Don't let the light go out
Use luminaires with LUX GUARD protected circuits
What are protected circuits in a lighting fixture and why should you use fixtures that have them?
You may have seen several large building owners specify that they must have luminaires with protected circuits in their requirement specifications for lighting fixtures, and there is a good reason for that.
It is important to remember that a new LED light installation should last a long time, preferably 15 to 20 years, and offer minimal operating and maintenance costs. The cost associated with replacing faulty fittings is high so it is important to make the right choices at the time of investment.
The LED is a very efficient light source and is resistant to a large number of switching cycles, vibrations, shocks and impacts. However, LED circuit boards often have hundreds of diodes with associated solders, which are weak points.
Conventional circuits
In many luminaires on the market, the diodes are connected in series so that each diode and soldering is a link in the power supply and in the event of a break there is a risk that the entire connected circuit will be de-energized and therefore dark.
This usually results in a larger defective part of the light fitting and a significantly reduced light yield, often by as much as 25% and in some cases 50% of the light fitting becomes dark. Due to 1 small error. If you are unlucky enough to also have a fixture that does not have replaceable diodes, you must have a completely new fixture. Electricians, scaffolding, lifts, closed areas, stoppages in production can be the consequences...
LUX GUARD Protected circuits
With LUX GUARD protected circuits, the circuit board is designed so that in the event of a fault in a diode, the current will pass and the current that should have been used by the diode will escape to the rest of the diodes in adjacent circuits and marginally increase its light yield over the entire luminaire so that the luminaire's total lumen output will not suffer.
Luminaires with protected circuits will reduce maintenance and increase the lifetime of the light fittings.