Strip away problems of lamp fitting replacement
March 1st 2008

The larger sizes of strip fluorescent lighting – 8ft T12 and 6ft T8 ceiling battens – are common in warehouses and storage area applications.

However, many organisations with 8ft T12 fittings were facing the cost and disruption of having to ditch and replace those fittings as tube makers discontinue T12 lamp supply. A solution from Energy Conservation Solutions permits continued use of installed 8ft luminaires and offers energy savings.

ECSL's Save It Easy units, when fitted to the end of high efficiency Triphosphor T5 and T8 lamps, provide the H/F ballast, enabling those lamps to operate at full efficiency in old-style ceiling battens.

Foot-long Save It Easy units at each end of the lamp – one actively ballasted and one on an extension unit – enable 8ft T12 ceiling battens to be converted to 6ft T8 Triphosphor luminaires at a 56% energy saving.

Central location of the shorter lamp broadly maintains the lamp distribution pattern and lumen output is said to be more than adequate for most applications.

Commenting on 8ft conversions already completed, Steve Adams, sales development director, says "We don't push this solution for an application such as a drawing office, where light values are at an absolute premium. However, feedback from users in hospitals, warehouses, hotels and offices is that lighting levels fully meet required standards after replacement of the 8ft lamps. I attribute this not only to the higher foot-for-foot lumen output of the Triphosphor T8s but also to the way they maintain performance."

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