Description
General Description
Para-Lite 5™ is a shallow, small cell louver offering maximum illuminating efficiency while maintaining low brightness. It meets or exceeds most energy codes.
These louvers are easily installed in lighted ceilings, fixtures, or retrofit installations with little or no modification. A 28° shielding angle also conceals lamps well.
Applications
Medical facilities, department stores, conference rooms, entries and corridors, perimeter lighting, computer rooms, and elevators.
Specifications
Parabolic Louvers shall be Para-Lite 5 shall be one piece injection molded of polystyrene base material with all parabolic surfaces prepared with a primary undercoat and a highly specular vacuum metalized finish. Nominal cell dimensions shall be 3/4” x 3/4” x 3/8” high and shall provide 28° shielding with a louver efficiency of not less than 70%.
This louver has a VCP index rating of .88 (specular silver finish) and a .75 coefficient of utilization for a RCR of 1.
Lighting Fixtures
Panels will sometimes require additional cutting for proper installation. For color designation use B for black, W for white. For specular finish use SPS.
Lighted Ceilings
Louver panels are designed to fit any standard 1’ x 4’, 2’ x 2’ or 2’ x 4’ tee bar grid system.
TS: TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Lighting Research Laboratories, Inc.
Test Report No. LRL 397-3H
Date: 03/05/97
Description: Commercially available 2’ x 4’Troffer 2/32W T8 Lamps, 3/8” deep Parabolic Specular Silver louver
Luminaire Watts: 61.0
Catalog Number: Louver PL5 24 SPS
Lamp Type: F32T8/TL80
Lumens: 3050
Number of Lamps: 2
Parabolic Data
General
Diffuser Specialist parabolic louvers are the most sophisticated and optically precise lighting control panels available in the industry. The proper installation, care and handling of these louvers will ensure excellent light control and product serviceability for many years.
Care and Handling
Great care should be exercised when handling parabolic louvers, avoiding contact with oily and/or foreign substances. Always handle louver panels with clean white gloves – never use bare hands. Always install these louvers after the space has been completed and is ready for occupancy – never during construction.
Send us a message or call 1-800-880-5483 to order larger quantities. To keep parts from breaking during shipping, packages are shipped oversized which adds to the shipping and handling costs. Pricing includes shipping & handling.
