On 9/26/2013 8:37 PM, wrote:
On Thursday, September 26, 2013 8:04:17 PM UTC-5, sms wrote:
The marching band at my son's school needs lights for the practice
field. We've been renting lights for about $2600 for five weeks,
not including fuel for the generators. This is for two 4000 watt
lights (4 x 1000W bulbs). We'd like to find an alternative, even if
we have to spend three-four times as much as five weeks of rentals

It sounds like you live in a rural area (as I do). In your situation,
what we would do here is cut down a number of cedar trees and strip
them into poles. We would plant the number of poles we need around
the field in appropriate locations, and then mount lights such as this
http://www.amazon.com/Lithonia-OFL-3...light+fixtures

on the poles, with a wire running down the pole to a 3-prong 120v mail
plug such as this
http://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Duty-3-W...rong+male+plug

then all you need is a generator or two with extension cords. I don't
see how you can avoid the generators.
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