When we are finding the suitable cricket field lighting system, the first and foremost questions pop in our mind would be what kinds of lighting fixture are used in such the enormous cricket stadium. It is impossible to use the light bulbs because they are not bright & directional enough. In most circumstance, instead, we use high power LED flood lights in cricket stadium. After reading this article, you will learn more about the difference between home light bulb and professional stadium lights, as well as how to select them. If you need quick lighting advice for your cricket field, please don’t hesitate to contact us. It’s free to consult our lighting engineers.
Type of lighting fixture used in cricket stadium
If you want the quick answer, this is it – we use high power LED flood lights to light up the cricket field or stadium. In general, flood lights are the fixtures that can illuminate the broad and large sports fields. A single flood light can even cover above 500 to 2000 sq. feet, depending on its beam angle. Therefore, we can see we need to use such the powerful luminaires to light up the stadiums for cricket, baseball or football play, as we are talking about providing above 300 lux in such the spacious area. We will need higher illuminance, says 1000 to 2000 lux for professional matches such as ICC Cricket World Cup and National T20 Cup. Let’s take a look at the characteristics of the cricket flood lighting applied in stadium.
1. High Power Flood Lighting
We can’t make use of light bulbs or security lighting in your home to light up the stadium. This is because the lights are too weak. Most LED bulbs have the power rating of 3W to 10W that gives out around 300 to 1400 lumens. However, if we need to lit up the large outdoor cricket pitch, we will need to use 1000W to 2000W LED that emits over 280000 lumens!
2. Specially designed beam angle
Another feature of stadium lighting is the beam angle. It has the significant difference if you compared it with the home light bulbs. For the traditional incandescent, fluorescent or contemporary LED bulbs, they emit light in almost all directions. If we apply the light bulbs in the cricket stadium, there is only a small portion of lights can reach the ground as most light bulbs goes up or outward the pitch. Thus, we need to use the flood lights having the specific beam angle.
In general, we will use the powerful flood lights having the beam angle of 10° to 25°, that limits the travelling direction of the lights. Usually there are reflectors or lens inside the LED flood lights, so we can control the beam angle precisely. By controlling the direction of light beam, the lights can be more concentrated on the cricket field.