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Indoor Single Tennis Court & Double Racquetball Court Lighting.

January 17th, 2011 by admin

A client named Dr. Jim Gadberry in McQueeny, TX contacted RLLD Commercial Lighting for a very sophisticated indoor sport lighting system.

This was one of our most complex, but ultimately rewarding, systems we have ever designed. It required very precise photometric renderings, along with special equipment made only in the USA.

The facility contained an indoor single tennis court and double racquetball court.

For the tennis court, Dr. Gadberry needed tournament level lighting at a minimum 100 foot candles. For the racquetball court, he needed general sport court lighting.

There were some very special requirements for this project as well.

For starters, the roof had been constructed at a pitched angle. Suspended indirect sport lights would be needed, along with a special junction box that allowed fixtures to hang straight down from the ceiling. We also needed to supply our client extension stems at different lengths to keep all fixtures suspended at the same height.

Dr. Jim Gadberry photometric layout for single tennis court & double racquetball court lighting fixtures.

SPT HOUSTON – RACQUETBALL LIGHTING LAYOUT

JIM GADBERRY – INDOOR TENNIS PHOTOMETRIC LAYOUT.

JIM GADBERRY – INDOOR TENNIS LIGHTS PHOTOMETRIC TWO

RLLD-SPT HOUSTON-RACQUETBALL LIGHTING FIXTURE

RLLD-ISL INDIRECT PENDANT MOUNT FIXTURE

The racquetball court lighting system required fixtures to be mounted flush with the ceiling. They needed to be made with sturdy impact resistant glass that would withstand direct impacts for high speed balls. The racquetball court lighting system also needed emergency quartz back-up lights in case of power failure. This would allow the system to instantly come on before to the metal halide lights re-strike time and let players to find their way to the door.

Complex sport lighting systems like this obviously need advanced photometric design planning.

We had to develop a 3D model of the building’s interior. Because the system called for indirect lighting, we had to calculate not only luminance, but also the reflectance of walls, ceiling, and the floor.

By doing so, we were successful in rendering a detailed installation diagram for both sport lighting systems. This diagram was passed to our client’s contractor, who was also provided with step-by-step support by designers at RLLD.

By rendering the system in 3D, we ultimately exceeded client expectations.

By factoring reflectance against luminance, we created a tennis court lighting system that exceeded an average of 150 foot candles. The racquetball court was illuminated with near perfect uniformity at 80 foot candles.

After the model was constructed in our software, we knew precisely what type of sport lighting fixtures to provide to our client.

For tennis court lights, we supplied the ISL series indirect court lighting fixtures. These lights run off remote ballasts. They are designed to tru-hang from sloped ceilings, and they house 1000W metal halide lamps.

For the racquetball court light, we provided the SPT Houston series. These fixtures house 320W Pulse-Start Metal Halide Lighting Fixtures. They feature the required high-impact resistant glass, and they feature emergency backup quartz lighting system that compensates for power outages.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of industrial lights & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you. Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states

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Case Study-Tennis Court Lighting System. Mike Grillot-Missouri

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January 11th, 2011 by admin

Tennis court lights must often be customized to do more than illuminate just a tennis court. A lot of courts you see in the residential arena feature additional play areas for games other than tennis. Tennis may be the primary purpose of the court, but there will also be features added on to the court so games like basketball, or even baseball, can be played.

Such courts must have a glare free field of luminance so that any desired athletic pursuit can be safely and comfortably pursued according to the both regulatory and professional lighting standards.

A recent case study by RLLD featured just such a tennis court lighting system. Our client, a man in Missouri named Mike Grillot, had a tennis court with a batting cage built onto one side of the court.

Mr. Grillot had already calculated that he would require about six light poles and fixtures for the tennis court lighting system. He wanted us to help him find the best lighting equipment for this, and to also recommend a way of lighting the batting cage efficiently as well.

We used our advanced photometric design software to run simulations of various tennis court lighting systems featuring featured a six pole layout around the court. We base such simulations on our knowledge of what the best American made fixtures are capable of doing, and on the standards of the International Tennis Federation, or ITF.

We then customized the light system to the batting cage. We decided this would best be done with separate fixtures. The light had to be directed into the cage in such a way as to avoid bleeding the two fields of light together and creating too bright an area to practice batting.

Our advanced and powerful design software lets us not only try different types of tennis court lights, but also move them around in a three dimensional simulation in order to determine exactly where to put these fixtures in real life to get the effect we desire.. We experiment with different ways to mount light fixtures too so we can create precise lighting angles necessary for custom projects like this.

This tennis court lighting project eventually became a six pole system surrounding the court, with 1000W HID Metal Halide light fixtures on each pole. We used a fixture type known as the CXL series, which features basic lamp housing with a utilitarian form (Mr. Grillot only wanted them to work, not look super decorative.). The poles were 20 feet high, standard for tennis courts.

In batting cage, we used the same types of fixtures, but we did not use poles. Instead, we mounted them 14 feet up on the fence so they could be adjusted at will. This innovative way of mounting the lights not only saved money on poles, but it also eliminated any need for more expensive specialty fixtures as well.

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Santa Ana, Ca Tennis Court Lighting Project Case History

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December 30th, 2010 by admin

A landscape designer named Chris Johnson in Santa Ana, CA called us to order a tennis court lighting system for one of his client. This client was a homeowner who had a multi-game sport court. Like many custom residential sports facilities, this court was designed for more than one type of game. In addition to providing a play area for tennis, it also had a half basketball court.

Chris has worked with RLLD before. When he needs athletic and sports lighting fixtures, he often calls us to buy the equipment. Chris likes using us because we only provide American made equipment warranted at the highest levels Q/A.

In this instance, Chris’s client had already said that money was not the issue. He only wanted the best tennis court lights he could get. This liberated us from budget constraints that may have limited our ability to help Chris’s client.

In most cases, we would do a photometric analysis of the site. In this instance, it wasn’t necessary because Chris already knew what to do. We just needed to give him the basics on fixture type and a general rundown on positioning them.

We did not have strict dark sky laws to content with, but we went ahead and took steps to restrict light pollution out of courtesy to the neighbors. We devised a system with seven light poles, each holding up 1000 watt fixtures. Six poles were dedicated to lighting the tennis court itself. The seventh pole was smaller than the other six, and it lit the basketball court.

As you can see in this case study, tennis court lighting must always be customized to some degree. Even the simplest of courts often feature something unique that warrants special attention. In this project, we lit a court that had a dedicated, multifunctional purpose.

The needs of such courts cannot be met by prepackaged lighting systems alone. Systems must be individualized to the individual athletic pursuits of the homeowner. Tennis court lights, basketball lights, volleyball lights, and other special fixtures have to often be combined in unique ways to give the proper amount of food candles, glare shielding, and light pollution control.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of gooseneck lighting, industrial lights & commercial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you. Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states.

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Middle East Tennis Court Lighting Project

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December 29th, 2010 by admin

Middle East Tennis Court Lighting Case History.

RLLD Commercial Lighting is the customization of tennis court lighting systems. Many of you have already noticed that athletic and sports field lighting systems are sold in kit form on our site. These kits are only basic packages to follow as guidelines. Few, if any, are ever sold as is.

Click Here To Veiw Middle East Tennis Court Lighting Photometric.

In most projects, the standard systems on our website have to be modified to suit the specific needs of an individual client.

Variables such as the number of actual fixtures needed, mounting brackets, ballast types, light poles, and the heights of poles are determined by the size and number of courts being lit. Geography and climate also play a role in determining if protective coatings on the fixtures are necessary.

Photometric lighting designs are developed to customize these systems. A recent order placed by a lighting consultant in Canada illustrates how this works.

Ms. Frazier had a client in Middle East that needed specific tennis court lighting components. She had to first buy the equipment herself, then she had to ship it overseas. She found RLLD Commercial Lighting online and contacted us for equipment recommendation and sourcing.

Her Middle East client had already told her they intended to purchase light poles themselves. What they sought to obtain through her agency were fixtures and mounting brackets. They also wanted advice on how to configure the equipment they purchased from North America and the poles they purchased through their own channels.

One reason that Ms. Frazier chose to buy tennis court lighting equipment from us was because of we creates photometric analysis designs that show how to configure equipment in the best possible way.

She also had chosen to purchase our lighting equipment through us was because of a specific need her client had. For reasons unknown, the client wanted all fixtures and mounting brackets made with metallic silver powder coating. Because of our access to a variety of American tennis court lighting fixture manufacturers, we found equipment that met this requirement.

Photometric software was then used to develop a plan for installation. We showed the overseas client where to place the pole, how high they should be, and where on the poles the fixtures needed to be mounted. We also told them how high the fixtures should be off the ground.

The equipment list included basic 1000 W tennis court lights with corresponding mounting brackets. Also, we provided 50 Hz ballasts so the lights would work in that part of the world. As we could not ship directly to Middle East, we sent the equipment, along with the recommended design, directly to Ms. Frazier.

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Tanamatsu, Tagawa Japan- Tennis Court Lighting Case Study

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December 12th, 2010 by admin

Japan Tennis Court LIghting Project Case Study A tennis court lighting system that would illuminate the court at the tournament level of luminance, and he needed extensive consultative assistance wiring each court independently.
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Mr. Stubbs had to make sure that all of the components of the system were shipped overseas without incident. As soon as he found us online, he was certain that RLLD could help him.

As an avid tennis player, he needed the highest levels of light. So he could also the architecture of his custom home, his lights had to look good as well. Surrounding houses had to be protected from the bright light, so we also had to build the system to prevent light pollution.

It was clear from the start that we would need to completely customize this tennis court lighting system. Because they were smaller than most courts, the courts had unique dimensions of their own. Mr. Stubbs’s architect sent us blueprints of the house and drawings to scale of the tennis courts nearby.

We used this data in our photometric lighting software. We rendered a number of possible tennis court lighting systems to show to Mr. Stubbs and his architect. After they looked at their options, they chose a system where the highest levels of light were concentrated near the net.

This tennis court lighting system was made up of 9 poles, and it had on each pole, high-end, Aero full cutoff fixtures that were placed at different heights to make certain that precise levels of light were evenly distributed across the court surface. We then went about shipping the equipment over to Japan.

Mr. Stubbs, however, had already hired an exporter in Canada. So we ended up shipping the equipment up through Washington State and into Canada instead. From here, the third party exporter sent the lighting equipment over to Japan.

Nothing was damaged in shipment to either Canada or international travel. Something else that was interesting about this project was that we handled the entire transaction by email.

Another interesting side note to the project is the manner in which the entire transaction was negotiated. All inquiries, design layouts, consulting services, purchases, and shipping procedures were handled completely through email. At no time was it necessary for either us or our client to place phone calls overseas.

The whole tennis court lighting system was shipped and delivered without any problem, and it was installed and configured according to plan. Since then, it has performed according to client expectation thanks to a design process characterized by online community management and efficient process flow.

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Categories: Tennis Court Lighting

August 16th, 2010 by admin

Question From Philip Robbins Fleming Island FL
Our tennis court lighting system is served by (6) 1000W HID fixtures. Players complain that lighting levels are not adequate as compared to courts in neighboring development where they are served by (8) 1000W fixtures. I have heard from an electrician that we can increase illumination 10 % simply by changing out the existing ballasts. Our fixtures have been installed ~20 years. Is this true?

Answer: It is possible that some of your ballasts are underperforming and could possibly be lowering the lumen output of the metal halide lamps, however, it is more likely that the lamps themselves have reached the end of their rated-life and a complete re-lamping needs to occur after every 9,000hrs of use.

Question: Can ballasts, lamps and wiring be changed in existing fixtures to 1500 watt size if the mogul base and lamp type are the same.

Answer: Absolutely do not recommend this. The fixtures were designed to hold only up to 1000W worth of heat, you could severely damage the reflectors and comprise the integrity of the fixture housing, as well as raise the risk of fire. We have seen clubs do this, and the results are completely unsatisfactory.

Question: What light meter would you recommend for objectively evaluating our tennis court lighting?

Answer: I have an EXTECH LT300, not an extremely high-end device, but certainly not a low-end, works like a champ, $150.

OTHER NOTES:
It is most likely that your tennis court lighting equipment age is the problem. There have been significant advances in reflector technology over the past 20-years, and our 6-light system with fresh lamps will provide an average of 50+ foot candles, see attached photometric report. 8-light systems will produce 70+ foot candles on average. We can supply just our mounting brackets and light fixtures for your existing poles as a basic retro-fit. We will need to know more about your poles, height/diameter/etc, to properly assess.

RLLD Commercial Lighting carries a wide variety of commercial & industrial lighting fixtures. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-866-654-3961 and we will find it for you. Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states.

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Categories » ‘Tennis Court Lighting’

Indoor Single Tennis Court & Double Racquetball Court Lighting.

Case Study-Tennis Court Lighting System. Mike Grillot-Missouri

Santa Ana, Ca Tennis Court Lighting Project Case History

Middle East Tennis Court Lighting Project

Tanamatsu, Tagawa Japan- Tennis Court Lighting Case Study

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