Main Features and Benefits of Induction Lighting

The benefits of using induction lights are numerous, we have put together some of the key features which we think may give you enough reasons to carefully consider the applications you may want to convert to this form of lighting.

  • Long Service Life: up to 60,000hrs for ballast and 100,000hrs for lamp. No electrode or filament will be damaged. Therefore, no maintenance cost & minimizes re-lamping costs.
  • Energy Saving: Save up to 40% compared to metal halides, 13 times more efficient than incandescent light bulbs, and up to twice as efficient as compact fluorescent lights
  • Instant On/Off: no waiting time between re-strike
  • High Lighting Efficacy: Traditional efficacy: 80-90 Lm/W ;Photopic efficacy: 150 pupil lumen/W
  • High Lumens Maintenance: >70% after 60,000 hrs
  • High Color Rendering Index: Ra over 80
  • Flexible Voltage Range : fixed voltage approx. 20%, wattage deviation within 3%
  • Wide Selection of Color Temperature: 2720K- 6500K
  • High Power Factor Ballast: >0.95
  • Low Total Harmonic Distortion: THD less than 5%
  • Low heat generation, operating temperature below 80oC. Reduce air-conditioning costs.
  • Flicker-free : high frequency (250KHz) creates a better and more comfortable light for users and prevents eye injury when viewed directly
  • Wide Temperature Tolerance: can operate between -40Cdeg to +50degC
  • Optional Dimmable Ballast for Integrated Control: linearly dimmable to 30%
  • Green Lighting Product: Amalgam adopted, 99.0% recycled

Energy Savings

In today's market, energy cost savings are the number one reason for business owners and facility managers to consider upgrading from inefficient HID type lighting. High intensity discharge fixtures were the fixtures of choice for more than 30 years and still continue to be installed in new construction because architects, specifiers, and end users have either not been aware of the long costs associated with metal halide fixtures or simply did not care by focusing only on the initial fixture costs.

Maintenance Savings

In the long term, induction lamps and ballasts on average will outlast HID’s by at least 400% and are considered cheaper to replace.

Improved Lumen Maintenance

The Achilles heel of HID lighting is its poor lumen maintenance. The amount of light output produced by an HID lamp decreases dramatically with age. Standard metal halide lamps lose on average 55% of their lumen output by the time they reach their “rated lamp life”. It is not uncommon to find HID lamps still operating well beyond their rated life producing only 15-25% of their original lumens. The newer style pulse-start lamps fair a little better by retaining around 57% of their lumens at end of lamp life. Regardless of how dim the HID lamps get over time they will still use the same amount of electricity as when they were new. If a building owner were to request a set level of light at the work plane he will only get that light level for the first few thousand hours of operation, after which time the facility will be perpetually under lit, and usually the lamp depreciation will go unnoticed until long after the lighting contractor is gone. Compare this lumen loss to induction lighting that retain up to 75% of its light output over their rated life of 100,000 hours.

Improved Lighting Quality

Workplace lighting is the least expensive and most important component influencing work place performance. This fact has been documented in numerous studies conducted by colleges and universities, private industry and federal governments around the globe. Numerous case histories illustrate dramatic increases in worker productivity when lighting is improved and equally dramatic worker productivity drop offs when lighting is downgraded. High workplace productivity is essential for the survival of every business and leads to an increased competitive edge and long term financial stability for the firm. Induction fixtures and lamps feature the highest colour rendering of any fixture on the market with a natural 5,000 Kelvin colour temperature. Induction Lights with their enhanced scotopic qualities have been shown to increase contrast recognition leading to lower error rates, increased safety and improved energy levels in a work environment.

Instant Re-Strike

All HID bulbs when shut off must cool in order to be restarted. This time is typically a minimum of 10-15 minutes making it difficult, if not impossible, to use occupancy sensors or even simply change a burnt out bulb quickly. Induction fixtures offer instant re-striking with no waiting for the lamps to re-start and can easily accommodate occupancy or daylight sensors.