Illuminating Field and Forest Behind My House

[z_Red Jacket Mike]

Hello- New member here; 1st post.



I'm interested in mounting one or two lights on the wall of my house to illuminate a large field/forest area at night. This would not be for security reasons; just for effect during social gatherings, etc.



The field is open, and dense forest begins at around 200 feet away from the rear wall of the house. I would want around 60-80 degrees of coverage from the back wall of the house.



I would want something that could be either battery powered, and then removed from a wall mounted bracket to be recharged, or possibly something that could be wired to the electrical box (100 amp) in my garage, and turned on and off from there.



I apologize if i'm not posting in the correct area; hopefully someone will either have suggestions for me, or direct me to the correct area for this type of lighting. Thanks for any ideas anyone might have.

 

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11-28-2010 05:09 PM #2 Ken_McE

High Intensity Discharge, particulary Metal Halide for hard wired or Xenon for portable.
Last edited by Ken_McE; 11-28-2010 at 05:12 PM.

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11-30-2010 08:32 PM #3 JohnR66

Lighting out to 200 ft will be a challenge. Battery lighting won't cut it. I will assume that the lighting is only used occasionally. I think a bank of halogen PAR style floods would do the trick. Perhaps 6 150w halogen floods. The higher they are mounted the better so they don't fire directly into peoples' eyes.

Pole mounted HIDs around your yard would be ideal, but that can get expensive and long wire runs can create lightning surge protection issues.