Lights go up at the 'Tigue'

[Cajun90]

I did ask someone about the type of lighting and was surprised it wasn't LED's which I thought were becoming more common. Apparently this wasn't the case in stadium lighting.

I thought I had heard it was going to be LED's. I know of them being used in a number of stadiums.

The upfront cost is expensive but the obvious payoff is in reduced electrical cost. However HID's are still king. They produce a tremendous amount of light with much less upfront cost. No doubt if they aren't LED it was probably due to a high upfront cost.

[Boomer]

I thought I had heard it was going to be LED's. I know of them being used in a number of stadiums.

The upfront cost is expensive but the obvious payoff is in reduced electrical cost. However HID's are still king. They produce a tremendous amount of light with much less upfront cost. No doubt if they aren't LED it was probably due to a high upfront cost.

---Security lighting for the T-gaters---Would help safety, theft, etc!!!

[CrazyCajun]

Last new light going up, only one old one left.

[HelmutVII]

I thought I had heard it was going to be LED's. I know of them being used in a number of stadiums.

The upfront cost is expensive but the obvious payoff is in reduced electrical cost. However HID's are still king. They produce a tremendous amount of light with much less upfront cost. No doubt if they aren't LED it was probably due to a high upfront cost.

That is correct. LED is getting there but mostly at NFL and NBA venues. Much higher up front costs but operating costs are much less. Last I heard the payback in the difference in cost was about 5 years. (depending on how often they are used.) The HID lights being put up are much more efficient than the ones that have been removed.

[wcd35]

Man, it is stunning when you turn on Reinhardt and there's a lightpole that looks like it's in the middle of the street. The footprint is going to be impressive

[Turbine]

With no rust you can see the poles in the dark.

[cajun_lannister]

That is correct. LED is getting there but mostly at NFL and NBA venues. Much higher up front costs but operating costs are much less. Last I heard the payback in the difference in cost was about 5 years. (depending on how often they are used.) The HID lights being put up are much more efficient than the ones that have been removed.

Which will be brighter HID or LED

[CajunJack55]

Which will be brighter HID or LED

HID is brighter. LED's usually last much longer.

[HelmutVII]

Which will be brighter HID or LED

The goal is to get about 150 foot candles of light on the entire field. They both can do that. It takes more up front money to do it with LED. It takes more power to do it with HID. Pay me now psy me later. However, there will eventually be a "payback point" with LED.

[wcd35]

The goal is to get about 150 foot candles of light on the entire field. They both can do that. It takes more up front money to do it with LED. It takes more power to do it with HID. Pay me now psy me later. However, there will eventually be a "payback point" with LED.

150 foot candles would be a massive improvement and above and beyond what the NCAA requires for regionals/supers (100 infield/70 outfield per their best practices.)

[CrazyCajun]

I heard you are going to have to wear sunglasses and sunscreen at night under these new lights.

[CajunRebel]

I just drove by. The two light poles closest to home plate are almost comically high. I wonder if this was necessary due to the size of the roof?

Also, a couple years ago I had read that someone had supposedly purchased a new outfield wall. Anyone know the status of that? That wall has seen better days.