A lighting system that is well-designed from an electrical standpoint will have features designed to reduce labor costs and ensure safety and trouble-free operation. When defining specifications for your sports lighting, remember to incorporate electrical requirements along with your structural and lighting requirements.

Smart Design
Each fixture should be individually fused. This lessens the chance of a multiple or “gang” failure and also the need for emergency repairs if play is affected by outages. An abrasion protection sleeve ensures wires will not become exposed due to wear. Plug-in connectors offer fast, trouble-free installation.

Troubleshooting
Easy-access systems can be designed so the major electrical components — ballasts, capacitors, and fuses — are located close to the ground rather than at the top of the pole. Having major electrical components accessible at ground level avoids hiring a $100 crane to replace a $1 fuse.

Safety
A lighting system that is not properly grounded poses a significant safety hazard to players, spectators, and grounds crews. Choose an experienced sports-lighting manufacturer who uses only experienced, certified electrical contractors. Select a sports-light system that has a safety disconnect for each circuit on each pole for safe maintenance. Make sure your electrical system passes all required inspections before play takes place.

Musco’s Light-Structure Green™ sports-lighting system was developed to maintain reliability and safety in field use for 25 years, guaranteed. To learn more about purchasing a trouble-free lighting system for your community, click here.

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