Horse Track & Arena Lighting

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Horse Track Arena Lighting

• Outdoor Arena Lighting Custom Design
  Questionnaire
• Outdoor lighting for horse arenas and equestrian
  facilities are becoming more sophisticated every
  day.  In the old days, horse arenas and outdoor
  rodeo arenas were lighted with outdoor flood
  lights, halogen lights or simply mercury vapor
  barn lights.  These forms of outdoor arena
  lighting did not have the lumen output or
  performance to properly illuminate arenas,
  holding pens, stables or horse training areas.  
  In fact, all of these light sources are outdated,
  ineffective and inefficient.  The foot-candle
  specifications for lighting equestrian and rodeo
  arenas are 50fc for Class 2 and 30fc for Class
  3. 

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• Most equestrian facilities have large creosote
  light poles that can be easily retrofitted with
  modern arena lighting metal halide fixtures. 
  Sometimes these lights have brackets designed to
  mount on walls or buildings.  Metal halide is a
  type of light source that energy efficient, and
  produces a very bright light with good color
  rendering.  It is part of the high intensity
  discharge or HID category of outdoor lighting
  fixtures. 

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• Metal halide fixtures are fast becoming the new
  standard in outdoor arena lighting.  By using
  metal pole adapters and metal halide box floods
  existing outdoor horse arenas can be updated and
  brought to life.  This can often be accomplished
  without modifications to the existing electrical
  wiring.  All our horse arena light fixtures come
  standard with multi-tap ballast.  That means you
  can hook up the arena lights to 120 volt, 208
  volt, 240 volt, or 277 volt systems.  A typical
  1000 watt metal halide fixture wired to a 120
  volt system pulls approximately 8.5 amps.  That
  same light only pulls 4.25 amps at 240 volts. 
  Its always a good idea to discuss modifications
  to your arena lighting with an electrician or
  someone who is familiar with calculating electric
  loads before ordering.

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• To make your selection of outdoor arena lighting
  simple and easy we have put together some basic
  lighting kits.  The heavy duty mounting brackets
  are designed for use with 6 to 12 wooden
  poles.  All the fixtures can be rotated and
  pivoted on site to properly aim the lights as
  needed.  We recommend that you use the following
  guidelines for selecting a wooden pole lighting
  kit
• 250 watt fixtures are designed for a 20 foot or
  less mounting height
• 400 watt fixtures are designed for a 20 to 30
  foot mounting height
• 1000 watt fixtures are designed for a 30 or more
  mounting height

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• Of course, if wooden poles are not what you had
  in mind for your upscale equestrian facility,
  commercial lighting poles and fixtures can be
  used for a more architectural and refined look. 
  These professional outdoor commercial arena
  lighting kits are more durable, offer steel and
  fiberglass lighting poles, and are better suited
  for larger equestrian facilities. 
• Several outdoor arena pole types, mounting
  heights and wattages are listed below

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• Round Straight Lighting Poles
• Round Tapered Lighting Poles
• Square Tapered Lighting Poles
• Straight Square Lighting Poles
• 20 foot Outdoor Horse Arena Light Kits
• 25 foot Outdoor Horse Arena Light Kits
• 30 foot Outdoor Horse Arena Light Kits
• Custom Decorative Lighting Pole Kits
• Decorative Custom Lighting Pole Kits.

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• Whether you have an established equestrian
  facility or working on your plans for a new
  outdoor horse arena, the cowboys at Residential
  Landscape Lighting Design can give you a hand. 
  They have experience with all types of outdoor
  lighting facilities, from simple parking lots to
  custom rodeo arena lighting.