1. What is LED Floodlight?
LED floodlights are led lights designed for outdoor area lighting. It is used to light up the specific areas with high-intensity light.
It is capable of aiming either direction with wide or narrow beam angle,ranging from 0° to 180°.
LED floodlight is a widely used solution when we want good light coverage. And the main application is in park square areas, stadiums, walls, outdoor advertising boards and other places.
2. LED Floodlights VS LED Spotlights. What Is the Difference?
For most Chinese led lights manufacturers, we will classify spotlights as one kind of floodlights.The difference between led spotlights and floodlights may be very subtle.
Spotlights regularly refer to lights within no wider than 45°beam angle, while floodlights are defined as lights with bigger beam angles.
Spotlights are generally used to light up specific objects, because the light is more concentrated due to narrower beams. Many people use it for doorways, landscape vies, sculptures, stages in theater and houses.
LED floodlights are used when lighting up large surface areas, like stadiums, parks, airports, ports and ect. All these places require higher watts to cast light over a larger space.
3. What Are the Best Components for LED Floodlights?
One standard LED floodlights are consisted of 4 main components, including LED chips, Led driver, housing and lens/refectors.
All the 4 components are very crucial to make best LED Floodlights.
3.1 LED chips
LED chips will determine the brightness of LED floodlights and will also affect how long floodlights can remain bright.
Based on research, LED floodlights manufacturers are using 4 kinds of LED chips constantly, Lumileds, Cree, Epistar and Bridgelux.
LUMILEDS
Lumileds was originally started by Phillips, and now the Chinese Company-Lattice Power has taken over it.
It is outstanding and widely used led chips in LED lights industry.
Lumileds has many chip models, LUXEON 2835 series, LUXEON 3030 series, LUXEON 5050, LUXEON Z etc.
LUXEON 3030 has very high proportion due to its cost effective. By using this led chips, the total lumen efficiency can be over 100lm/w.
LUXEON 5050 and 7070 are used when we want higher lumen output, like 160lm/w or even higher.
Despite the diversity, Lumileds led chip is still our first choice. It is big brand, qualified and very stable.
CREE
CREE is one of the renowned led chip suppliers. It is a USA brands, founded in 1987. It is a predominant pioneer in LED technology industry. And it provides both led chips and led lights.
CREE has chip models, like XLamp LEDs series, and J Series LEDs.
J series 2835, 3030 and 5050 chips are in common use, the lumen output is also similar to Lumileds led chips.
EPISTAR
EPISTAR is headquartered in Taiwan founded in 1996. As a semiconductor company, they are specialized in manufacturing in all kinds of LED chips. Epistar starts the led chip design and production very early, that’s why at the beginning of LED industry, most led manufacturers are using Epistar chips.
Epistar has many chip models, like A series, F series especially for the size 2835 and 3030. Epistar chips are very price-quality competitive, it is very stable with good lumen performance, and not very expensive.
BRIDGELUX
Bridgelux is a well known designer and manufacturer for all kinds of LED lighting products. It was founded in 2002 in Livermore, California, USA. It provides a range of LED products including arrays, chips, modules and systems.
Bridgelux has many models of led chips including SMD and COB led chips.Unlike other 3 brands, Bridgelux is very professional at making COB light source, including V series E series, Vero, Vesta to match different types of led lighting fixtures.
3.2 LED Drivers
An LED driver is a device that supply power to led light source. It is used to convert the voltage into a proper range to ensure the optimal operation. A good led driver can prevent the LEDs from surges, voltage spikes and other power-related the issues.
Based on our experience, most of the led flood lights failure are caused by driver failure, so a good driver is the soul of the floodlight systems.
There are many famous brand of led drivers, the most frequently used for our led floodlights are Meanwell, Moso, Inventronic and Phillips.
MEANWELL LED DRIVER
Meanwell is headquartered in Taiwan, devoting to the design and manufacture for wide range of power supplies and drivers for industrial application. It was established in 1982, and has become the leading pioneer of the driver industry ever since.
Meanwell produces both DC to DC and AC to DC led drivers, inverters, battery chargers. They are committed to provide qualified, innovative and reliable products and service.
The most frequently used Meanwell drivers we used for our LED floodlights are HLG and ELG models. These models are all wide voltage, with inbuilt 10KV surge protecting, with dimmed programme and with 5 year warranty.
MOSO LED DRIVER
MOSO LED driver is a company that designs and manufactures LED drivers for various application. It was headquartered in Xiamen, China and established in 2006. They prioritize sustainability and focus on the reduction of energy consumption and minimization of the environmental impact.
When we choose MOSO led drivers for LED floodlights, we will use model LDP series and X6 series. Those models are with 95-305V voltage, inbuilt 10KV surge protection , with 5 year warranty and with dimmed programme.
INVENTRONIC LED DRIVER
INVENTRONIC is a leading global provider of LED drivers, controls and modules for commercial, residential and industrial applications. Inventronic company is located in 2003 and was headquartered in Hangzhou, providing not only high performance led drivers but also excellent customer support and service.
INVENTRONIC has many suitable models for led floodlights, such as ESD or EUC models. All the models are with input voltage range of 90-305VAC, and has a built-in PWM dimming function. We are get 5 year warranty from INVENTRONICS.
PHILLIPS LED DRIVER
PHILLIPS is a well-known driver brand offering high quality LED drivers for various applications. Phillips LED drivers are all high power factor and are designed to be easy to use. It is always our reliable partners for our led floodlights.
PHILLUPS LED DRIVER has many models for our floodlights, such as Xitanium LED driver and Advance LED driver. They offer high efficiency, in-built surge protection, excellent thermal management, compatibility with a wide range of dimming system and 5 year warranty.
3.3 Die-casting Housing
A good die-casting housing is very crucial for LED floodlights, the detailed benefits are as following:
A good die-cast can help with heat release. When a floodlight is turned on, after floodlights are lighting up for hours, the temperature of led boards will be very high.And a good die-casting housing will help dissipate the heat more effectively and keep the LED cooler and improve its lifespan, and decrease the lumen depreciation.
Except the heat release, a good die-casting also can help with the resistance to mechanical impact. This is also very important for outdoor lighting fixtures because they have the risks to be exposed to vandalism or accidental impact. Only LED floodlights with good die-casting can have IK 10 rate.
3.4 Optical Lens
The traditional floodlights will use reflectors to get different beam angles, while for led floodlights, mostly are use optical lens.
If good chips, a good driver and a good die-casting housing are key components, then the proper optical lens are the soul of the whole floodlighting systems. It will decide the final performance of the floodlights
Good lens for floodlights can help control the intensity and the direction of the light, and distribute the light over the target area. Floodlights have different beam angles like narrow, medium and wide. You can choose the beam angles based on your projects, you also can ask for floodlight manufacturers for suggestion.
4. How to Choose the Best LED Floodlight for My Project?
4.1 For Gardens,Backyards and Landscape
In gardens or backyards, you many need to light up some certain objects like trees, pathways, parking lot. And at this time, floodlights are a very good choices. It is very flexible to be installed and have many watts and lens.
Regularly, for landscape lighting, the wattage is from 10W to 50W, with narrow beam angles like 15deg, 30deg.
Contact us for garden designs.
4.2 For Sports Fields
LED floodlights are also an ideal choices for football courts, basketball courts and tennis courts. With the function of proper lens, the floodlights can project the light to the court with good average and high uniformity. It can also avoid the anti glare issues so that the players and audience can have a pleasant experience during the games.
For sports fields, we will use led floodlights from 150-300W with medium beam angles like 90deg.
Contact us to light up your sports fields.
4.3 For Advertising Board and Billboards
LED floodlights can be used to illuminate the billboards, advertising boards and ect. When choose LED floodlights, the proper watt is very important for advertising boards. It’s crucial to choose correct brightness for the whole boards
Also we need to get proper lens and locate the proper positions. It is vital because the lens and location will avoid light pollution and not create glare.
For billboard, floodlights is from 50 to 150W with smaller beam angle like 30deg, 45deg or 60deg, depending on the position of the lights.
Contact us for your billboard design
4.4 For High Mast Poles
LED floodlights are very suitable for high mast poles. To use a LED floodlight for high mast lighting, the floodlight is typically mounted on top of the tall pole. And high mast are generally used in road crossing, airports, industrial areas.
For high mast lights, the floodlight watt will be from 400W to 1000W based on different pole height.
You can contact us for your high mast pole design.
5. Final Thoughts
When you search the LED floodlights, you will get thousands of LED floodlights and hundreds of suppliers. What need to remember is the key four parts for LED floodlights-LED chips, LED driver, die-casting housing and Lens. All your knowledge of these will help you identify whether the LED floodlight manufacturer is reliable and whether the LED floodlights are qualified.
And understand the usage for different application also can help you choose the best LED floodlights for your outdoor projects.
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