| As a company owner with a warehouse, you are | | | | You also might want to consider tying your |
| well aware of how important it is to have your | | | | commercial warehouse vandal proof lighting into a |
| space properly lit. There are several duties which | | | | timer. This way you can program it to turn on |
| are fulfilled by commercial warehouse lighting. | | | | and off at any time you want. |
| These jobs include security for your products and | | | | There are several bulb options for your |
| safety for your employees. Having the right lights | | | | commercial warehouse lighting. You will likely find |
| for these functions is vital to the productivity of | | | | yourself installing a high intensity discharge (HID) |
| your labor force and the ability to keep your | | | | light bulb. There are four main types: metal halide, |
| products free from damage or theft. Depending | | | | mercury vapor, high pressure sodium, and low |
| upon the size of your space, you will have various | | | | pressure sodium lamps. These all operate in similar |
| options for commercial warehouse lighting. While | | | | ways. They have a gas and a metal inside the |
| general advice can help you narrow down your | | | | lamp. When electricity is sent into the lamp, it |
| choices, it will be best to consult with an expert | | | | excites the gas particles which react with the |
| to answer specific questions concerning your | | | | metal. Light is then produced. The brightness and |
| project. | | | | coloring of the light is based on the types of gas |
| To allow your employees to work most | | | | and metal in the lamp. HID lamps and light bulbs |
| efficiently, you will need commercial warehouse | | | | are more energy efficient than incandescent, but |
| lighting to keep a large area brightly lit. You might | | | | keep in mind that these should not be used with |
| want to install bay lighting. The type of bay lights | | | | flood lights tied to motion detectors. These lights |
| will be based on the height of your ceiling. If your | | | | need a warm up and cool down period between |
| ceiling is higher than twenty feet high, then you | | | | lighting cycles. If you are using a motion detector, |
| should use high bay lighting. These are designed to | | | | it will be best to opt for either a halogen or |
| light from those extreme ceiling heights without | | | | fluorescent bulb. This will offer you the best in |
| sacrificing brightness. They will be too powerful to | | | | energy efficiency and bulb longevity for these |
| use on ceilings of less than twenty feet high. For | | | | applications. If the temperature of your |
| those you will need low bay lights. | | | | commercial warehouse lighting is important, then |
| Continuous, bright warehouse lighting of a large | | | | you should not choose halogens, which can get |
| area for security reasons can be accomplished | | | | very hot when lit. Instead, a cooler fluorescent or |
| through the use of a flood light. If you only want | | | | HID lamp will be better. |
| the light to come on if someone enters the area, | | | | Finding the proper commercial warehouse lighting |
| you could tie it into a motion detector that will | | | | for your space is important for your employee's |
| light the lamp. Motion detectors should not be | | | | safety and your goods' security. Talk to an |
| used in areas where there is a lot of movement | | | | expert to get advice on your specific project, and |
| from machinery or possible breezes after hours, | | | | then make your lighting choices. |
| since this could cause the lamp to needlessly light. | | | | |