Professional LED Tennis Court Lighting

Replace Your Metal Halides with LED LEDs use 40% Less Power And Need 90% Less Maintenance

LEGACY LIGHTING – EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY LED LIGHTING SOLUTIONS FOR TENNIS COURTS

Why should You change to
Digital LED lighting?

Legacy LED Sports Lights have been designed specifically to replace 2000w Metal Halides.

Whilst the energy savings are well known, what is less well known is how much maintenance is required for metal halides, generally requiring the hire of a scissor lift, and that metal halides can deteriorate over time, losing up to 25% efficiency.

Legacy’s LED Sport Lights are ideal for replacing existing lighting:

Horse Arenas
Stadiums
Tennis Courts
Sports Fields

1-for-1 replacement superior definition App Based Control 40% less power use 90% Less Maintenance Instant On

1 for 1 replacement of Metal Halide

The Legacy system has been purposely designed to offer direct one-for-one replacement for 2kW Metal Halide modules. This not only is for the light output but weight and sail area too, ensuring existing poles can be used, avoiding expensive upgrades to poles and power.

Asymmetric beam pattern with forward facing options for light control

superior definition

Whether you’re a small local outfit or a professional club, there are options from 70 to 90 CRI ensure you have the appropriate visibility and definition.

Whilst Metal Halide lamps have a good CRI when new, they start deteriorating within the first 100 hours of use and within 250 hours are only operating at 75% efficiency.

Unlike these traditional lighting systems, LED’s have maintain their performance over an extended period, typically 50000 hours. This guarantees that the light is operating at a high level throughout the life of the fittings.

APP BASED CONTROL & FEEDBACK

By utilising the Legacy app you can gain remote control of lighting levels or reports on power usage, helping you to optimise the use of the lights.

Other options include charging for usage outside of normal club hours and timers for remote settings.

minimum 40% power saving with LED sports lights reducing tennis court lighting cost

40% less power consumption

By replacing 2kW metal Halide fittings with 1.2kW LED modules, power consumption is reduced by 40% immediately.

Additionally, due to the rapid deterioration of MH lamps, savings of nearer 50% should be realised.

Alternately, if you’re looking to upgrade the amount of light on the field this can be done without upgrading your power usage.

sport lights maintenance is 90% lower when using LEDs

90% less maintenance

One of the key long-term advantages of LED is that there is no required maintenance for 50000 hours, apart from occasional cleaning. No bulbs to replace annually, no scissor lifts to hire, just high performance lighting all year round

Instant On

With LED lighting there is no warm up period but are instantly operating at full power. If you have a power interruption, the lights will be back on the moment the electricity is flowing so there are no inconvenient waiting times.

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Case Study: Case Study: What circumstances make it viable to change to LED?

Replacement of tennis court lighting with LED

Lucas and his wife, Elena, have long owned their own tennis court and tennis is very much an important part of their life. In their previous home there had been one when they bought the house so, naturally, once they moved, they couldn’t do without it. Having built the new house, and court, in 2004 they made sure that is was kitted out with everything that was available to them at the time, including lighting.

However, now nearly 15 years down the track, the lighting is getting old and they are considering alternatives. Much has been said in the past 5 years about LED so that is obvious to consider that in their assessment.

Lucas, as it happens, is also the president of the local tennis club. With 400 members the club is operating efficiently, the courts being rented from the local council who are glad to make this recreational facility available to the public.

This facility was built in 1985 but a council grant provided a much-needed upgrade in 2013, allowing the club to resurface all 4 courts and other essentials.

The quality of lighting was looked into but there didn’t appear to be any advantage in converting to LED at the time. Now in 2018, the lighting is again needing to be serviced and Lucas has decided to do an up-to-date analysis of the lighting and see where the technology is relative to 5 years ago.

After chatting it through with a lighting consultant there were a number of points to consider prior to making the investment. The points are understandably the same for home use and club use, but in this case, provide different outcomes.

Spill light control
The couple enjoy good relations with their neighbours (as does the club) and want to make sure the new lighting doesn’t upset anyone. With the poles being installed for metal halide lamps rather than LED box lights, the home courts are 7m high and the clubs at 15m.
Maintenance
Due to having to get a technician on site with specialised equipment, this can become costly, although the components themselves are not very expensive.
Hassle Factor
The convenience of digital ‘instant on’ lighting is a bonus, particularly not having to wait for 20 minutes to restart a match after a power failure.
Efficiency
With the club fees remaining constant, but the cost of electricity going up every year the running costs and power usage needs assessing.
Lighting levels
Although the club is mainly recreational, it is regularly attended by good players who are very competitive. Compromising on lighting levels to reduce power bills isn’t an option if Lucas is going to keep his core members.
Cost of fittings
Even though the metal halide fittings were old, by replacing the bulbs they are immediately revived. The cost of replacing with LED’s is therefore offset by maintenance costs and other benefits of digital lighting, as the bulbs themselves are reasonably inexpensive.

The Analysis

After an in-depth analysis Lucas came to the following conclusions:

Spill light control

The new LED fittings provided equivalent or better light control in both situations so this wasn’t a major factor based on the lighting plans provided by the lighting consultant.

Maintenance

Due to the number of playing hours per week the low maintenance was a benefit for the club but not really for Lucas’ home. Although both he and his wife were enthusiasts, they rarely played more than 5 hours a month.

Hassle factor

Again, the club benefitted significantly from digital lighting. Power outages in the area are reasonably frequent which resulted in play being stopped while waiting for the lights to turn back on. This had led to some influential members moving to a neighbouring club and Lucas was concerned that this trend would continue.

The option of digital control with an app was a nice bolt-on they would be able to consider in the following financial year.

Efficiency

As the LED system consumed only 60% of the power compared to the old metal halide system, the council was very favourable to the upgrade and made good sense for the club. For Lucas’ hom, however, the monthly electricity bill was barely affected due to the small number of playing hours.

Lighting Levels

Lucas arranged for the lighting companies to do a lighting plan to prove what the lux levels would be once the lights had been converted over. He used theoretical numbers for what a tennis court should be rather than what is was right now.

This is because the metal halide fittings deteriorate quite quickly after being installed. The ball moves fast and is small, therefore good levels of light are needed and he decided on 500 lux for the club and 200 lux for home. He also checked the figures on both courts using an app on his phone. Whilst this is not totally accurate it at least provides a number that is in the ballpark.

Cost of fittings and installation

After checking the fitting themselves he found that 2 of the club’s lamp housings need to be replaced and the rest just require new bulbs. At the house, all the fitting are functional and therefore only need bulbs.

Conclusion

As you may have guessed by now the final conclusion was to replace the club’s lights with LED and just replace the metal halide bulbs at home. The low number of evening playing hours at home wasn’t sufficient to justify the changeover, compared to the club. However, by contrast, Lucas’ neighbour was so impressed with the benefits of the LED fittings that he decided to upgrade all his court lights immediately.

Each of these factors needs to be weighted with how important they are to you. This allows you to make a decision that is right for you as there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to lighting.

Do the research and discuss your options with a consultant.

You will then be able to make an informed decision that gives you the best result, specifically for you and your situation.

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