menage lighting help!!

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Hi :) I have a 20m x 40m outdoor ménage, and was hoping to put up some floodlights. Just wondering if any one has any ideas on what to use / where to get posts/poles to hold the floodlights. Based in south wales. Thanks!
 
I have got some led type ones, they work ok, but not as good as proper flood lights. I got those from a industrial lighting place. They were about 60 quid each
 
Our yard's new school has scaffolding poles to hold the lights up, and we purchased the lights themselves from a local electrical retailer, they are standard floodlights not horsey specific.
 
Most areas will require planning permission for floodlights due to 'light pollution'. If you are in the middle of no-where you may get away with it otherwise in some cases low level lighting might be more acceptable.
 
if the lights are portable then they dont need planning permission. mine are scaffolding poles but can be taken up or down ( useful in high winds ) were made/put up by a buddy of mine and an electrician wired them in.

ive got 400w halides.

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We had some telegraph poles so I dug barrels into the ground and mounted the telegraph poles in the barrels (held in position by tractor) while concreted in. I could only be bothered to do 2 but they are obviously high and light our big arena more than enough for flatwork. Wouldn't jump using them but others have! Worked out v. cheap as we had all the kit... Just a lot of digging...
 
Hi,

We have mains powered lights (3 x 500W security lights) at one corner of our school. They are mounted on a stable. These are pretty good but leave the far end too dark. recently I bought two rechargeable site lights from screwfix. http://www.screwfix.com/p/rechargeable-portable-li-ion-led-site-light-240v-10w/61325 They are only 10W so don't expect miracles. Battery life is about 3 hours and a 4 hour recharge from flat. Price is £29.99 and they are weather resistant. I mounted them on the type of hooks used hang up garden tools, screwed to a bit of floorboard and then attached to an 8 foot roofing lath 2in x 1in, just high enough that I could hook them on and off standing on the kickboard. Angled down they don't get in our (or the horses) eyes and add extra light. I think that with 4 you could probably managed to illuminate a 40x20M school enough to ride in for flatwork.
 
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