Are LED Shop Lights Explosion Proof? A Guide to ...

06 May.,2024

 

Are LED Shop Lights Explosion Proof? A Guide to ...

LED shop lights are lighting fixtures that illuminate and highlight the interiors of a shop or other similar places. When you are looking to light up a small work area, such as workbenches or tabletops of garages and workshops, these are the ideal lighting fixtures. They are suited to provide illumination required for performing detailed work. Typically, these fixtures are rectangular or round and suspended from the ceiling using chains. Comparatively, they are generally brighter than other lighting types to accommodate workplace demands.  

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There Are Two Essential Types of LED Shop Lights:

High Bay LED Lighting

High Bay lights are renowned for their powerful illumination, making them an ideal choice for spaces with high ceilings. These lights are specifically designed to provide intense brightness in large areas, ensuring adequate visibility for various applications. With their smaller beam angles,

high bay lights

enable focused lighting in concentrated areas, allowing for precise illumination where it is needed the most. Additionally, within this category, you'll commonly find other types of lights such as UFO lights and linear lights. UFO lights feature a compact and rounded design, while linear lights offer a sleek and elongated form, both providing versatile lighting solutions for different shop layouts and requirements.


Low Bay LED Lighting

Low bay lights include a range of lighting options, like strip lights, canopy lights, and some linear lights, that are specifically designed for spaces with lower ceilings. These lights typically feature wider beam angles, allowing for a broader distribution of light across the area. The lighting is powerful but cost and energy efficient. 



Mounting Options  

Suspended mounts:

Suspended mounts use chains to hang LED shop lights from the ceiling. 


Ceiling mounts:

LED shop lighting fixtures with

LED shop lighting fixtures with

ceiling mounts

are affixed directly to the ceiling.


Track lighting:

While not typically utilized in shop settings, track lights are mounted to a track attached to the ceiling, thus providing a flexibility that is useful for smaller spaces.



What Are Hazardous Location Lights? 

Simply put,

hazardous location lights

are lighting fixtures placed or used in a location where a fire could start after hazardous materials come into contact with lighting fixtures. The materials could be combustible, flammable, or ignitable, and could be vapors, dust, gases, or fibers. In certain situations, electrical equipment could also create a fire risk. According to

OSHA

(Occupational Safety and Health Administration), hazardous locations are those areas “where fire or explosion hazards may exist due to flammable liquids, vapors or gases, combustible dust or ignitable fibers or flyings”


Classification of hazardous locations: 

 

What Should Be Paid Attention to when Using Explosion- ...

Explosion-proof led light fixtures are widely used in oil exploration, oil refining, chemical industry, power plants and other hazardous environments, as well as in offshore oil platforms, tankers and other places for general lighting and operational lighting. What aspects should we pay attention to during use?


1. LED explosion-proof light fixtures should pay attention to regularly clean the dust and dirt on the lamp shell, and keep the shell clean, which can improve the light efficiency and heat dissipation performance of the lamp. The cleaning method changes according to the protection ability of the explosion-proof light fixture shell.


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2. Check whether the transparent parts of explosion-proof light fixtures have been impacted by foreign objects, and whether the protective net is loose, desoldered, corroded, etc. If so, stop using it and repair and replace it in time.


3. If there is accumulated water in the explosion-proof light fixtures used in humid environments, it should be removed in time, and the sealing parts should be replaced to ensure the protective performance of the casing. After the lamps leave the factory, in the process of installing the lamps, the lamps may also cause water ingress due to improper installation, resulting in water seepage of the lamps and cannot be used normally. Therefore, the installation method should also be correct to ensure the life of the lamp.


4. During the maintenance of explosion-proof light fixtures, the following points should be checked after opening the cover:


(1) Whether the flameproof joint surface is in good condition;


(2) Whether the rubber seal becomes hard or sticky;


(3) Whether the wire insulation layer is green and carbonized;


(4) Whether the insulating parts and electrical components have deformation and scorch marks.


If the above problem occurs, it should be repaired and replaced in time.


5. Before installing LED explosion-proof light fixtures, check from the nameplate and product manual: explosion-proof type, category, level, group; protection level of the shell; installation method and fastener requirements for installation, etc. The installation of explosion-proof light fixtures should be firmly fixed, the fastening bolts should not be replaced arbitrarily, and the spring washers should be complete.


6. The dustproof and waterproof sealing rings of explosion-proof light fixtures should be placed as they are; at the cable entry, the cable and the sealing gasket should be closely matched, the cross-section of the cable should be round, and the surface of the sheath should not have defects such as unevenness . The excess wire inlet must be blocked according to the explosion-proof type, and the compression nut must be tightened to seal the wire inlet.


7. Check whether the transparent parts of explosion-proof light fixtures have been impacted by foreign objects, and whether the protective net is loose, desoldered, corroded, etc. If so, stop using it and repair and replace it in time.


8. When opening the lampshade of explosion-proof light fixtures, the cover should be opened after the power supply is cut off according to the requirements of the warning sign.

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