All You Need To Know About LED Flat Panels
The best way to get the lighting quality you need for your commercial operation is by using LED lights to their full potential. LED flat panels are an extremely efficient way that you can improve over standard incandescent bulbs. You can enjoy significant savings with LED flat panels as well as access around 50,000 hours of bulb life. A 40 W LED is comparable with a bulb that is over 200 W and this means that you’ll only be spending around $25 in lighting costs with LED compared to the $125 that you would spend on your electricity to power a regular light.
LED Flat Panel Lighting as a Fluorescent Replacement
Flat panels are often introduced as a smarter and safer choice over fluorescent lighting. Fluorescent lights can contain small amounts of mercury vapor which can be a hazardous material. It poses a danger if the bulbs break and it’s illegal for businesses to discard these bulbs in the trash after they have expired or burnt out. Fluorescent lighting can flicker and this causes eye strain as well as stress and migraines. These problems don’t occur with LED panels. A critical factor for these bulbs is that they can also be installed in a variety of sizes that are compatible with fluorescent tubes. They fit into ceiling grids and they are also designed to be thin and streamlined to ensure you can maneuver them into a series of panels for your business.
The Color Temperature and Mounting
There are three main ways that you can mount flat panels, these include recessed, pendant and surface style mounting. A surface style mounting rests against the T-bar in drop ceilings. It’s very quick and easy, pendant mounting allows the panel to hang directly below the lighting fixture. The best-selling version of flat panels that are offered come in three main color temperatures. Warm white is available at 3000 Kelvin, warm neutral comes at 3500 Kelvin and a cool white is available at 4000k.
The Efficiency
LED light panels are so much more efficient because they can produce more light at a lesser wattage. By utilizing less energy as a variety of other bulbs, these types of lights that can use the mounted diode technology take the place of a typical filament and deliver more light per square foot. You can access the same lighting as traditional fluorescent lighting but without all of the side effects and with a better quality of light as well! There are different sizes available to suit the needs of your business and the best quality of items to fulfill your requirements for lighting support.
The Installation
Getting these panels installed can be easy with the help of an experienced LED contractor. The process of retrofitting this type of lighting can be seamless if you use the right products. This can save time on the process of installation and make sure that LED can quickly take over for a traditional fluorescent setup.
Warm white is one of the best ways to add a cozy style ambiance into your business. The cool white style of LED is best for areas where visibility and productivity are needed the most. We can make sure that you can access the appropriate style of lighting through LED panels to keep your business illuminated with pride. Contact us today for more information on your future commercial LED retrofit!