Work safety starts with adequate lighting, especially for on-site projects that involve construction, road repair, demolition, mining, movie production and remote rescue operation. A common trend that caters to this need is the installation of industrial light towers. Then mobile Lighting Tower is an important equipment for outdoor projects at night. Metal halide lights and LED lights are two lighting options for mobile light tower.

We will display the advantages for LED Lights compared with Metal Halide Lights.

1. Lifespan difference

Metal halide lights typically last up to 5,000 hours, but given how fragile they are and how heat affects the bulb, their life expectancy is usually much lower depending on how the light tower is treated. LED components last much longer. A LED light will last well above 10,000 hours at its full light output, reaching up to a 50,000-hour lifespan, while metal halide bulbs will lose a large percent of their light output within the same timeframe.

2. Fuel Efficiency

Just like a house with LEDs versus a house with standard bulbs, the LEDs are going to provide a much more energy efficient solution. With light towers, a significantly lower energy usage greatly impacts fuel consumption. Robust’s LED heavy-duty light for light tower will be able to run for 150 hours without a need to refuel, while metal halide lights cannot do it. Compared to metal halide products, LED lights offer up to 40 percent in fuel savings.

3. Lighting different

Illumination is improved with LEDs for multiple reasons. For one, LED light is a brighter, cleaner light — similar to daylight. LED light also travels farther than traditional light. When it comes to staying power, there is nothing better than LED. Its traditional counterparts run hotter, leading to more frequent burnouts. True, LED bulbs are more expensive to replace than traditional bulbs, but they last much longer. Light bulbs are not overly costly to replenish, but over time all the replacements add up and can equate to lost time on a jobsite.

3. Time efficient

LEDs hold a distinct advantage in this category. The light can be switched on and off similarly to the lights in a house, immediately providing full luminosity. This is vastly different than metal halides, which take time to turn on and provide the ample cool down time the machine needs before shutting off. In the event the unit becomes too hot, it could take over 20 minutes to recover full brightness again. Because of this, it is much simpler and quicker to reposition an LED. Although the LED products cost more initially than metal halide lights, the extensive lifespan and the unit’s ability to withstand rough treatment, makes the option superiorly cost-effective in the long term.

In a word, LED lights offer low maintenance, energy-saving features and durable design, making them more advantageous for high risk, large-scale operations, compared to metal halide lights. Added flexibility when using LED lights provide safety for workers on the jobsite.

Robust Power brings decades production experience of light tower products. We cater to the needs of customers by providing customized industrial lighting solutions for various industry-specific projects. Contact us today for your tower solution needs.