Installation & maintenance ease

Design features that ease installation

Installing and maintaining lighting in industrial facilities is often a complex and costly task, as the majority of the fixtures are in dangerous and difficult to reach locations. Elevated mounting heights, obstacles, and other challenges can drive up both the dangers and the costs associated with these tasks.

Be sure to evaluate a luminaire’s mounting and wiring features. A well-designed light can reduce installation effort and significantly lower labor costs. This is especially important with retrofit projects, where labor costs are a key factor.

Key factors to consider

Mounting styles | Simplified retrofits | Reduce installation effort | Eliminate dangers

Crouse-Hinds series LED luminaires

Designed with specific features to provide mounting flexibility and improve the speed and safety of the installation process

Multiple mounting modules for ideal luminaire placement

Fixture location placement and the proper mounting height are essential to designing a lighting installation that provides uniform illumination with minimal glare and light trespass. The numerous mounting styles available from Eaton’s Crouse-Hinds Division offer unparalleled flexibility, ensuring that the fixtures are installed in the correct location to properly light your application.

Backward compatibility for simplified retrofits

Crouse-Hinds series LED luminaires utilize the same mounting modules as our legacy HID, fluorescent and incandescent products, simplifying installation and significantly reducing costs in retrofit projects. We also offer mounting adapters and kits for quick connection to other manufacturers’ modules.

Wiring features that reduce installation effort

We engineer our LED luminaires to be as installation-friendly as possible. The features below help reduce installer effort, stress, and potential injury.

Hinged support allows luminaire to hang from mounting module during wiring
Lever lock connectors and terminal blocks for fast, plug and play wiring
Quick clip accessory supports weight of the fixture during final tightening to the mounting module
Quick-connect wire-free +ve/-ve connections between LED and mains (EVLL LED only).

Poles that eliminate the dangers of working from heights

For lights in elevated locations, OSHA/HSE regulations require fall prevention equipment any time a worker is exposed to a fall of six feet or greater. Since 2000, the #1 most frequently violated OSHA standard each year is General Requirements for Fall Protection. And while personal protection equipment will help protect workers from threat, there is still a risk of injury from a fall. Preventing the worker from being exposed to the threat altogether is the most effective risk-reduction measure.

Safety lowering poles are an effective way to transition from protecting the worker to eliminating the risk. By enabling the luminaire to be lowered, the safely pole allows all installation or maintenance work to safely take place on the platform or walkway. This eliminates the timely and costly need for fall protection equipment and portable ladders or scaffolds.

Safety lowering poles are a good option for industrial lighting applications in hard to reach areas, as well as for any luminaires installed on walkways, platforms, stairways and conveyors where OSHA/HSE regulations require fall prevention equipment.

Make lighting installations safer, faster & easier with Crouse-Hinds series V-Spring telescoping light poles

Our patent-pending V-Spring light poles increase safety and decrease labor costs associated with lighting installation and routine maintenance.

Spring assistance allows the luminaire to be lowered safely and easily – eliminating the need for portable ladders and fall prevention equipment.
When compared to 45 degree lowering systems, the V-Spring’s spring assisted vertical movement requires 65% less force to raise or lower and removes mechanical stress on the handrail by over 300%.
Easily extend to any height up to 9 feet – one product covers multiple mounting heights
360° pole rotation allows for effortless positioning of light
Spring assist provides true controlled lowering and requires less force to raise or lower luminaire – no strain on worker
Fixture housing will not fall from mounting module hinge hook during installation or maintenance
No pinch points – protects hands and fingers
2” bottom pole for higher structural wind ratings
Internal conduit protects wiring from spring assist mechanism
Drain at bottom of pole assists in preventing moisture from entering conduit system
Factory assembled wired and sealed for maximum environmental protection

This LED Lighting Design and Specification Guide details key factors to consider when selecting a manufacturer for industrial lighting, and demonstrates how Eaton’s Crouse-Hinds series LED solutions are built to withstand the toughest conditions, deliver maximum lighting performance and safety, and reduce expensive maintenance costs.

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