Switching Factory to L.E.D's. Are these savings/claims actually true?

Owain_Moneysaver

Agree with Paddy, you need a professional industrial electrician or lighting consultant to work out a scheme for you.

Robin9

I don't know what tariff the factory is on - if its a maximum demand type all of the savings will not be seen for perhaps a year.

Agree with the other posters - use a professional installer.

If you use machinery be very careful of the type of lighting you use.

Also do a trial

Phil_L_2

There are certainly savings to be had and a change from incandescent will be considerable, a change from fluorescent much less so.



I would agree that you need proper professional advice but do NOT employ an electrician. You need someone who specialises in lighting design. The lighting manufacturers will often help out if there is a good order at the end of it and will be able to advise on energy savings available (Thorlux and Luxonic would be my favourites but also consider Dextra). Alternatively a consultant engineer should give you a more balanced view but as with all these things see if you can get a personnel recommendation since there are good and bad.

I would suggest that a factory still using incandescent lighting will have a number of other issues with their electrical equipment and wiring which may benefit from a professional view. Again a local electrician, however good, is not what you are looking for. You need an electrical engineer with good building services and industrial experience. They are not cheap but as has been said before "if you think hiring a professional is expensive try hiring an amateur".


As others have said do not go with the cold callers.

System

molerat wrote: »

Have you noticed on street lights how the light pools with dark areas where they have replaced the old sodiums with LEDs on the old posts, the LEDs have a very sharp cut off.

No because the ones our council have installed are not narrow beamed. The ones in my light sockets have a diffuser that provides the same coverage as a bulb does.

There are ones with a narrow beam angle and ones with a wide one.

Aubrey_Thicket

ballyblack wrote: »

Absolutly NO

get/pay for a competent electrician to survey it for you.

You may need wiring upgraded if its very old

Yes. The wiring is VERY old but there's never been a problem on the fixed wiring tests

Aubrey_Thicket

Phil_L wrote: »

There are certainly savings to be had and a change from incandescent will be considerable, a change from fluorescent much less so.



I would agree that you need proper professional advice but do NOT employ an electrician. You need someone who specialises in lighting design. The lighting manufacturers will often help out if there is a good order at the end of it and will be able to advise on energy savings available (Thorlux and Luxonic would be my favourites but also consider Dextra). Alternatively a consultant engineer should give you a more balanced view but as with all these things see if you can get a personnel recommendation since there are good and bad.

I would suggest that a factory still using incandescent lighting will have a number of other issues with their electrical equipment and wiring which may benefit from a professional view. Again a local electrician, however good, is not what you are looking for. You need an electrical engineer with good building services and industrial experience. They are not cheap but as has been said before "if you think hiring a professional is expensive try hiring an amateur".


As others have said do not go with the cold callers.

Phil that is excellent advice. I was actually thinking to myself...All the electricians I know are not experienced in this game.