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How to light a warehouse

LUX Magazine | posted:June 5, 2017-11:45

There may be some open areas where goods, often on pallets, are stored are no more than, say, 1.5m high. Racking, on the other hand can be up to 6m to 10m high. There is usually a small desk for dealing with documentation. A weighing area is also common. Both these areas require enough lighting to read small print or digital readouts.

Whenever you are lighting a space, you need to consider what activities are involved. EN 12464 says that 200 lux is sufficient for general movement and stacking where perception of fine detail is not required. The vertical illuminance on the racking should also be 200 lux where possible. Although it does mention that achieving this on a vertical surface near ground level can be difficult.

However, you may need 300 lux if staff have to read or write shipping documents. You might even need 500 lux in some areas to read the small print on labels.

Any new or retrofit scheme should include dimming and motion sensors. There can be huge savings by dimming aisles that are not in use.

Our warehouse is 35m x 27m and 12m to the apex of the roof. It is lit to at least 200 lux horizontal in all areas.

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The i80 is a versatile unit that can be used in a wide range of warehouses. A feature of this unit is the variety of mounting options from a simple suspension wire to catenary, wall and ceiling brackets. When you want increased light output in a particular area, you can cluster the i80 in pairs or fours.  You can see that we have enhanced the illumination over the work station.

The i80 is IP66 and will operate from -40C to +40C. There is also the choice of four beam widths and a tempered glass or acrylic cover.  

This is a powerful unit measuring less than 400mm square and 140mm high.

Tech Spec A

Luminaire 

i80

Arrangement

7 x 5 plus cluster of four over workstation

Optical control

 4-cell silver coated aluminium reflector

Total installed load

4.6kW

Illuminance 

Horizontal in open areas, 370 lux

Mounting height

8.5m