Page 60 - IEC Insights Sept-Oct21

FEATURE

BENEFITS OF areas around light switches clear The MX FUEL™ ROCKET™ Tower Light
and accessible and to repair fixtures,
TRUEVIEW™ LEDs come with a lifetime
BATTERY POWER switches, and cords immediately if warranty and reinforced, impact-resistant
they malfunction. The dedicated labor bodies. The tower light is IP56 rated for
Workers are the most important resource cost is gone, too. The time saved outdoor water, UV ray, and dust protection.
in the skilled trades, and they need on managing this now-unnecessary Outriggers allow for use in uneven terrain
to return home each day just as safe equipment can be spent on actual work. and the motorized mast reduces set-
as when they arrived at work. While up time. The tower light can withstand
on a jobsite, they need to make each 35 mile per hour winds, the same wind
moment as productive as possible. Eliminate location limits both rating as many gas-powered units.
indoors and outdoors.
Battery-powered tower lights provide • While metal halide, halogen towers, User-driven features add comfort and
safety and productivity gains as they: and wobble lights are limited to productivity. The 10-foot tower light
indoors, and gas tower lights and has a low center of gravity and can
Eliminate persistent cord hazards. balloon lights are limited to outdoors, be maneuvered nimbly like a dolly,
battery-powered solutions can avoiding overexertion and MSD injuries
• Cordless jobsites align with the well- while transporting to different areas.
known Hierarchy of Controls where travel with the user anywhere. The vertical mast construction means
the first step is to “eliminate the more units fit conveniently on a truck,
hazard.” This removes the chance that Eliminate the need to search resulting in fewer trips. Mid-range
workers will trip and fall over often- for a power source. LED color temperatures paired with
tangled cords. With battery-powered diffusers enhance eye comfort and
equipment, there’s no stringing • Plumbers, for instance, know what it’s minimize harmful glare. Plus, ONE-KEY™
extension cords hundreds of feet like to work in dark basements, running technology allows workers to monitor
across a remote location or property, long stretches of pipe or chipping out battery charge, set automatic timers, and
saving time. There’s no risk of possible concrete from old piping systems. With program brightness and light direction
electrocution on a wet jobsite. There’s battery-powered tower lights, there’s without manually readjusting the light –
no chance that someone will make a no need to hang lights to get power in all through the ONE-KEY™ mobile app.
poor choice of where to hang a cord. the right spot. With battery-powered
lights, there’s no maneuvering for Remote features are particularly important
limited power on a jobsite, plugging when the light is in hard-to-reach or
Eliminate gas engines used into spider boxes, then blowing a remote areas – saving valuable worktime.
to power generators. circuit and delaying everyone else.

• Sites become a zero-emission jobsite SUPPORT FOR
with no chance of carbon monoxide NEW SOLUTION: HEALTH AND SAFETY
in confined or enclosed spaces. Crews ROCKET™ TOWER
can skip the time to make sure a site PROFESSIONALS
is properly ventilated before work LIGHT/CHARGER All workers, whether trainees or veterans,
starts. Also, there’s no need to pay The MX FUEL™ ROCKET™ Tower Light/ will continue to need safety protections
for gas, haul 5-gallon fuel tanks, or Charger is the brightest battery-powered to keep as many healthy and on the job
maintain filters, carburetors, and other light in the industry and has no similar as possible. The construction industry
parts of a gas engine. And, without a competitor in the battery-powered market. is expected to add nearly 800,000
gas engine, there’s less vibration and wage-and-salary jobs between 2014 and
noise. Plus, users are freed from bulky, The MX FUEL™ ROCKET™ Tower Light/ 2024, double the rate projected for the
tow-behind lighting equipment that’s Charger provides up to 27,000 lumens overall economy (12.9% versus 6.5%).
hard to navigate on all terrain — and of task or area lighting while plugged Yet, in December 2020, most contractors
any hefty monthly rental fees. in using an extension cord, or 20,000 (83%) reported moderate to high levels
lumens for 3 hours on high with a MX of difficulty finding skilled workers.
Eliminate the infrastructure FUEL™ REDLITHIUM™ XC 406 Battery
for temporary AC lighting. Pack. It can run up to 10 hours at a Hiring more new workers, especially
lower lumen setting. While plugged those new to the trades, in the ongoing
• With battery-powered light equipment, in, the light also has an integrated labor shortage means that employers
there’s no need to change bulbs, MX FUEL™ battery charger. and crews will need every resource
and there’s no maintenance to keep available to support their safety.

58 Insights Magazine | September/October 2021 | www.ieci.org