4 Reasons To Choose LED High Bay Lighting For Warehouses
Posted on: 17 June 2021
Running a profitable, efficient warehouse is a complex task, and making sure your warehouse is properly lit at all times is one of your most important concerns. Most warehouses take advantage of their high ceilings and rely on high bay lighting rigs, which provide bright, uniform light across wide areas.
If you need to install high bay lights in a newly constructed warehouse or need to replace aging lighting rigs in an existing facility, consider investing in LED high bay lighting. LED high bay lights are more expensive than metal halide and high-pressure sodium lights but are well worth the extra investment.
Advantages Of LED High Bay Lighting
Directed Lighting
In industrial and commercial applications, the amount of useful light a lighting rig produces is measured in foot-candles. This measures the amount of light that reaches a useful surface (such as a floor or shelf) rather than the total amount of light a lighting rig creates.
Most metal halide and high-pressure sodium lights create omnidirectional light, which travels in all directions. As a consequence, significant amounts of light will end up illuminating ceilings and other useless areas. LED high bay lights produce directed light which travels downwards, where it is most useful.
Because LED high bay lights only light the areas you need, a small LED high bay light can produce just as much useable light as a much larger metal halide or high-pressure sodium light. This can help to defray initial purchase and installation costs and minimizes energy and material wastage.
Low Running Costs
LEDs are an extremely energy-efficient form of lighting, and unlike metal halide and high-pressure sodium lights, very little of the energy they consume is lost as waste heat. As a result, LED high bay lights cost significantly less to run and will pay for themselves long-term by significantly reducing your warehouse's running costs.
Because LED high bay lights produce minimal amounts of waste heat, they can also save energy by reducing your warehouse's reliance on air conditioning and ventilation equipment. This is particularly useful if your warehouse is located in hotter climates or uses a lot of heavy machinery (such as forklifts) that also produce large amounts of waste heat while they operate.
Low Maintenance
LED lights have much longer service lives than metal halide and high-pressure sodium bulbs, and a single LED bulb can be expected to last up to 10,000 hours before it burns out. Because LED high bay lights contain many individual bulbs, you can also afford to lose a few bulbs before the amount of light they produce is significantly reduced.
As a result, LED high bay lights require significantly less maintenance and bulb replacements than alternative forms of lighting. High bay lighting maintenance can be expensive and time-consuming, especially if you need to hire scissor lifts or other aerial lifts to reach the lights, so choosing LED lights can save you thousands of dollars a year in maintenance costs.
Environmentally Friendly
Because LED high bay lights are both efficient and long-lasting, they are very environmentally friendly when compared to alternative forms of lighting. They also do not contain mercury or other toxic chemicals and can be recycled easily to minimize your warehouse's overall environmental impact and carbon footprint.
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