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한국어 LED Barn Lights
LED barn lights are a type of high-efficiency lighting used in pole barns, large agricultural or livestock buildings. Our high bay and vapor tight LED series can provide bright and reliable lighting solutions for these scenes.
What Are LED Barn Lights?
LED barn lights are a series of industrial-grade, high-protection, high-brightness fixtures that include a variety of professional types of LED lights, they can be used in indoor and outdoor barn environments, such as pole barns and barn yards. Designed specifically for large agricultural storage and livestock areas, differ from standard household lamps in terms of lighting stability, coverage, and adaptability. They offer higher lumen output and more precise light distribution, while maintaining stable operation in harsh environments such as dust and humidity. They are also resistant to corrosive gases, such as ammonia.
Barn is usually not just a simple storage environment; it may serve multiple functions such as livestock feeding, farm machinery parking, feed storage, repair work, and even temporary processing. Therefore, their environments are usually large and complex, we emphasize providing optimal lighting for different functional areas and recommend selecting different types of LED lighting fixtures based on specific needs.
- LED High Bay Lights: A single light fixture can illuminate a large area, primarily used in pole barns with high ceilings indoors. Achieving uniform lighting coverage throughout the space through high installation position.
- LED Tri-proof / Vapor Tight Lights: Their linear design not only provides even and soft light but, most importantly, excellent protection. Suitable for spaces near livestock, feed, washing passages, or in harsh environments.
- LED Flood Lights: This is the preferred choice for outdoor barn lighting, serving as an important step in connecting the indoor environment. They can be wall-mounted or pole-mounted to illuminate entrances, outdoor decks, and the building’s perimeter.
LEDRHYTHM - LED Barn Lighting Manufacturers in China
As a professional LED lighting manufacturer, LEDRHYTHM supplies its products to customers worldwide and offers complete, professional, one-stop barn lighting service, including indoor and outdoor. This means that whether is spacious pole barn, wet storage room, or outdoor walkway or yard, LEDRHYTHM can provide you with flexible lighting solutions. Leveraging our reliable production and R&D capabilities in China, we help farm owner achieve cost-effective, safe, and energy-efficient lighting.
| LED Type | Applications | Key Features |
|---|---|---|
| High Bay Lights | Large pole barns & agricultural buildings | High lumen output, uniform lighting, long lifespan |
| Vapor Tight Lights | Livestock & wet or dusty barns | Waterproof, dustproof, corrosion-resistant, easy to clean |
| Flood Lights | Barn yards, entrances, outdoor security lighting | Wide beam angle, durable housing |
In different barn environments, lighting must not only provide high brightness, but also consider health of animals, safety of personnel, and overall lighting costs. We offer adjustable power and adjustable color temperature options, giving you maximum flexibility to meet various ceiling heights or changing lighting requirements.
- Energy saving: Our LED lights generally have luminous efficacy of 150-190lm/W, which can save 60%-80% energy compared to traditional lamps in barns, and it will not decrease subsequently.
- Protection: Lamp’s sturdy housing, rated IP65-IP69K, withstands the dust, moisture, and ammonia environments in barns.
- Long Life: All LED fixture have standard lifespan of over 50,000 hours, eliminating the need for bulb or ballast replacement.
- Optical design: Different lighting distribution methods can be selected, such as lenses and reflectors, to provide soft, flicker-free light and reduce stimulation to livestock. Multiple beam angles are available to adapt to different barn heights.
- Heat dissipation: High-end driver power and excellent heat dissipation materials and structure can minimize the temperature of fixture during operation. And it will not affect your crops or livestock.
- Smart Options: For a multi-functional barn environment, adjust lighting effects by dimming and color temperature without replacing other light fixtures. Optional motion sensors make switching on and off easier.
LED Pole Barn Lights
Pole Barn typically features a spacious interior with load-bearing system formed by columns and roof trusses, making it suitable for a wide range of applications. Lighting fixtures are not installed on the flat ceiling, but rather suspended or fixed to the roof trusses or columns. This makes lighting more reliant on a well-planned light distribution and installation layout, rather than simply a matter of stacking a number of fixtures.
Therefore, LED Pole Barn Lights often use UFO and linear high-bay lights as their core lighting solutions. UFO types can be suspended at various lengths and mounted on brackets at various angles, achieving large-area overall illumination through single-point coverage. Linear types are often used for installation along building trusses or designated areas, creating a continuous and uniform light path. Both can be suspended or surface-mounted on steel or wood structures, making them suitable for both renovations and new construction.
Using regularly spaced mesh layout, the entire floor can be perfectly covered, effectively improving the lighting comfort of the pole barn space. Contact us for lighting design or layout support.
Many Pole Barns still rely on traditional metal halide or high-pressure sodium lamps, which not only create stark contrast between bright and dark areas but also result in enormous power consumption. When converted to LED high bay lights, the lighting transforms from glaring and uneven to consistently bright and clear. Additional auxiliary lighting is no longer needed, and space utilization and safety are significantly improved.
We recommend choosing color temperature of 5000K or higher, which provides higher contrast and brighter visual. Alternatively, you can choose LED high bay light with adjustable color temperature, which can be selected from warm yellow light to natural white light. This allows for multiple uses with a single light and reduces replacement costs.
| Item | Traditional (HID / MH) | LED High Bay Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Light distribution | Concentrated, uneven | Wide, uniform |
| Pole structure impact | Frequent shadow zones | Reduced shadows |
| Startup | Warm-up required | Instant on |
| Energy efficiency | Low | High |
| Typical lifespan | 10,000–20,000 hours | 50,000+ hours |
| Maintenance frequency | High | Low |
| Overall suitability | Basic lighting only | Optimized for pole barns |
LED Barn Lights Dusk to Dawn
Dusk to dawn LED barn lights features automatic light control, automatically turning on at dusk and off at dawn according to changes in ambient natural light. This lighting method does not rely on manual operation or timers, but rather uses ambient brightness as the basis for judgment, ensuring that the on/off state always matches actual usage needs. They achieve dusk-to-dawn lighting through built-in light sensors or external light control systems. The sensors continuously monitor the surrounding light level and transmit signals to the driver or control module, thereby precisely controlling the fixture’s on/off state.
Because commercial LED barn lights themselves have a stable driving system and fast response characteristics, this automatic control also operates stably and is suitable for various environments with high frequency and long-term use. Whether it’s LED high bay lights for indoor barn or floodlights for outdoor, as long as the appropriate light control function is configured, dusk to dawn can be achieved. The shift from manual on/off to automatic based on the environment more closely aligns with actual usage logic.
This function reduces human intervention and ensures that barn lighting is always available, and preventing lighting loss or ineffective operation due to forgotten on/off. Alternatively, it can be integrated with motion sensors, turning on the lights only when movement of people or vehicles is detected at night.
LED Outdoor Barn Lights
Outdoor barn lighting are primarily includes the barn doors and their surrounding outdoor areas, focusing on functional rather than decorative lighting. They have consistent requirements for nighttime visibility and safety, thus placing higher demands on the lighting capabilities and environmental adaptability of the luminaires.
We recommend floodlights as the type of LED outdoor barn lights. They can be flexibly installed on the ground, exterior walls, eaves, and freestanding poles using U-shaped adjustable brackets, requiring no complex construction. Their illumination range covers a large outdoor or semi-outdoor area, effectively reducing dark areas in barn yards or doors, and their special light distribution ensures no light pollution and no significant glare.
Reliability during outdoor operation is also assured; IP66 protection allows the lights to withstand exposure to wind, rain, and dust. The die-cast aluminum housing can withstand long-term corrosion and temperature variations. This high durability significantly reduces maintenance frequency and costs. LED floodlights for outdoor barns can also be used with dusk-to-dawn light control, timer control, or dimming to help maintain intelligent lighting availability while avoiding unnecessary energy consumption.
Lighting Requirements For Different Barn Areas
The focus of lighting in different areas is different. For example, spacious indoor barns require high-wattage, high-lumen LED fixtures to ensure bright and evenly distributed light. Animal feeding areas require stable, comfortable lighting to create a natural light environment for animals. Outdoor barns, on the other hand, require LED fixtures with a wider light distribution, primarily for safety lighting.
| Barn Area | Lighting Requirements | Recommended LED Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Livestock Area | Comfortable, flicker-free light | Vapor tight lights, linear high bay lights |
| Feed & Storage | Uniform brightness for easy handling; dust-proof design | UFO high bay lights, tri-proof lights |
| Aisles & Passageways | Narrow beam angle for even coverage, glare control | Linear LED lights, bat-wing optics |
| Outdoor | Weather resistance (IP66); security illumination | LED floodlights, pole-mounted barn lights |
Frequently Asked Questions
What LED lighting fixtures should choose in pole barn?
In a pole barn, common lighting combination is LED high-bay lights as primary lighting, paired with tri-proof lights for supplemental lighting. With their diverse appearance and functionality, choosing between them can be challenge, let’s sort them out.
- UFO high-bay: Suitable for areas with high ceilings requiring comprehensive illumination, such as large pole barns.
- Linear high-bay: Ideal for pole barns with aisles or long layout, providing uniform linear illumination.
- With sensors: Ideal for areas where long-term lighting is not required. They automatically turn on and off with sensor.
- With adjustable power, dimming, and color: Even if use changes at any time, you can adjust the lighting parameters directly without having to replace the fixtures.
- With emergency power : Areas that require safety, provides up to 90 minutes of emergency lighting even after power outage.
- Tri-proof lights (dust-proof, moisture-proof and corrosion-resistant): Typically installed in livestock areas, work areas close to ground, or in humid and dusty space.
What wattage LED barn lights do I need?
Wattage directly determines the brightness of lighting, but it needs to be determined according to the ceiling height of barn. If the installation height is 3-6 meters, then 30-100W are recommended. For small or breeding areas, typically height is 6-8 meters, 100-180W LED lights are recommended. For large pole barns (8-12 meters), 200-300W LED are recommended.
How to choose LED lights for dairy barns?
When selecting LED lighting for dairy barns, first determine the type of LED based on the size of the environment. For common tall or open structures, LED high bay lights are more suitable, as they cover the entire area through higher installation, ensuring good visibility for feeding and daily management of the cattle. However, for low-ceilinged dairy barns, LED vapor tight lights with better protection are recommended.
The LED lighting fixtures must have an IP65 rating or higher, and the housing must be corrosion-resistant to maintain stable illumination in the high humidity, dust, and corrosive gas environment of dairy barns; otherwise, premature damage and aging will occur. Color temperature of 4000-5000K is recommended for ease of feeding, cleaning, and daily inspections without causing significant irritation to the cows. Finally, light does not need to be too bright, as this can affect rest and milk production. A natural, clearly visible illuminance, typically 100-200 lux, is sufficient.
How much energy can LED barn lights save?
Upgrading traditional lighting in barn to LED lights while maintaining the same illumination effect typically results in energy savings of 60%–70%. In some environments using HPS or MH, the energy savings can be even higher. This energy saving doesn’t come at the cost of dimmer lighting, but rather from the higher luminous efficiency and more precise light distribution of LEDs.
- 200W HPS equivalent to 60–80W LED
- 300W MH equivalent to 100–120W LED
- 400W MH equivalent to 150–180W LED
- 2×58W Fluorescent equivalent to 40–50W LED
In addition, LED types can further save energy through functions such as dimming and motion sensors.
How bright should barn LED lighting be?
For ordinary storage and passage areas in a barn, excessive illuminance will not improve efficiency, but may instead cause glare and unnecessary energy consumption. In areas where feeding, inspection, or works are frequent, insufficient brightness will affect judgment and safety. In livestock farming areas or animal rest areas, too bright may cause animals to become stressed, avoid certain areas, and even affect their rest.
| Barn Area | Recommended Brightness (Lux) | Lighting Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Storage & work zones | 150–200 lux | Safe access and equipment handling |
| General livestock areas | 100–150 lux | Animal comfort and basic visibility |
| Feeding alleys & walkways | 150–200 lux | Daily feeding and movement |
Can LED barn lights use motion sensors and dimming?
Of course, all of our various types of LED barn lights support motion sensors and dimming control. Motion sensors can effectively reduce ineffective lighting time; when no one is in the detection range for an extended period, the lights automatically reduce brightness or turn off, significantly reducing energy consumption and operating costs without affecting usability. However, they are not suitable for use in animal husbandry or rest areas. Dimming allows for smooth adjustment of brightness and darkness via 0-10V or DALI, offering high adaptability.
Are LED barn lights difficult to install?
Installation of our LED barn lights is generally very simple, they all support a variety of mounting methods and have easy wiring. They can be suspended from chains or rods, or adjustable angle brackets to mount on buildings and walls, ensuring they’re perfect for your environment. And it supports input voltage from AC100V to 480V, making it compatible with every type of circuit.