IS there a good source for a pole mounted yard light?
I am replacing the old 200 watt 220 volt yard light.
i thought about led and florescent, halogen any ideas?
i dont mind using 12 or 24 volt dc, i have a battery bank in my house
for my inverters and would just tap in.
Thanks
Try WW Grainger's, they should have lots of fixtures that could be pole
mounted. I would not suggest florescent unless your not planning to be more
than 15 feet from the ground. I have fixtures that look like the quartz
lights with 2 - 9w twin tubes in them in the peaks of my home. They work
fine for the side yard not much better. I have another fixture mounted at my
chimney height with the same bulbs. It points over my back yard ~ 1/2 acre.
It does not provide much more than shadow chasing at the edges. If your
looking for energy savings try a high pressure sodium fixture. Only thing
better is low pressure sodium. Both give off a yellow light. They are the
best at watts in and light output out. Low pressure is a tad more expensive
than the high pressure. Low pressure dusk to dawn will probably last the
longest. I have seen them last for 15 years.
I grew up on a farm in Iowa the REA installed a mercury vapor fixture 100 w
on the service pole near our home. A dusk to dawn fixture. When it turned
green as all old mercury bulbs do in time. They politely changed it for us.
My mom when ballistic, she liked the dimmer green light. She raised so much
hell that they found another bulb and replaced it for her. I guess she had a
point, 2 of the three bedroom windows that mom and dad had faced that
light...
