Amenity lighting

View our range of commercial amenity lighting above, available in both Decorative fittings and Bulkhead fittings, depending on your requirements. Prices start from just £12.95 - available in a number of styles and colours.

Amenity Lighting

The lighting systems that are available at present are as usual in a state of flux with a severe number of changes occurring at the same time. The price of energy is the driving force behind a lot of the changes and the ever increasing costs is putting pressure on consumers to change some of their present systems to a more energy saving system. The problem comes to choosing which system to go with as there are advantages and disadvantages with each system and the disadvantages can sometimes out way their usage. Unfortunately the cost of change is rather expensive and so it is important to get the proper system. The good suppliers will advise on the best system to use but it is also a case of personal preference.
 

LED lights (Light Emitting Diodes) have come to the fore in recent years from being used as indicator bulbs in electrical equipment or as Christmas lights to a multi LED collection in the same bulb which is capable of giving a good powerful light. These new bulbs use a very low amount of power usually ranging from around 4 to 6W but they can rise up to around 11 W.
 

The main difficulty with the bulbs is that the bulbs can be focussed to a smaller angle than normal. Unlike a normal electric light bulb which spreads light to all four corners of the room these only give a limited spread of light so first decide if this is adequate for the application. The lower wattage bulbs can be a little low on the light emission so check the apparent relation to a normal bulb, if the equivalent bulb would only be 20 W then you have a reference point and if it is not big enough the answer is obvious.
 

At present the larger LED lights are not common and can be quite expensive so choose carefully. Choose a bulb, which is recommended as a warm white light, the LED light works on the principle that light emits from a metallic surface, the composition of this surface determines what colour the emitting light is. In fact the only colour that is not a natural emission is white and it has been the most difficult to produce.
 

The answer to the question “are they a good idea” is definitely yes to many applications as the savings in energy and the very long life cycle of the bulbs but you made need more lamps to cover the area required.