High Bay Light

All That You would Like to Know About High Bay Lighting

What is High Bay Light?

As the name shows, high-bay lights are used to light up places with high ceilings. That means the ceilings range usually from 20 feet to approximately 45 feet. A high-ceiling place has more space to fill with the light. A high-bay light is enough powerful to fill a bigger space. These lights are the best fit for commercial and industrial areas, like factories, large department stores, warehouses, gymnasiums, manufacturing facilities and workshops.

Types of High bay Lights:

According to the light source the most common high bay lights are:

High pressure sodium high bay light.

Metal halide.’

Fluorescent high bay.

LED high bay light

Which type of High bay is best and why?

You need to know few most important thing to select best high bay for you. Below are the details and comparison of the commonly used high bay lights.

Metal Halide:

Metal Halide high bay lights are commonly used in sporting areas and warehouses. The most highlighted benefits of metal halide high bay are decent color rendering and comparably satisfactory foot-flame levels (rather than different kinds of regular bulbs). The biggest drawbacks of metal halide are its long warm up time and the costly maintenance.

High Pressure Sodium Lights:

These lights are mostly used in warehouse, business, industrial, and recreational facilities. The benefit of high pressure sodium light is its low operating cost and long life. The disadvantage of high pressure sodium light is worst color rendering and the warm up period.

Fluorescent high bay:

Fluorescent high bay lights are less common in use, they mostly use in warehouses. The key advantage of using fluorescent lights is low initial costs and high efficiently as compare to other conventional bulbs. The drawback of these lights is the presence of mercury (toxic element) and decreased lifetime when turned on and off.

LED High Bay Lights:

LED high bay lights have a great lifespan (more than any other high bay) and provide natural light. LED high bay lights saves up to 70% of energy cost. These lights are more efficient than Metal Halide, High Pressure Sodium Lights or Fluorescent high bay. They are easy to install and maintain.

Why choose LED high bay fixtures?

LED High bay fixture gives you below mention benefits:

Energy efficiency.

Good life span.

Great light quality.

Cost effective.

What light output do I need for my project: my workshop, storage, store, etc? (How many lumens? How many watts?)

YOUR OPTIONS

Several lighting technologies are available on the market: LED, metal halide, fluorescent, etc. They are all very well adapted to high bay lighting, but in the last couple of years LED technology has become the standard for lighting manufacturers and consumers.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR OPTIONS

The ability to transform energy into light (measured in lumens) varies greatly between each technology. For example, a light that uses 100W in halogen does not put out the same amount of light as an LED using 100W. Another difference to be considered is the way the light is distributed by each light system.

OUR ADVICE

Rather than trying to determine how many watts or lumens are needed for your project, we suggest you calculate the average light required by your project area. The average luminosity is measured in LUX or foot candle. You can find the average luminosity scale recommended by the IES (Illuminating Engineering Society), per activity field, in the file here. 1 fc (foot candle) = 10.764 lux

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