LED Flood Light – Choose the best one

LED flood light widely used in so many applications. Either you want to light up your garden or a construction site, LED Floodlight can be used everywhere.
Let's have a look into more details about the led floodlights :

LED Chip :

1. COB Chip (Chip on Board ) It– Mostly used for the wide beam angle and a larger area to light up. The Heat thermal is better in Cob LED. COB LED mainly used for single color applications.
2. SMD Chip (Surface Mounted Device) – The best thing about an SMD chip that, can use with the lens or without. If you need a specific beam angle, an SMD chip is best. Besides for the RGB application also SMD chip is the best choice.

Lux & Lumen:

In general LED chip gives minimum 80 lm per watts, But recently with high technology LED can achieve 160lm per watt.
You need to make sure what lumen output do you need for your applications. Before you purchase, ask your supplier what is the lumen output. Based on lumen output you can calculate the lux level.
You can do your own lux calculations, Or just provide your requirements to the supplier. They will offer you the right quantity based on your lux requirements. Let's have a look into general lux requirements
This is just general lux requirements. You might need more or less. So make sure what is your lux requirements before purchasing the floodlights.

Parking Lot - 20-30 lx

Loading Docks - 200lx

Garden / Backyard - 20-30lx ( Ambient )
40-50lx ( Bright )

Construction Site- 100-150lx

Playing Ground - 500lx

Tunnel - 40-50lx

Facade - Depends on the Design

Billboards - 500lx

Beam Angle :

For any light applications, the beam angle is very important. For façade or warehouse not gonna be the same beam angle. You must need a customize beam angle for each application. In general, floodlight used for more than a 45-degree beam angle. If you need a more narrow degree beam angle. You need to choose the LED Spotlight, Which can be 5 degrees to 45 degrees. But starting from 45 to 180 degrees there is a wide range of beam angles to choose from for the floodlight. So make sure you choose the correct beam angle. General COB can't provide you narrow type beam angle. In that case, you can choose the SMD chip with the lens.

Color Temp :

Although from 1000k to 10000k color temp available. Must most of the time only 3 types of color temp used for the floodlight. Warm White, Natural White & Daylight
Normally we use warm white for the backyard or any other public area, daylight or natural white for a construction site, warehouse, or the factory. So choose the correct color temperature based on your applications.

IP Rating :

In most cases, floodlight used outdoor unless it’s a warehouse or a factory. For outdoor use, it must be dust and waterproof. IP rating requirements depend on the location of the applications.
Like if you talk about Dubai, There is not much rain, But there is a lot of dust due to the dessert.
But if you talk about Asia, where rain is so high.
So, the IP rating must be IP65 to IP67 based on the requirements.

Installation:

Installation completely depends on the applications. It can be Wall Mounted or Floor mounted. But make sure the bracket is adjustable. So you can get the flexibility of the installation.