LED lights will replace traditional lights as the preferred choice for cold storage

With the rapid development of the cold chain industry, supporting products around cold storage facilities are constantly innovating. Ordinary lighting fixtures are difficult to use in low-temperature and humid environments in cold storage, so LED lights specifically designed for cold storage have emerged.

This emerging cold storage light has low energy consumption, high brightness, long lifespan, and does not require maintenance. However, due to usage misconceptions and consideration of price factors, it is still common to use incandescent lamps, energy-saving lamps, explosion-proof lamps, and other alternatives to cold storage specific LED lights. Little do they know, this practice not only increases energy consumption, but may also pose a threat to food safety.

Current situation: incandescent lamps, energy-saving lamps, explosion-proof lamps, etc. are used for lighting in cold storage

In the low-temperature and humid environment of cold storage, many conventional products cannot be used normally, and ordinary lighting fixtures are prone to explosion or damage in some ultra-low temperature rapid freezing and freezing environments. Before the emergence of specialized LED lights for cold storage, ordinary incandescent lamps, energy-saving lamps with moisture-proof lampshades, or explosion-proof lamps were commonly used for cold storage lighting.

With the development of the cold chain industry, the supporting products around cold storage are constantly improving. Cold storage specific LED lights have emerged, which have low energy consumption, high brightness, long service life, and do not require maintenance.

But the usage rate of LED lights specifically for cold storage is not high. According to Li Zhengliang, Deputy General Manager of Zhengzhou Henry Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd., and Zhao Xiuguo, Sales Manager of Beijing Jingkelun Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd., among the users they have contacted, there are not many who use LED lights specifically for cold storage. The phenomenon of using incandescent lamps, energy-saving lamps, and explosion-proof lamps instead of cold storage lamps is very common.

This situation has also been confirmed by Li Shijie, the domestic trade manager of the marketing center of Shenzhen Ouen Semiconductor Lighting Co., Ltd. "Many users are still using traditional incandescent and energy-saving light sources.

Cold storage specific LED lights have only emerged in recent years, and users who have not yet become popular use incandescent or energy-saving lamps with a moisture-proof lampshade in high-temperature warehouses. ”According to Xie Xiaoru, a salesperson at Zhengzhou Jiahe Lighting Technology Co., Ltd., this configuration has a relatively high frequency of damage in cold storage below -18 ℃, and even breaks down in a few days. There are also some large cold storage rooms with a height of more than ten meters that cannot use incandescent lamps or energy-saving lamps because the brightness is not enough. Most users will choose explosion-proof lamps.

Improper use of analysis results in high energy consumption and potential safety hazards

Before the emergence of specialized LED lights for cold storage, ordinary incandescent lamps, energy-saving lamps with moisture-proof lampshades were generally used in cold storage, and explosion-proof lamps were used in ultra-low temperature cold storage. Does this not affect their use?

Li Shijie introduced that incandescent lamps, fluorescent lamps, energy-saving lamps and other products generate a large amount of heat in cold storage environments, which increases the power of air compressors for cooling, making them easy to bubble and damage. They have a short lifespan and are replaced frequently. Ordinary lighting fixtures cannot replace cold storage specific lighting fixtures.