High Bay Lighting? Help!

[DeanoZX7R]

Hello all!

I have been asked to quote for a new warehouse high bay lighting installation. The client has requested x 20 high bay lights. The height is around 6 to 8 mtrs. Any help or suggestions would be of great assistance as I have never carried out this kind of installation before. What is the best type of cable for the job? Is there a recognised wiring system for this kind of work? Etc.

Many thanks in advance!

 

[Doc Hudson]

Quick question that may help others answer more productively. Is this a new warehouse or just new (replacement) lights in an existing warehouse? Do you have to make any outside work hours considerations due to normal warehouse functions still going on, or is it an empty building not currently in use? Obviously totally new installation will require a few cable calculations and suitable division of circuits. To me it sounds best to try and team up with someone else who has experience locally and work as a joint project.

Doc H.

 

[DeanoZX7R]

Hi Doc,

Thanks for the speedy reply, the warehouse is brand new and pretty much empty inside no mains supply as of yet! No restrictions on ease of access or obstacles of any description other than the height involved. What I am looking for is any hints, tips or specialist advice on any aspect of this type of installation. I am considering 400W metal halide units hung from the beams.

 

[Manator]

I would suggest going to your local supplier and get them to do a lighting design based on the use of the building and dimensions, most suppliers now have in house lighting design.

Based on the number of fitting required you can then do the calculations to establish the size of cable you will need. It will probably be three phase so you can balance the lighting accross all phases. The benifit of a pro lighting design is you get the emergency lighting included with photometric graphs which can comply with the emergency lighting testing procedures. There are now LED high bay fittings very expensive in installation costs but 60% cheaper to run and maintain.

 

[exbdc]

Hello all!I have been asked to quote for a new warehouse high bay lighting installation. The client has requested x 20 high bay lights. The height is around 6 to 8 mtrs. Any help or suggestions would be of great assistance as I have never carried out this kind of installation before. What is the best type of cable for the job? Is there a recognised wiring system for this kind of work? Etc.

Many thanks in advance!

At that height wouldn't low-bay fiitings do the job better?

 

[sellers]

many options here mate, hang trunking off purlins and use stop end boxes with clix's down to light. Or use SWA with girder clips, glanding into through boxes with a clix on. SWA would be the quicker cheaper option.

 

[Badger]

oh and also to add, swa would be my preffered choice, and also hire a cherry picker boom lifter, (make sure your ipaf is upto date ) oh and also site may require cherry picker workers to use safety lanyard etc just a bit of advice before you go into with out looking at everything thats prob needed to do job.

 

[Evans Electric]

As said above , low bay fittings suspended with chain from purlins . 400w Metal Halide. another option for wiring is PVC conduit dropped into the return edge of the purlins ,loads of through boxes with Greg roses and flex to the fittings. Make the conduit up on the ground and just shove it along.

Wiring on 3 phases , 1 switch per row, keep it simple.

Include for scissor lift , or if its too expensive go for an aluminium tower 8' X 4' .

Scissor lift will speed the job up

 

[DeanoZX7R]

Thanks for all the advice guys, much appreciated!!

 

[diane2]

Highbay LED lights are right option for warehouse led lighting, This type of LED lighting is ideal for most general purpose uses. Garages, gyms, hangers and warehouses can all benefit from highbay lights. They offer several important benefits when compared to traditional HID (High Intensity Discharge) lighting applications. many highbay LED lights have an average of 50,000 life hours, compared to a mere 5,000 HID life hours with traditional light sources. The lights are environmentally safe and do not contain any dangerous elements such as mercury. Finally, they put out very little heat, making them safe to the touch, even when in use.

 

[Sidewinder]

diane,

Interesting comment, is the link to your companies web site, that is is this what you or your employer do for a business?

 

[batty]

She's (he's) gone to bed now.

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