Light Sources
Choosing The Right Light Source
To suit the demands of today’s varied lighting installations, fittings are being designed with a growing number of different light sources - each creating a different environment. Choosing the right light source for the right application is critical.
Low Energy, LED, Halogen, Fluorescent, or HID lamps are all available in a variety of wattages and colours
See below for our quick start guide to choosing the right light source for your installation.
The two columns to the left of the lamps help to give you a better understanding of how powerful the lamp light is (Light Intensity Rating) and how efficient the lamp is (Efficiency Rating).
Low Voltage Halogen |
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Features
Wide choice of fittings, wattages, colours & bean angles. Smaller sizes of reflector lamps
Applications
Recessed, submersible and spotlighting
Efficiency Rating: 2/5
Intensity Rating: 4/5
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Mains Voltage Halogen |
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Features
Wide choice of fittings, wattages, colours. Transformer not required
Applications
Wall and Spotlighting
Efficiency Rating: 2/5
Intensity Rating: 4/5 |
Compact Flourescent |
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Features
Long lamp life. Wide choice of colour temperatures
Applications
Posts, Bollards and recessed wall lighting
Efficiency Rating: 3/5
Intensity Rating: 3/5 |
Linear Flourescent |
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Features
Long lamp life. Even linear light output.
Applications
Wallwashers and walkover lighting.
Efficiency Rating: 4/5
Intensity Rating: 3/5 |
High Intensity Discharge |
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Features
High energy efficiency and high power. Wide choice of colour temperatures
Applications
Wallwashers and flood lighting
Efficiency Rating: 4/5
Intensity Rating: 5/5 |
Low & Mains Voltage LED |
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Features
Exceptionally long lamp life. cool operating temperature. Low voltage suitable for submersible lighting
Applications
Wall, recessed, wallwashers and submersible lighting
Efficiency Rating: 5/5
Intensity Rating: 1/5 |