Crouse Hinds VMV Retrofit Hazardous Location Lighting
Choosing the best lighting for a hazardous area demands more other than selecting the most appropriate lighting fixture or light bulb that illuminates that location. For a limited time you can try the Retrus, our Crouse Hinds retrofit lighting, risk-free for 30 days!
What is a Hazardous Location?
A hazardous location refers to the area comprising any concentrations of combustible dust, flammable gases, mists, or vapors. For the environment featuring all these elements, there is a need to design and test all electrical equipment installed. Doing this is essential so that the electrical equipment can meet various requirements which ensure the safety of personnel. Also, this is vital in avoiding potentially dangerous circumstances resulting from the reaction of the equipment to its surrounding.
Mostly, some situations result in potentially explosive environments. These include the ones involving production processes, transformation processes, delivery processes, and the processes entailing stocking of flammable substances. There are high chances for these substances to form an explosive atmosphere if they interact with oxygen in the air. If this environment gets ignited, the created explosion can cause severe damage both to people and the surrounding.
The most common areas of hazardous locations include sewerage treatment plants, LNG plants, offshore drilling rigs, paint manufacturers, oil refineries, distilling, chemical plans, and wharves. Hazardous gas vapors are the apparent features in these environments. Also, there are high chances for the dust to create hazardous areas. Therefore, the concerned companies need to train their personnel and classify the potentially hazardous areas correctly. Examples of these companies include flour mills, food and beverage manufacturers, those involved in grain handling and storage, plastic factories, and recycling operations.
Hazardous Location Lighting Classifications
Currently, there are two primary systems used to classify hazardous locations. These include the zone system and class or division system. It’s Canada, and the United States that use the class or division system and the rest of the world use the zone system.
Classes
Class 1
This class comprises hazardous locations that contain vapors or flammable gases. Here, the two components may or may not be enough to create ignitable mixtures or explosive.
Class II
This class comprises hazardous locations that contain combustible dust. This dust may or may not be enough to create ignitable mixtures or explosive.
Divisions
Division I
This division suggests that there are high chances for hazardous material to produce ignitable mixture or explosive. The main reason behind this is because of this material being present periodically, continuously, or intermittently. Also, the material can come from the equipment itself, but under normal conditions of operation.
Division 2
This division suggests that there are low chances for the hazardous material to create ignitable mixture or explosive. The main reason behind this is because this material is available only during the abnormal conditions and within a short period.
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Hazardous Area Lighting Applications
Our Crouse Hinds retrofit lighting, Retrus, works best in a wide range of applications where the regular light fixture cannot suffice. They are the most preferred options in areas where they are chances for explosions to happen. Also, they work best where there’s a high percentage of corrosion and the location that contains water or chemicals or both.
Our Crouse Hinds retrofit lighting is the right choice for sports areas, oil drilling, crew quarters, refineries, petrochemical facilities, paint spray booths, shopping malls, lubrication pits, aircraft maintenance facilities, and paint manufacturing plants. Also, they work best in soil drilling rigs, solvent and cleaning areas, chemical manufacturing, processing plants, gas processing plants, and water treatment plants. Other common application areas include parking lots, marine loading docks, industrial locations, new-car lighting, and security lighting.
LED Lighting
It is always essential to install properly-rated LED lighting in hazardous locations for the safety and security of the employees working in these areas. The LED lighting is the most preferred option for this case because of its ability to work at the required levels for up to 100,000 hours. Other than this, our crouse hinds retrofit lighting is the most preferred option because of their efficiency and durability features. However, the facility’s managers and designers need to select our crouse hinds retrofit lighting that matches the characteristics of that location. They can do this by checking on the rating standards that work best for those environments.
COMPLIANCE & CERTIFICATION
ETL/CETL CERTIFIED TO:
UL 1598 Suitable for Wet Locations
UL 1598A Marine Outside Type (Saltwater)
CSA C22.2 No. 250.0
CSA C22.2 No. 137
IP66 rated per IEC 60598-1 | -40°C to +55°C
APPROVED FOR:
Class I Zone 2 Group IIC
Class II Division 1 and 2 Groups E, F, G
Class II Zone 20, 21, or 22 Group IIB
Class III
1Ex d IIC T5 | -40°C to +55°C
