LED Flood Lights - Specifications You Can Choose, Merits You Must Consider

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LED Flood Lights
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How To Avoid Purchasing The Wrong Kind of LED
Flood Lights?
When it comes to purchasing flood lights,
especially the latest-in-trend LED flood lights,
you must not trust buying cheap LED Flood Lights.
Ofcourse, cost is often a consideration, but that
doesn't mean you should sacrifice on the quality
or the specifications that can best fit your
application. Ending up buying the wrong kind of
flood light will have you paying utility bills
higher than usual and lights that can not
adequately illuminate the area of
application. With LED flood lights ranging in
wattages from 15W to 600W and lumen output from
1600 to 80,000 lumens, these flood lights can be
used for applications such as streets, highways,
parking lots, billboard lighting, stage lighting,
cinematography, sports lighting etc. Now, before
we can get on to the merits of LED flood lights,
lets first consider the following tips so that
you can avoid purchasing the wrong kind of flood
lights.
LED Flood Lights -- Things You Must Know

• For choosing the right kind of LED flood light
  for your project, you must ask the following
  questions yourself.
• How big is my area of application or how big is
  my project?
• Is it an existing fixture with traditional flood
  lights that needs a retrofit or new installation?
• What kind of traditional flood light is it? HPS,
  HID or metal-halide? How many watts is it of?
  450W or 1000W.
• How is the existing flood light fixture
  installed?
• What kind of voltage the existing light fixture
  is making use of? AC 120V - 277V or 200V - 480V.

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• How much is current utility bill? And, how much I
  expect to save by installing the latest version
  -- LED flood light?
• Am I currently using light controllers? If not,
  do I need one?
• How bright is my current light fixture and how
  much more I need?
• How long is the lifespan of the existing light
  fixture?
• What beam angle I am looking for in LED flood
  lights?
• If you have asked the above questions yourself,
  you should consider the following specifications
  and merits of LED flood lights, both mentioned
  here together.

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LED Flood Lights -- Specifications You Can
Choose, Merits You Must Consider
The Wattage Range The LED flood lights are
usually available in wattages from 15W-600W and
can easily replace any traditional flood light
from 100W-1000W. But knowing just the wattage of
your existing flood light is not enough to make
the right choice. For that, consider also the
lumens.
The Lumen Output Range The LED flood lights can
commonly deliver lumen output in the range of
1600-80,000. You must calculate the lumen
efficacy of any flood light you intend to
purchase by dividing the lumen output of specific
flood light by wattage. You must also calculate
the total luminous flux you will need for your
area in square meters, once you know the lumen
output per square meter. The Color Temperature
Options You can have LED flood lights in color
temperatures of 5000K (neutral white-daywhite)
and 5700K (absolute daywhite light) for display
lighting, ambient and task lighting. These CCTs
however you cant have from any traditional
metal-halides.
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The Voltage Output The LED flood lights can be
available in the range of both 120V-277V and
200V-480V. So, you shouldnt be facing any
problem, if you are allowing your current light
fixture to operate at any of such voltage levels.
The Lumen Output Range You can have more than
one mounting option for you to achieve different
light distributions through the same light
fixture such as -- yoke and knuckle mounting. The
installation comes easy with the help of few
brackets. The Light Controlling Options You
can have dimmable LED flood lights in case you
dont have dimmable flood lights. Also, these LED
flood lights usually are compatible with standard
dimmers available in the market. Besides, you can
also have photocell or motion sensors to control
the turning On or Off of the flood light fixture.
These may either come as in-built or as
accessories. The IP Ratings LED flood Lights
usually come with an IP65 rating which is good
enough for outdoor lighting purposes in order to
prevent ingress of dust or moisture to a great
deal.
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Energy-Savings With LED flood lights, you can
save up to 75 in energy having replaced any
traditional flood light. The light controllers
let you save a little more.
Lifespan The lifespan an LED flood light comes
with is much higher than the traditional. While a
metal-halide flood light can last for a maximum
time of 20,000 hours, LED flood lights last for
50,000 hours or more, even if used for 24 hours a
day. The Bottom Line You must make use of LED
flood lights, if your project is big as this will
help you save a lot on your energy expenses. Not
just that, you have a wide range of choices to
choose your own kind of flood light.
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