Warehouses Lighting

Warehouses Lighting

Warehouse lighting should be able to accomplish two things: enhance safety and increase productivity. When choosing lights for your warehouse, these two should be your top priorities. The top general industry accidents, according to the Department of Labor, are trips, falls, and slips. Having good lighting is the best way to reduce the risk of accidents. If you're thinking of upgrading the lighting in your warehouse, our valuable tips should help you make the right decision.

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Use the Right Light Source

When it comes to warehouse lighting, you have 3 options: HID lights, fluorescent lights, and LED lights. For the longest time, HID lights were the only lights used in warehouses. In fact, they are still used in some warehouses as they haven't become obsolete. Let’s have a look at each of these lights.

HID Lights

Metal Halide and HID bulbs
Once, the biggest selling point of HID lights is their low initial cost. However, they have five major drawbacks:
their lumen depreciation rate is the highest
they have very few color temperature options
and they take a while to achieve full brightness
they consume a lot of energy
they don't work with motion sensors or dimming controls

High-pressure sodium lights emit very yellow light as their color temperatures fall between 2200K and 2400K. Metal halide lights have color temperatures between 4000K to 4500K. Their light is much whiter and brighter than that of HPS lamps.

But as we said earlier, HID lights need to warm up before attaining full illumination and also need to cool down before being switched on again. They do not work with motion sensors and cannot be dimmed. Their lifespan is relatively short as well when compared with options like LED. And they tend to consume a lot more energy than the new technologies.

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