Rittal’s new generation of lights designed especially for enclosures

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Rittal is market launching a new generation of lights especially for enclosures. To meet global requirements, Rittal is setting new standards with energy-efficient and high-performance LED technology providing up to 1,200 lumens. It also offers comfortable connection and mounting possibilities. The system supplier for enclosure technology is offering many innovative details that ensure ideal illumination within the enclosure and which greatly simplify installation tasks.

Lighting is often neglected when planning an enclosure. The lighting is correspondingly poor when work has to be performed on the enclosure. However, identification of the different colours of wiring, for example, is vital during installation or maintenance work. “Work on enclosures is made much simpler through Rittal’s innovation, which employs state-of-the-art lighting technology. It also helps to avoid errors during installation, maintenance or repair work, so preventing expensive delays,” says Christian Dietrich, Enclosures Product Manager at Rittal. He added: “The simple mounting of the new lights also saves valuable workshop time.”

Targeted illumination

Two models of the new enclosure lights, with luminous fluxes of 900 and 1200 lumens, will be going on sale. The new lights use state-of-the-art LEDs as sources of illumination. They ensure a high level of energy efficiency and have a much longer lifetime than other light sources. A lens made of transparent plastic, with integrated Fresnel lenses, serves to ideally light up the enclosure. These focus the light in such a way that the entire enclosure is illuminated in a targeted way, even at the bottom, which means the light reaches exactly those places where it is needed – without being scattered into the exterior.

Rapid installation and simple mounting

Optionally, the enclosure lights may be turned on and off by an integrated switch, a door switch or a motion detector. Moreover, the lights are each equipped with a socket. Besides this, the connection technology simplifies assembly work and permits rapid installation. The lights may be attached via pre-assembled cables with connectors. The lamp connection can be swivelled through 90 degrees, so that the cable can always be easily introduced, even in narrow enclosures with a width of only 600 mm.

Integrates perfectly in enclosures all over the world.

The new enclosure lights fit ideally into the Rittal TS 8 baying enclosure system. They are perfectly adapted to the frame section and can be fitted without any loss of space. One special advantage for quick installation: one person can mount the lamp alone and without any help. This is because each model has three mounting options: with a magnetic retainer, a clip fastener in the TS 8 section or by screw fastening.

Besides this, the lights can be used worldwide thanks to a wide-range voltage input. This is a great advantage for experts from the controller and switchgear manufacturing and mechanical engineering sectors who are active internationally. Regardless of whether the plant is located in Germany, the USA or Asia, the same lamp can be installed in each enclosure. Changes to the electrical planning or the parts list are thus made superfluous. The lights also have the appropriate internationally important approvals (e.g. from the UL, for the US market).

With this development, Rittal is also simplifying many procedures in the fields of purchasing and assembly. Controller and switchgear manufacturers, as well as mechanical engineering companies, benefit from the simpler ordering and storage process, as just a few versions meet every requirement.

For more information, please visit www.rittal.com/.

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