Modular stadium light: repeated units, aimed as a set
A modular stadium light is a frame carrying identical floodlight units, each aimed at its own patch. It is the cheapest way to light a mid sized pitch and the easiest scheme to extend, provided the frame is designed for the wind it will see.
Specification
What the sheet states for this build, and what is confirmed per project.
| Topic | What the sheet states |
|---|---|
| Light level | Set by the class agreed with the client, from the calculation |
| Uniformity | Checked across the surface at the maintenance factor |
| Module count | From the surface size and the aiming plan |
| Optics | Mixed narrow and wide within one frame |
| Frame | Galvanised steel, designed for the declared wind load |
| Aiming | Adjustable per module, locked after commissioning |
| Ingress protection | Confirmed per model on the current data sheet |
| Control | Groups per frame, dimming per scene |
| Data sheet | Current revision, naming the delivered model |
The frame is the part that fails first if it is under designed. A row of floodlights on a light frame is a sail, and the wind load on the assembly belongs in the quotation, not in a site note.
Why modules rather than one big unit
A single large floodlight on a frame is efficient until something fails or the pitch changes. A modular frame spreads the same output over several smaller units, each with its own aim. A failed module is a swap rather than a redesign, and an extension is another module rather than a new frame.
The trade is mechanical: more units mean more brackets, more cable joints and more things to aim. That is why a modular frame is only as good as its aiming plan and its locking detail. A module that drifts out of aim after a season is worse than a single rigid unit.
- The locking method on each aiming bracket, and how it is checked after wind.
- Whether the frame takes another module without a redesign.
- The cable route and the junction position on the frame.
Training grounds and club pitches
Most modular installations are club grounds: a pitch used for training on weeknights and matches at the weekend, with a boundary shared with houses or a road. The scheme has to reach the training class on a Tuesday and hold the match class on a Saturday, often with a dimmed setting for the first.
That makes the control scheme part of the product. Two scenes, one at the training level and one at the match level, with the aiming plan unchanged between them, is what a club actually operates. A single fixed level is either wasteful or dim, depending on the day.
- Whether the client wants scenes, and how they are switched.
- The boundary and the nearest neighbour, for the spill question.
- The frame foundation, which is usually the longest lead item.
Spares and the second season
A modular scheme is only maintainable if the modules stay interchangeable. That means one optic family, one driver family and a connector that does not change between batches. Ask what happens when a module fails in year three: is there a spare on the site, or does the club wait for a shipment?
The practical answer is a small spares kit ordered with the frame: one module, one driver, one bracket set. It costs little at the order and it is the difference between a patch of darkness for a night and for a month.
- One spare module and driver, ordered with the frame.
- The mounting detail, so a spare can be fitted by the club's own electrician.
- A written statement that the model stays available, and for how long.
Before the order
- Frame wind load: declared for the assembly, and given to whoever designs the foundation.
- Locking detail: an aiming bracket that moves is a uniformity fault nobody can find.
- Interchangeable modules: one optic family, one connector, across the whole frame.
- Build
- Modular stadium light
- Line
- Stadium lights
- Ask for
- Specification sheet, photometric file, aiming drawing
Send the space, get the sheet.
Build, specification sheet and the option list for each line item, in one reply.