Huge Benefits with LED Lighting

Why You Should Add LED Lights to Your System.

You have probably noticed that LED lights have become extremely popular. Maybe you’re wondering how they can be incorporated into your worship services. Or maybe you don’t know a thing about them! Here is a brief explanation of LED lighting and some of the best reasons why your church should use LED fixtures.

Long Term Benefits

Imagine never needing to replace a light bulb or burned out gel again. LED fixtures make that idea a reality. High-powered LEDs can have a useable running life of 50,000 hours or more! If the average church that runs their lights 10 hours a week could get over 90 years of use out of their LED lighting system. Just think of how many light bulbs you won’t have to buy!

With colored LEDs there are no gels to burn, so you won’t be changing those out, either. As a result, you will have stronger, more consistent color saturation. Now that you aren’t changing the lights and gels all the time, it won’t be necessary to break out the ladder as often (or rent a lift and set up scaffolding). In fact a color change is as easy as pushing a programmed button or moving a few control faders.

Another long-term benefit is that LED fixtures cost just pennies to operate. The light itself is very efficient, plus it doesn’t put out as much heat as traditional fixtures (which cause the A/C system to work harder in order to keep things cool). The bottom line is that you save money while using less natural resources which is good for the planet and your pocketbook. Less heat also means happier people on the platform.

Millions of Colors to Choose From

Your color choices with LED lights are nearly unlimited. The way LED fixtures create various colors is by varying the output level of groups of Red, Green, Blue and sometimes White LED lamps that are arrayed in the fixture. A continuous range of colors may be achieved by varying the amount of intensity from 0 to 100%. The color mixing is achieved using DMX control from a lighting console or by setting the manual switches located on each light for fixtures that can operate in manual mode. The R, G, B LEDs used in most lights can create a huge range of strong saturated colors. Adding white or W LEDs to a fixture gives you and even larger palette of colors including pastel colors and various shades of white (warm white, cool white, amber white ect.). Literally millions of color combinations can be created from a single fixture without ever needing to change a gel.

Create Instantaneous Mood Changes

Perhaps you are using a soft white light on the drummer during worship but for the evening service you want to put a red, blue and green light on the drum kit so that the chrome sticks out a bit more. Normally you would have to break out the ladder and change some gels in between services. With LED fixtures all you have to do is move a fader or push a button and, voilà, instant mood changes. You can easily create fantastic theatrical scenes such as day-to-night by using only one LED fixture versus multiple traditional fixtures and several gels.

Strong, Rich Color Washes

Using several traditional fixtures with gels of the same color can result in varying shades of that color across your stage. With LED lights, you will get the same rich color every time. LED fixtures offer strong color washes. At the push of a button or the move of a slider you can illuminate an object in any color you wish. You can wash walls and change the mood of the entire room many times throughout the day.

In a Nut Shell

LED fixtures are a very real solution for your church. They open doors that have been closed to you in the past through the use of traditional fixtures. The up front costs may be more than standard lights but the long-term benefits are tremendous. To fully understand how LED lights can be used in your church call our Lighting Expert, Dieter Gilkey, here at CCI Solutions. You can reach him today at 1-800-426-8664.