For several years now, we have been observing the replacement of old mercury or sodium lighting fixtures with modern integrated LED fixtures on an increasingly large scale. This forces us to analyze the problem more deeply and consider whether spending large amounts of money on expensive lighting systems is always the better solution?
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Savings when replacing a mercury lamp with an LED lamp
Replacing old mercury lamps with LED lamps is an irreversible trend, as EU guidelines and regulations have introduced a ban on the use of products containing mercury compounds and those whose efficiency is low or insufficient. However, we are dealing with situations where replacing previously used lamps, especially those that are still in good technical condition, with modern but much more expensive integrated LED lamps is not always economically justified. Of course, we cannot adopt such an approach everywhere, because standards for lighting streets, expressways or public utility buildings require investment in modern lighting systems.
On the other hand, new trends in ecology are emerging, indicating the extension of the life of efficient devices so that they serve users even longer, thereby avoiding the creation of more waste. This forces us to analyze the problem more deeply and consider whether spending large amounts of money on expensive lighting systems is always a better solution in every case? There are intermediate solutions that, in a way, provide users with improved lighting conditions while maintaining financial savings, avoiding the undertaking of larger investments related to replacing the entire lighting system with a new one.
Modern LED lamps Helios Intense Plus
Such an example are the new LED Intense Plus lamps from HELIOS. The new LED HELIOS lamps are a successful alternative to old mercury or mercury-incandescent lamps and at the same time they perfectly fit into the ecological trends, extending the life of the previously used, efficient lighting fixture. The new high-power LED Intense Plus lamps can be directly used in previously used lighting fixtures operating at 230V.
LED Intense Plus lamps are characterized by increased luminous efficacy of 136 lm/W, dimensions that fit into existing fixtures for their trouble-free application. A wide range of available lamp powers: 30W, 45W, 75W and 90W as well as the availability of light colors: warm, neutral and cold, allows for free selection and adaptation to specific requirements and conditions in the illuminated object or area. Lamps with power of 30W and 45W have an additional E40 base adapter in the package, so we can easily use them where there are E27 or E40 threaded sockets.
How to save on replacing a lighting fixture?
A very important advantage of using HELIOS LED Intense Plus lamps is the economic argument. By keeping the current lighting fixture, we save on its replacement and only replace the light source itself. The time consumption of replacing the light source itself with the new LED Intense Plus is also much shorter than dismantling and installing a new fixture. Let's also remember that, that replacing the luminaires with new ones should be preceded by the implementation of a new lighting project, which may also result in the need to change the location of lighting points and install a new power supply for the luminaires.
We remember perfectly well that old mercury and sodium lamps emitted light that was not adapted to the requirements of modern industrial or warehouse facilities. HELIOS LED Intense Plus lamps give us the freedom to choose the color of the emitted light and the required luminous flux. An important advantage of these lamps is their lower power than traditional high-pressure lamps, which translates into lower energy consumption. The durability of LED lamps is greater than that of traditional incandescent-mercury lamps.
It is also worth remembering that old lamps required a longer ignition time, while new LED light sources provide an immediate effect of full luminous flux. For these reasons, extending the life of still used lighting points by using modern LED Intense Plus lamps is fully justified.