LED Technology: Common Applications
LEDs, incandescent bulbs, halogen, fluorescent lamps July 22, 2008
This is Chris Matt, Associate Editor of Maintenance Solutions magazine. Today’s tip is common applications for light-emitting diodes, or LEDs.
Maintenance and engineering managers are working to determine the impact LED technology can have on their facilities, operations and departments. LEDs are designed to increase performance life, lower energy costs and decrease maintenance.
Here are some common applications for LEDs:
First, Wayfinding. A portable fabric sign is available with four chevrons, each lighted with nine LEDs. When a 9-volt battery is connected, the LED chevrons chase across the sign to indicate the way out. Building safety engineers will find this portable sign to be an important product, due to the growing emphasis on speedy building evacuations.
The second application is Obstruction and Beacon Lights. For applications on tall buildings or communications towers, LED obstruction and beacon lights feature long life, extending the maintenance interval to change short-life incandescent lamps with specialized labor.
Portable desk lights. Two of these desk lights include heat-management technology. One lamp incorporates a heat pipe and a small fan to draw heat away from the LEDs, while another uses a dimple-and-chimney strategy, which features a bump over each LED with a small hole to allow heat to escape.
Finally, strip lights. These strips replace fluorescent, halogen, and incandescent fixtures, and they typically are 6-inch-wide strips with embedded, bright LEDs that managers can order in 5-to-8-feet lengths.
Business Category: Lighting
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