Fluorescent High Bay : Illumination For Your Factory Optical Requirements

By Max Kinsler

What essentially is fluorescent high bay lighting? Well it's lighting used commercially in factories or warehouses, and is also used to illuminate large areas like gymnasiums, churches, clubs and places where many people congregate or work. These fixtures normally would hang from high ceilings. They come in types like metal halide, high pressure sodium or the fluorescent lamp.

The fluorescents are extremely versatile in use for workers who sit at an assembly line. They duplicate natural light really well and can illuminate a wide area at once. For this reason many owners opt for this type of fixture as productivity is not halted by poor lighting.

That is why many factories are switching to fluorescents and new factories are built under those specifications as well. Not only can it be cost effective for those companies who rely on donations such as churches and non-profit organizations, it will reduce our carbon footprint as well. By installing bay lights that are fitted with ballasts, (electrical devices for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps), they can cut their electricity bill by at least forty percent.

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.

Let's have a quick look at the different benefits of the three main types of bay lighting:

High Pressure Sodium fixtures - these are used in a warehouse and tend to give us a longer life span for approximately 25,000 hours in total. Their huge is yellowish and can be bothersome for workers. But where you don't have a lot of people and coloring is not an issue, then most warehouse owners opt for this type.

Metal Halide - commonly used where many assembly lines are running, where you need bright light to accommodate workers working with intricate assemblies. These are on the expensive side and gives about 7,500 hours of life. So you might want to replace them more than usual.

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. - 29939

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