Tennis court lighting

[littlespark]

Save on energy costs and buy glow-in-the-dark balls

 

[pc1966]

Save on energy costs and buy glow-in-the-dark balls

What about ladies tennis?

 

[DPG]

Bit over priced those court lights. It's a bit of a racket

 

[Mike Johnson]

Yes I think tennis players are strung along a bit, they should be gutted at the price.

 

[littlespark]

Don’t you just “love” tennis puns….

 

[pc1966]

Don’t you just “love” tennis puns….

They have an "advantage" over other puns!

 

[sparkonetwo]

can you not do the calculation yourself? surely if it's legal for you to do this type of work, doing the calc should be a breeze, shouldn't?

 

[DPG]

can you not do the calculation yourself? surely if it's legal for you to do this type of work, doing the calc should be a breeze, shouldn't?

Not a particularly helpful first post on a forum.

Maybe the guy isn't used to working out lighting patterns and beam spreads for large outdoor areas - it's not a particularly common day to day job.

 

[Togalonn]

Minimum illuminance for recreational tennis: 300–500 lux (≈ 30–50 lumens/sq.ft) per court.Total lumens per court:
Court size: ~2,800 sq.ft (double court, 36m x 18m).

Total needed: 84,000–140,000 lumens (30–50 x 2,800).

Per fixture (6 poles/court): 14,000–23,000 lumens per LED (assuming even distribution).

 

[bigspark17]

If it were me id ask how many lumems they require on the playing surface, map out the poles on a diagram with size of playing surface and pole heights then take this information to a lighting specialist and they will do these calculations for you and give you a spec.

 

[bill01803]

You nned to look at the flicker rate as with fast moving balls it is quite important.