Architectural Perimeter Strip Lighting

The benefits of fiber optic perimeter strip lighting to LED strip lights provide an array of options for architectural and lighting designers for both indoor and outdoor uses. Less maintenance, short runs of 20 meters and longer runs of 100 meters plus, low energy consumption, long-life LED illuminators, and importantly no need to replace failed LEDs in hard-to-reach or inaccessible areas. LightEFX utilizes high-spec fiber optics and patented technology to process side-emitting fiber cables maximizing its brightness and increased life longevity. As there is no electricity in the fiber cables, there is no requirement for power supplies; it is simply a light conductor transmitting light from the illuminator. Commercial or infrastructure lighting applications can benefit from the innovative method used in architectural fiber optic lighting.

Fiber optic perimeter lighting VS LED strip lighting

The electronics of the perimeter lighting system is housed in the illuminator, which is stored in a convenient location for maintenance staff to access easily when required. The benefit of this means any servicing or maintenance can be done quickly and efficiently without needing to attend to the fiber cable. Having the illuminator placed in an easily accessible location can save huge costs in maintenance and servicing to your architectural perimeter lighting. Major structures such as bridges or aqueducts with LED strips as their perimeter lighting can interfere with traffic and can cause shutdowns of the bridge or at least sections of it just for the sake of changing the faulty or end-of-life LEDs. This is where LightEFX sets the bar above the rest, offering a service and product that is both reliable and cost-effective with a great-looking result.

Benefits

Fiber cables are waterproof and UV resistant, emanating light 360 degrees like a neon glow. Fiber cables are simple and flexible to shape and curve with a bend radius typically about 3x its diameter. This non-powered cable simplifies the installation with the mounting of the cable track onto the structure and inserting the fiber cable without power connections; there's also no need for heat sinking as there is no heat in the cables. Aside from track-mounted applications, perimeter fiber cables can be suspended to create a floating look with the addition of a metal membrane into the fiber cable for added support and tension.

Technology

When applied to short distances of 3 to 10 meters 15-watt illuminators are used with a combined power usage of 30-watts, for longer runs of 100 meters 300-watts of power is used at about 3-watts p/m or 0.92-watts p/ft.

The illuminators can be stored in an indoor enclosed environment or outdoors with the use of the IP43 rated stainless steel units. They have DMX capabilities and allow integration with RS232, serial, Dynalite and CBUS via a DMX gateway. Color changes, animation, sequences, synchronization, dimming and timing are just some of the features that are controlled remotely or automated.