercial warehouses. They tend to offer a long lamp life which is said to be approximately 25,000 hours. They do however tend to give a yellow huge which is annoying to some people. But where coloring is not important, these light fixtures are suitable.

Metal Halide - Most people working on assembly lines prefer to work under the bright white light of these fixtures. They are expensive and renders 7,500 hours or so, making frequent replacements inevitable.

Fluorescent high bay - these fixtures render color more effectively than other light sources, and they use far less power than HID fixtures. Although the light is less controllable and intense, it tends to be more evenly distributed. Fluorescent lights are well suited for lighting huge areas of floor space where activities require clear visibility which gives no glare or shadow. - 2364

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