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The performance characteristics of LED gas station lights and their circuit description.

Oct 25,2019

The performance characteristics of LED gas station lights and their circuit description.

Everyone knows that gas stations are flammable and explosive places, and safety requirements are particularly strict. The presence of LED gas station lights can solve some safety hazards. Below, I will introduce the performance characteristics of LED gas station lights and their circuit instructions.

Performance characteristics of LED gas station lights:

1. The light fixture has a unique light distribution, with uniform illuminance in the irradiation range, and an irradiation angle of 220 degrees, effectively utilizing light; the light is soft, glare-free, and will not cause eye fatigue for operators, thus improving work efficiency.

2. The light source uses the brightest LED in the world, with a power consumption of only 40% of that of metal halide lamps.

3. All key components of the power supply are selected from top global brands, ensuring high efficiency and stability.

4. It adopts a unique heat dissipation structure, using thermal conduction methods to accelerate heat transfer, effectively ensuring efficient heat dissipation of the LED, allowing the LED lifespan to reach 100,000 hours.

5. The explosion-proof type has the highest explosion-proof rating, suitable for use in various industries with flammable and explosive environments.

6. It can be connected in parallel, saving the cost of junction boxes and installation.

7. The shell uses high-tech surface spraying technology, making it wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant, waterproof, and dustproof, suitable for various harsh environments.

8. When using the LED explosion-proof light as a floodlight, a focusing cover is added to the light source to increase the illumination of the floodlight.

9. When using the LED explosion-proof light as a brewery explosion-proof light: it should use a zone-sealed design, explosion-proof and intrinsically safe type: protection level IP65, corrosion level WF1, achieving waterproof, dustproof, and explosion-proof.

Circuit instructions for LED gas station lights:

1. Location selection

Electrical lines should be laid in locations with lower explosion hazards or farther from the release source.

2. Laying method selection

In explosive hazardous environments, electrical lines mainly use explosion-proof steel pipe wiring and cable wiring.

3. Isolation sealing

When laying electrical lines through walls or floors between areas of different explosion hazard levels, the channels and protective pipes, cables, or steel pipes should be tightly blocked with non-combustible materials.

4. Wire material selection

In the hazardous area of explosion risk level Zone 1, distribution lines should use copper core wires or cables. In areas with severe vibrations, multi-strand copper core flexible wires or multi-strand copper core cables should be used. Aluminum core power cables are not allowed in coal mine shafts.

In the hazardous area of explosion risk level Zone 2, power lines should use aluminum core wires or cables with a cross-sectional area of 4mm2 or above, while lighting lines can use aluminum core wires or cables with a cross-sectional area of 2.5mm2 or above.

5. Allowable current carrying capacity

The selection of the cross-section of insulated wires and cables in Zones 1 and 2 should ensure that the allowable current carrying capacity of the conductor is not less than 1.25 times the rated current of the fuse element and the setting current of the circuit breaker’s long-time overcurrent release. The allowable current carrying capacity of the branch line leading to low-voltage cage induction motors should not be less than 1.25 times the rated current of the motor.

This concludes my introduction, hoping to deepen everyone's impression of LED gas station lights.