ATEX Lighting Systems | Replacement of Traditional with LED Lighting for Hazardous Areas

Published 20 Jun 2019

ATEX Lighting Systems

ATEX Lighting Systems

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ATEX Lighting Systems

Hazardous Area Lighting

ATEX

ATEX

When specifying LED replacements for traditional floodlight and bay lighting, the most important factor to consider and compare is ‘delivered lumens’ i.e. the amount of useable light, discounting losses and wasted light.

Traditional manufacturers of hazardous area lighting often only quote lumens at source, i.e. lumens at the bulb before it’s travelled through any lensing. But traditional hazardous area light fittings are typically only around 60% efficient in transmitting useable light out of the lighting, meaning that the delivered lumens can often be up to 40% less than quoted.

Also, consumption is usually quoted without considering gear losses, so you often find the ‘true’ consumption of your traditional Ex hazardous area lighting to be up to 15% more.

25K Lumens at Source

25K Lumens at Source

In contrast, Raytec SPARTAN Ex LED White-Light luminaires are >90% efficient, delivering more lumens per watt and achieving significant power savings over traditional Ex light fittings. They also have a much higher CRI (or true colour representation) than traditional lighting and deliver a highly directional beam of light with minimum wastage. This gives the appearance or perception that the illuminated area is in fact much brighter.

25K Delivered Lumens

25K Delivered Lumens

➡ Contact Thorne & Derrick Sales Team for the complete range of ATEX Lighting manufactured by Raytec.

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THORNE & DERRICK

Electrical & Process Instrumentation Equipment for Explosive Atmospheres

Thorne & Derrick are Specialist Distributors of Hazardous Area & Explosion Proof Equipment with IECEx & ATEX Certifications to the onshore and offshore oil, gas, petrochemicals and process industries.

We supply major UK and international infrastructure projects and also MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Operations) requirements for both planned and unplanned plant shutdowns – we react with a rapid response to customer demand to ensure downtime is minimised and reliable Power, Light & Heat is restored or provided.

Working closely with clients and our supply chain we can assess the condition and degradation of your hazardous area installations and implement specifications to manage the planned replacement of legacy equipment conformant with international classifications including ATEX and IECEx.

Key Product Categories: Control Panels | Plugs & Sockets | Isolators | Enclosures & Junction Boxes | Lighting | Control Stations | Motor Starters | Heat Trace Cables & Systems | Gas Detection & Detectors | Fire Detection & Detectors | Heat Detectors | Electrical Heating & Heaters 

➡ Also Process Instrumentation Products: Ashcroft Pressure Gauges | ASCO Valves | Katronic Flow Meters | KROHNE Flow Meters | VEGA Level Sensors | Rotronic Temperature & Humidity Sensors | SIKA Pressure Gauges

Hazardous Area Electrical Equipment

ATEX Process Instrumentation