When considering lighting towers for hire, ensuring that a sufficient amount of light is important, however, that’s not all you need to think about. You will also want to consider how you best make use of the light you have available, ensuring that the placement of lighting towers achieve maximum coverage in a safe and efficient way.
Poor positioning of these towers can lead to both under lighting, over lighting, dark spots, wasted energy and even safety risks. Regardless of whether you are using lighting towers for a sporting or outdoor event, roadwork management in the dark evenings or for a construction site, ensuring the correct placement of lighting towers is important, and as such, we have created an easy-to-follow guide to help you achieve this successfully.
Understanding the layout of your site
Prior to deploying your lighting towers, you will first need to take a broad-view look at your site as a whole. You will want to consider the key areas which require the most lighting, as well as areas which may not need as much. Make a note of any obstacles which could obstruct or affect the lighting, as well as high-risk zones such as walkways, access points and especially vehicle routes.
Position Towers around the Perimeter, not the Centre
You will also want to make sure that your lighting towers are placed around the perimeter of your site, aiming inward towards where the action will be taking place, rather than in the centre. This means that you will benefit from an even and neutral coverage of lighting.
Overlap Light Coverage Correctly and Consistently
To avoid any dark spots and gaps, make sure that lighting towers are not positioned too far apart from each other and ensure that there is a slight overlap of light beams from each tower. You will want to make sure that the main areas receive light from more than one direction to ensure that it gets the lighting that it needs.
Angling the Lights
Careful placement of the lights is equally as important as angling of the lighting towers. You will want to ensure that the lights are tilted downwards at a slight angle rather than pointing straight ahead, as this allows you to get the most out of the lighting. Ensure that the angle of the lights means that you avoid shining lights directly into the eyes of those nearby or vehicles. Adjust the height so that the light can spread evenly across the surface which it is covering.
Ask an Expert
At Savage Plant Hire, not only do we provide you with mobile lighting tower hire services, we can also advise you on how best to position your lighting towers for your project. Call us on 0121 328 1100 or email us at [email protected].
