What is an LED Troffer fixture?
The LED Troffer fixture is a modification of the standard Troffer fixture. A Troffer fixture is a form of recessed lighting. An interesting piece of trivia is that the word troffer is actually a combination of the words trough and coffer. It is commonly found in office spaces, schools and laboratories. They are designed to fit inside sections of dropped ceiling. A dropped ceiling is made up of rails suspended from a higher ceiling in a grid pattern which allows formed tiles to places in between them. The standard size of the opening in a ceiling grid is two feet by two feet or two feet by four feet. The fixtures actually come in two basic designs. They can either be recessed above the ceiling frames or mounted to be on the surface. They were traditionally designed to work with fluorescent light bulbs, but are LED lights are being designed to fit into Troffer fixtures.
The design for an LED Troffer fixture isn't different from the standard fixture. The difference lies in the bulbs which are used. The original design works just fine for LED bulbs. The use of LED lights brings many advantages over the use of fluorescent bulbs. They provide a higher efficiency, use less power and provide more light. They also have a longer lifetime which cuts costs over the lifetime of the fixture. In addition, the chemical hazards which come with fluorescent. There is no danger of mercury leakage or contamination when the a bulb breaks. The use of LED bulbs provides a much sturdier fixture which avoid the danger of broken glass which occurs whenever a fluorescent bulb breaks. However, the downside of LED replacements is the possible need to replace entire fixtures when the light stops working.
There are some important things to consider when debating using LED Troffer fixture. The more LED units the more light is produced. The use of fluorescent bulbs provides the same amount of light independent of size. The possible arrays of LED in these fixture varies from 26 and 34 in a 2' by 2' unit to 48 and 57 in a 2' by 4' unit. There is one feature which is available in LED Troffer units which isn't available in standard fluorescent units and that is the ability to dim the amount of light coming from the fixture. The nature of standard bulbs make this impossible, but dimming LED's is easy. There are additional factors to consider when thinking about implementing a replacement with LED units, but these are best done in a consultation with a lighting expert. The best thing option is to look for a local lighting contractor to get advice about these lighting fixtures.
The design for an LED Troffer fixture isn't different from the standard fixture. The difference lies in the bulbs which are used. The original design works just fine for LED bulbs. The use of LED lights brings many advantages over the use of fluorescent bulbs. They provide a higher efficiency, use less power and provide more light. They also have a longer lifetime which cuts costs over the lifetime of the fixture. In addition, the chemical hazards which come with fluorescent. There is no danger of mercury leakage or contamination when the a bulb breaks. The use of LED bulbs provides a much sturdier fixture which avoid the danger of broken glass which occurs whenever a fluorescent bulb breaks. However, the downside of LED replacements is the possible need to replace entire fixtures when the light stops working.
There are some important things to consider when debating using LED Troffer fixture. The more LED units the more light is produced. The use of fluorescent bulbs provides the same amount of light independent of size. The possible arrays of LED in these fixture varies from 26 and 34 in a 2' by 2' unit to 48 and 57 in a 2' by 4' unit. There is one feature which is available in LED Troffer units which isn't available in standard fluorescent units and that is the ability to dim the amount of light coming from the fixture. The nature of standard bulbs make this impossible, but dimming LED's is easy. There are additional factors to consider when thinking about implementing a replacement with LED units, but these are best done in a consultation with a lighting expert. The best thing option is to look for a local lighting contractor to get advice about these lighting fixtures.
