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We have a variety of wall pack security lights to choose from. Our most popular wattage is the 150 watt metal halide wall pack light. This type of light is often used as a wall mount light on a commercial building, machine buildings, Morton buildings, doctors offices, etc. This 150 watt metal halide wall pack light fixture is also one of the most common styles of lights used in car wash bays. The durability, bright white color of light, and maintenance free style are what make the light so appealing to car wash bays and other buildings where bright lights are needed.

We also have other styles of lights, including the 84 watt CFL Compact Fluorescent Wall Pack Light Fixture, which is manufactured by Howard Lighting. This light offers energy savings and a compact design to mount on the side of your commercial, industrial or farm building. Many customers like this style of light to achieve a quality amount of light while only using 84 watts of electricity. This is often used in applications where the lights are on every night.

For tennis courts and volleyball courts, we recommend using 1000 watt metal halide flood lights. While mounting heights may vary, an average mounting height for these applications is 20-25 feet in the air.

We have two different mounting options available for the 1000 watt metal halide flood lights. The first option is to use a slipfitter mounting bracket. This bracket can slide over the top of a round pipe/conduit of 2 inches to 2 3/8 inches in outside diameter. Compression screws on the side of the slipfitter are screwed in and this holds the entire light fixture into place. The second type of mounting bracket is a wall mount/u-bracket. This type of bracket is roughly the size of a human hand shaped into a “U”. This bracket is typically used when mounting lights to the side of a building or to a wooden pole. Lag bolts or all-thread are often used when mounting with a u-bracket.

The number of lights to use for a volleyball or tennis court varies. For competitive use, we recommend 3 lights on each side of a regulation sized court. For recreational lighting on a tennis court or volleyball court, it is possible to adequately light the area with a total of 2 to 4 lights.

If you require assistance with a lighting plan, please contact us at 217-806-0502.

There are 3 basic types of mounting brackets used for floodlights: 2-inch slipfitters, u-brackets, and 6-inch arms.
1) 2-inch slipfitters: these are the most common type of mounting brackets used for floodlights because of their versatility. Users are able to adjust the floodlights in a horizontal or vertical pattern. The 2-inch slipfitter is fastened onto the light with holes on the light lining up with those on the 2-inch slipfitter. The light with the 2-inch slipfitter attached is then slid onto a round pole of 2 inches to 2 3/8 inches outside diameter. Typically, this is a piece of 2 inch rigid conduit. Or more frequently, a top of a lighting pole has a “tenon” on top of it with these same measurements.
2) u-bracket: this bracket allows for a light to be securely fasted to any solid surface. A u-bracket is a bracket that is shaped like a “U” and is then lag bolted to the solid surface so that your light can be securely fastened. The bracket can then be adjusted up and down to suit your needs. This u-bracket is typically used in lighting applications where the lights are being mounted to a wood pole or to the side of a building.
3) 6 inch arm: this type of bracket is fastened to a light and then fasted to a pole or mounting bracket. The light shines straight down and is not adjustable.

Cors Lighting in your one-stop-shop for lighting basketball courts, tennis courts, football fields, volleyball courts, and many other areas. We offer 1000 watt metal halide and 400 watt metal halide for these applications. Most importantly, our lights are adjustable so that you can change the positioning and angling of the light output. We also offer poles and bullhorns to complete your lighting needs. Our lights are comparable to those offered throughout the industry, but one this is different: our prices. You will not find better lighting at a better price, it’s that simple.

We receive many calls from customers who are needing to light up sports fields of various types. Here are a few recommendations:

1) Volleyball courts: Depending on your type of volleyball court, whether it is competitive or recreational, you have a few different options. The top of the line option for lighting this court would be to have 3 1000 watt metal halide flood lights on each side of the court. However, many recreational customers say that this amount of light is simply too much light. Hence it is quite possible that you would be satisfied with 2-4 lights instead of the six lights we previously mentioned.

2) Baseball Little League Fields: We typically recommend a 1500 watt metal halide stadium light for these applications. The number of lights can vary, based on the size of the field, but you would certainly want to use a minimum of 6-10 lights for lighting the entire field. The best way to judge the number of lights you need would be to visit a local lighted field and judge by the number of lights they are using and see if the layout would fit your mold.

3) Outdoor Basketball Court: For this type of court, we would recommend 2-4 of our 1000 watt metal halide flood lights. Again, the level of play will dictate the number of lights you would want to use, but certainly a minimum of 2 lights is desirable for an outdoor basketball court lighting plan.

4) Football Fields: Again, we recommend using our 1500 watt metal halide stadium type lighting. A football field is setup a little bit different than a baseball field or volleyball court, as poles are usually positioned back away from the field. Hence, we would recommend using approximately 8-16 lights to adequately light your football field. And if this is a high school or college football field, you will obviously want to use more lights to simulate a daylight atmosphere on the football field.

If you have questions regarding our lights or need a assistance with your layout, please contact us at 217-806-0502.

Although we cannot list all of our parking lot lighting poles on the website, we do ship poles all across the country. Our poles come in various sizes and heights; 15 foot, 17 foot, 20 foot, 22 foot, 25 foot, 27 foot, 30 foot, 35 foot. Also, they come in 4″ square, 5″ square, and 6″ square steel. Pretty much any height you are needing, we can accommodate.
Additionally, we have various tenons and bullhorns to go on top of the poles. This would allow your parking lot poles to accommodate multiple lights onto one pole. We can also have the poles drilled to allow for using a 6″ mounting arm in which the lights would face straight down.

Call us today to discuss your parking lot pole needs at 217-806-0502. We are located in Illinois, but we have recently shipped parking lot poles to California, New York, Texas, North Carolina, Missouri, Georgia, Alabama, and various other states.
These parking lot poles are all custom built and have a lead time of 1-3 weeks.