Low voltage lights much akin to the largely popularised line voltage form of lighting also saves energy. In addition to this, low voltage lighting offers benefits not offered by the energy efficient line-voltage lighting.

Low voltage lighting can be operated at 30 volts or less. This capacity can be further stepped down to either 12 or 24 volts by using either an integral fixed transformer or a remote transformer respectively.

Some of the obvious benefits why low voltage lighting is better and more efficient than the line voltage lighting are:

Energy Conservation:

Provided that the low voltage lighting apparatus is adequately and appropriately powered, it can produce two-and a half times as much light as produced by the line-voltage incandescent lamps. Putting this in simple words, a 50 watt low voltage lamp would be more than sufficient to generate as much light as produced by a 125 watt line voltage lamp.

Saving on Expenditure:

Now, it wouldn’t take very large arithmetic proficiency on one’s part to reach the conclusion that this saving in watt consumption per unit of light generated by the low voltage lamp would result in large reductions in the monthly impending and eternally shocking figure of the Electricity Bill.

Quality of the Light produced:

The quality of light produced using low voltage apparatus is quite unduplicated by any other form of lighting. And that’s the most important reason for its popularity when considered for a commercial space. Low voltage lighting is the best way to create the perfect ambience required for any kind of place. It can be used flexibly for down-lighting places, which require the dim effect or up-light a place to provide an illusive effect. It also allows one to use the beam control options and various flexible degrees of dimness to establish the perfect mood.

The Aesthetic value of the apparatus:

And of course the appearance does matter!!! And that’s precisely the reason why low voltage lighting with its not-so-obvious makes adds to the aesthetic value of the surroundings illumined using the apparatus. Installations of lighting equipment call for 200 or more fixtures, making unobtrusive and preferably transparent lighting a much-desired feature for building owners and managers.

The remote transformers used for the low voltage lighting require fixture trim holes as small as 2 or 3 inches in diameter. The integral transformers of course require larger openings.

Safety still rated high!!

Well, not much at all needs to be said to lay any stress on the importance of safety. It is naturally one of the primary concerns in any of the choices made concerning the electricity flow. Since the transformers are used to step down the voltage consumed in low voltage lighting, it is much safer than line voltage lighting. As a result of the stepped down current the wiring and lamps have only about one-tenth of the original voltage flowing through them, which reduces shock hazard.

The noble intentions of Reducing Wastage not far behind!!!

One of the key concerns in today’s world of diminishing resources is conservation and reduction of wastage, which is why the new low voltage lamp designs and materials, which have increased lamp life up to 10,000 hours are a much better   choice over all other equipment. And further dimming of the lamps by about 50% goes on to enhance the life expectancy further by doubling it to 20,000 hours, further cutting disposal and maintenance costs.

 By Sakina Kadiwala