LED 'v's INDUCTION FLOODLIGHTS

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Hi Folks. I really need a bit of help. I had ordered 4 LED lights each producing 13500 lumens to light an arena 25x30 metres. The Company called today to say that LED give a bad reaction in horses as it a too,'glarey' I think was the word. They said the better lights would be induction lights, 200 watts producing 16000 lumens. Looking on the net, I think they think I'm lighting an indoor and not an outside arena.Any techies out there that can advise please. Also to light this area with 4 poles on each corner, what height so the poles need to be.Thanks sorry if do long.
 
Hi, not hugely helpful but we've just had a couple of LED flood lights put on the yard and they are super bright. More like daylight than the yellowy light from the previous ones. Horses haven't had a bad reaction to them at all- although ive nearly blinded myself by looking directly at them!! I've no idea what induction lights are though so can't compare.
I'll be very interested to see answers to this thread as been thinking of trying to light the school, but can imagine they'd have to be quite high up.
 
Hi, not much use as not sure what induction lights are but we have just put up halogen lights as opposed to LED. We investigated the different light options and were told that the LED lights had quite bad glare and the light distribution wasn't the same quality yet of halogen so you would end up with a strong pocket of light instead of an even wide coverage. Not great for jumping in but I'm sure they'd be fine for schooling. The halogen are more expensive to run but in reality they are only on for an hour a day. Our lights are 6m off the ground with 4 poles each with 2 lights on the end about 5m in from the corners. Our school is 45x20m.

It might be an idea to to visit some yards with flood lights to see what they have etc it'll give you a better idea of the pros and cons.
 
Funnily enough, just been researching lights last night myself! We've been told to go for halide lights. Supposed to be better, more efficient and longer lasting than halogen and give out more lumens. (And a lot cheaper than the LED ones!)
 
Yes I have heard good things about the Halide and are promoted by professional lighting installation companies, however they are supposedly expensive to buy and quite heavy fittings etc. so long term permanent install probably a good option. We needed lights that were relatively lightweight we could drop down regularly (we're in a very windy exposed area). So the compromise for us was the Halogen.
 
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