Metal halide or Sodium for Yard lights

[Blue.]

Have a couple of sodium lamps but ones given up,was going to get another sodium but is metal halide a better light?

Main one will be 35' up facing out over a 150' silage clamp,will one 400w be enough (most work will be underneath the light)?

Tia Eulb

 

[beltbreaker]

The Sodium light we have is pretty poor but fine for walking around the old yard. I have 2 metal halides where the new buildings are one 80w (security) and a 400w at the grain store yard 24mx24m at 25ft and gives a great light over the yard and beyond 150 ft might be a stretch but it will be miles better than Sodium . IMO Metal Halide is a massive improvement on Sodium.

Cheers BB

 

[roscoe erf]

Have a couple of sodium lamps but ones given up,was going to get another sodium but is metal halide a better light?

Main one will be 35' up facing out over a 150' silage clamp,will one 400w be enough (most work will be underneath the light)?

Tia Eulb

Sodium cheap and simple

 

[Steevo]

Metal halide are certainly the way forward. Nice clear, crisp light that's easy to work in.

 

[Yale]

LED are the way forward.The fittings are expensive to buy but are really efficient.

 

[KK6610]

We've got 5 fairly recent metal halide - so far so good

 

[Blue.]

Got a new bulb for my sodium light and its the daylight sensor at fault.

Found some metal halide floods on a website,tried to buy a couple of 400watt but the site security cert had expired so didn't bother.

 

[Getnthair]

Sodium - OK
Halide - much better colour of light
LED - got a couple of security lights, great thing is the "instant light" - no warm up. Going to try some more powerful LED's in a shed for this winter - sometimes you can have the job done before the sodium lights warm up.

 

[Woolly]

Any advance on the Metal Halide vs LED debate for yards?

TIA

 

[David.]

Metalhalide all the way, gives almost natural white light when warmed up.
I reckon an 80w unit is nearly as good as a 500w halogen.

 

[Timbo]

Have a couple of sodium lamps but ones given up,was going to get another sodium but is metal halide a better light?

Main one will be 35' up facing out over a 150' silage clamp,will one 400w be enough (most work will be underneath the light)?

Tia Eulb

Sodium for illumination, MH for working under.

 

[Blue.]

Main yard sodium has died again so I'm going to get a metal halide to replace it.

I bought a 100w led (was claimed to be the same as 1000w halogen) I'd say its the same as a 300w halogen. it would be alright if they were £20 but it was £125.

 

[Woolly]

For a small outside yard (12x12m) the following were gleened from another forum:
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LTFL10PIRWW.html
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-10W-2...lights-Warm-White-Day-White-RGB-/140755002610
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Led-Flood...D-Floodlight-HQ-with-Warranty-/330695313639?p

Any suggestions anyone?

 

[Blue.]

For a small outside yard (12x12m) the following were gleened from another forum:
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LTFL10PIRWW.html
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-10W-2...lights-Warm-White-Day-White-RGB-/140755002610
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Led-Flood...D-Floodlight-HQ-with-Warranty-/330695313639?p

Any suggestions anyone?

In daylight they will be fine.

10w led aren't worth sh!t.

 

[Woolly]

In daylight they will be fine.
10w led aren't worth sh!t.

Read somewhere that 80W LED is a 'big yard light', so presumeably a small yard would be OK with rather less?

 

[Blue.]

Read somewhere that 80W LED is a 'big yard light', so presumeably a small yard would be OK with rather less?

I'd get 20w or bigger at least,you will be disappointed with 10w,I was.

 

[S J H]

Halide, much clearer than yellow sodium.

 

[Yale]

I'd get 20w or bigger at least,you will be disappointed with 10w,I was.

We have a 10w led on a sensor facing where a vehicle is parked.Ideal just to find it,not trip over anything etc.

Also have 20w led in small stone barn loose boxes approx. 5m x 5m,good light.

Have a 30w led in a 12m x 5m,adequate for checking stock.

 

[TheTallGuy]

Any advance on the Metal Halide vs LED debate for yards?

TIA

LEDs beat MH for efficiency, but in my experience you get a lot of glare with them - especially when it's raining or you have dust on the windscreen. In foggy conditions both LEDs and MH will tend to give whiteout, whereas sodium lamps give a better glow as with the old streetlamps.

 

[How much]

You have to go way up the watts to get the equivalent of a 400 watt sodium or MH in led format
I am just replacing 30, 400 watt sodium and MH high bay lights with 135w LED's they are expensive but if they are used a lot there are some big savings to be made in changing over to led , the 10 or20 watt leds even 30w LED's are not really any comparison for even a 150 w halogen let alone a 400 w son or HM but they do have there place but in essence a big wattage led is going to cost considerably more than a son or MH light in the short term , but will repay the cost eventually.