The blue safety spotlight is common, and there are a variety of options on the market, How to choose the high quality ones that workable, it is very important. In the last blog we recommend if the blue spotlight quality is poor, it is dangerous. Please kindly check the blog.
1)IP Rate is important, if your forklift will be outdoor used, the IP Rate will be IP67 or IP68. It means the lights is waterproof.
2)Lux rating. It is the most important, please according your surroundings to choose the blue spotlight.
Firstly we need to know how many lux in our workplace, please kindly check the following table reference Wikipedia:
Here are some examples of the illuminance provided under various conditions:
| Illuminance (lux) | Surfaces illuminated by |
| 0.0001 | Moonless, overcast night sky (starlight)[3] |
| 0.002 | Moonless clear night sky with airglow[3] |
| 0.05–0.3 | Full moon on a clear night[4] |
| 3.4 | Dark limit of civil twilight under a clear sky[5] |
| 20–50 | Public areas with dark surroundings[6] |
| 50 | Family living room lights (Australia, 1998)[7] |
| 80 | Office building hallway/toilet lighting[8][9] |
| 100 | Very dark overcast day[3] |
| 150 | Train station platforms[10] |
| 320–500 | Office lighting[7][11][12][13] |
| 400 | Sunrise or sunset on a clear day. |
| 1000 | Overcast day;[3] typical TV studio lighting |
| 10,000–25,000 | Full daylight (not direct sun)[3] |
| 32,000–100,000 | Direct sunlight |
So please check the office lighting surroundings, it is about 500lux. If the light workable, the lux must be higher 60%, it will be higher 800lux. And the point need 25cm*35cm for 1-3ton forklifts.
For 3.5-7ton forklifts, The lux must be more than 800lux, and the point will be bigger point (75cm* 90cm) about Eight times bigger than normal light.
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