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| Riding Ring Lights-any thoughts? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 19 2011, 01:26 PM (287 Views) | |
| RHowell | Sep 19 2011, 01:26 PM Post #1 |
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I need to get lights put on my ring. I have lights off the barn that make it light enough to hack in party of it, but I need to get some lights that are actually on the ring without breaking the bank. Anyone have thoughts/lessons learned from their own experiences? |
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| Barn Girl | Sep 19 2011, 01:47 PM Post #2 |
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It'll be an adventure! We're going on an adventure!
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Me too... I'm dreading the fall/winter because I have no lights. Up until this year I wasn't concerned with being able to ride at home during the week, but now I have a horse that I'd like to actually keep going this winter. Which is impossible without lights and with having to work FT. A friend of mine just got her lights done last year and what the electrician recommended (and what she had installed) turned out to be TOO bright. So I'm thinking maybe not enough light is better than too much? Another barn I used to board at did four of the electric co. "street lights"-- one at each corner, and it was pretty decent, even to jump a little. No upfront costs and I think it was like $40/month for each light added to the bill. I'm contemplating some used tennis court lights that I found locally that are on 20' metal poles. You can also rent the horse show "generator" type lights by the month, I think they charge about $200-300/mo. That's more than I'm willing to spend on a band-aid, personally-- I'd rather spend the $ on something permanent. I'm at the point where I need to either do something with mine SOON or just write the winter off and start my horse up again in the spring.
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| RHowell | Sep 19 2011, 02:02 PM Post #3 |
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i'm not understanding hte electric company street light option that you mentioned. Details please! |
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| Delia | Sep 19 2011, 02:14 PM Post #4 |
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Rach -- My neighbor put lights up in her ring a few years ago. I'll ask who she used and how much it cost. She has them on shortened telephone poles. Frankly, I think the poles were the most $$ part of the whole installation. |
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| Chezzie | Sep 19 2011, 03:32 PM Post #5 |
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Magical Leopluridon
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we have great ring lights...two on each of the long sides and one on each end, up on telephone pole type things. enough light to jump around until the ground freezes. i'll ask the owner what type of bulbs they are and how she installed them. the only problem i know we've had is the fixtures moving during storms etc. so she has to climb a huge ladder and redirect them. |
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| Barn Girl | Sep 19 2011, 06:55 PM Post #6 |
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It'll be an adventure! We're going on an adventure!
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RH-- just call whoever your power co. is up there (mine is Dominion) and ask about "security" lights. They're the same ones that people have in their yards/driveways on telephone poles. For residential use, they're automatic dusk to dawn lights (I guess they have an electric eye) but they ARE able to put them on a switch. At my old boarding barn, they wired four of them together and the on/off switch was on the side of one of the telephone poles. The lights do take a couple of minutes to warm up, so I would turn them on before I tacked up. The power co. basically will install everything for free and charge you monthly "rent" -- I think my old BO had to commit to paying for a certain # of months so they could recoup their costs. I actually need to call Dominion and find out what their deal is, to see if it'd be an option for me. If you want to install your own lights on poles, try putting an ad on craigslist for someone to set the poles-- there are so many contractor types needing work right now that you may be able to get it done cheap. Then once the poles are set, you could pay an electrician to do the wiring. My friend down the road paid 3k last year to have hers done by an electrician. Thanks for the motivation, I need to take my own advice and start getting some prices!
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| DairyQueen2049 | Sep 19 2011, 08:36 PM Post #7 |
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DRAGON BREATH. DRAGGIN' BUTT
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I hate the ones that buzz when they go on. Sometimes you can get scavenged light units from tear downs - try local electricians. WE got ours from an MSU retrofit. |
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| Sparky Boy | Sep 20 2011, 04:29 AM Post #8 |
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Thomas H. Cruise!
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We got our poles from a lumber company in Warsaw Va. Pretty cheap. Our biggest expense was the wiring, then the lights and brackets. Honestly, we are moving this week and the new owners are not doing horses. They might be interested in selling the six lights we put up. It looked like a high school football field when you drove by on fall nights. |
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| Robin | Sep 20 2011, 06:03 AM Post #9 |
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We're on a bridge, Chaaaaaaaaarlie!
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I second DQ's suggestion about used lights. They last a looooong time so a used lamp is not used up. Might need a new bulb. We wanted to light our indoor but with what it cost to build, there wasn't much in the budget. I looked in the nearby city's newspaper's classified ads under building materials and found a dealer in used equipment. He got us 12 lamps for the cost of one new one! In our area, the electric company will put up a security light, but the property owner has to pay for the cost of the pole it goes on and setting a pole is several hundred dollars. |
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| RHowell | Sep 20 2011, 06:49 AM Post #10 |
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Definitely interested in used lights....also want to make sure I'm getting the "right" kind of lights....so many options. |
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| Trixie | Sep 20 2011, 07:09 AM Post #11 |
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Thomas H. Cruise!
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If you find a deal on used lights and there are enough for two rings, call me. I'm always looking for better ways to light my tiny ring, preferably without too much wiring. I'm contemplating solar floodlights again, since it isn't my property or my electric bill, which makes things complicated. |
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