What is the average cost of floodlights?

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A floodlight over the driveway is convenient when you get home late and you need to unload kids and groceries. Having a floodlight with an automatic timer can be valuable in completing those tasks without injury or splattered eggs along the walkway.

How Much Does a Floodlight Cost?

Although the price will depend primarily on the floodlight chosen and the cost of electrical labor in your area, the national average to install an outdoor floodlight is about $450. Most people spend $250 to $800 on the project.

The lights themselves cost $75 to $250 each, while installation typically costs an average of $150 to $350 per light. Many people do choose to install more than one light to illuminate several areas of their yard or driveway at one time.

Floodlight Cost Considerations

There are many floodlights on the market and the amount you will spend hinges on the style, size, and features you require. Consumers should first determine the area they’d like illuminated, consider the lights’ purpose, and figure all the required components.

LED vs. Halogen/Incandescent

Although more expensive initially, LED floodlights use less energy.[1] LED lighting lasts around 50,000 hours, or seven to ten years. The recent rise in popularity of these two technologies has lowered the price significantly.

LED fixtures usually cost between $40 and $200 for the hardware. A floodlight with integrated LED lamps also offset the cost of purchasing lamps for the fixture down the road. Learn more about LED lighting costs and savings.

Solar Floodlights

A dependable solar LED floodlight will range from $50 to $200. Solar floodlights do not require any wiring, but they do need to have good, unimpeded access to light to function well.

Many solar floods are also motion detectable, meaning that they only turn on when they sense movement. Because they need to store energy until after the sun goes down, motion detection helps conserve this energy so it’s ready when needed.

Motion Sensors and Timers

Motion sensors and timers could add another $25 – $50 to the price when built into the lights in some hardwired cases. However, hiring an electrician to add one of these options later will cost significantly more, due primarily to labor costs.

Waterproof Floodlights

The IP in the waterproof rating is an acronym for Ingress Protection.[2] For instance, IP65 is a two-part formula. The first digit, in this case, 6, gives us the rating for solids, like dust. The second number provides the amount of liquid resistance.

Therefore, an IP65 rating is dust-tight and water-resistant. IP68 is considered dust tight and waterproof when submerged up to one meter continuously.

A 200-480W (600-1500W incandescent equivalent) LED floodlight with IP65 will cost between $80 and $300 before installation. Electricians will charge $50 to $200 per hour for labor.

Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter

If a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) is required for outdoor fixtures, it could raise the price of installation dramatically. GFCI outlets average $325 when installed outdoors, and a new circuit panel is $1,500 – $4,500.

New Wiring

If new wiring is needed for the fixture, the cost of the project could go up depending on how challenging it will be to add wiring for the light and switch. This could be a relatively fast project if there is an outlet nearby, or a time-consuming project if adding new wiring is difficult.
The cost of this will vary from home to home since every project is unique, but expect at least one to two hours of additional time to add the wiring. Adding new wiring usually costs $100 to $300 for labor and material, or $2 to $4 per linear foot.

Permit Costs

Electrical permits usually cost between $20 to $100, depending on your project. A permit may or may not be required for your project, depending on the location and scope of work. Consult with your electrician to determine if this is necessary.

A Professional Installation is Your Safest Option

You should probably not just run a waterproof extension cord to the location you want to install the floodlight. The safest option is to hire a professional to install your floodlight permanently, which might also be a legal requirement depending on your area.

If you want to install a new light DIY, consider solar floodlights, which do not connect to your home’s electrical supply, and which can be installed either by the homeowner or a handyman within a few minutes.

Try our electrician locator to find professionals in your area.

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All pricing information on this page is based on average industry costs, and is subject to variance for project-specific materials, labor rates, and requirements.

“How much do football pitch floodlights cost?” “How much will it cost to upgrade the floodlights on our Hockey pitch?” “Could you send me a rough quote for our rugby pitch lights?”

We get asked questions like these a lot but it isn’t as simple as just throwing out a ballpark figure as LED floodlight costs are dependent on several factors.

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Several factors need to be considered when installing new LED football floodlights or upgrading existing ones to LED. At Halliday Lighting, we give every project a bespoke quote based on these factors and we also take into account the overall requirements of the site, its users and the sports application.

What factors are considered when Halliday Lighting quotes for the installation of floodlights?

Floodlights for Football Pitch Product Selection

• As with any product, the price of LED Football floodlights can vary depending on who manufactured it and who you buy it from. Floodlights are no different but please do consider that a cheap light, may not be well-manufactured so won’t last as many years as is needed and may not meet the quality and performance standards that your pitch lighting needs to achieve. Our LED football floodlights are produced by world-leading, well-known electrical manufacturers so you can be assured of high quality, reliability, durability and performance.
• There are not only different types of LED Football Field lights but also different types of lighting mast and the cost of these vary so the relevant type must be included in the lighting design for your project so it can be quoted accordingly.
• For floodlight upgrades, the quote will also take into account whether the lighting masts need to be replaced (and therefore new ones need to be priced within the quote) or whether the existing ones can be used. This can be determined during a site survey.
• All of our quotes include a warranty as standard (this is 10 years for LED floodlights) but other companies may include this as a separate cost.

Design

• The design will consider the size of the pitch as lighting requirements will naturally be different for a full-size football pitch compared to a 5-a-side pitch or a training area.
• Council planning requirements usually stipulate maximum spill and permitted glare which may determine the type of light fitting that needs to be installed as well as whether cowls/louvres are needed and also the locations of the masts. These may lead to cost revisions which can therefore affect a quote.
• Ground conditions at the site may influence the design and add cost to the installation as, for example, poor ground means that larger concrete foundations may have to be installed to support the floodlights.

Installation of LED football floodlights

• Based on a site survey, any required groundwork to install a floodlighting system will be included in the quote.
• A quote will also include all required infrastructure and materials that will be needed for the installation based on the site survey, design and product selection.
• Labour costs to carry out the installation will be included in a quote.
• Commissioning of the system, including electrical test certificates and light-level test results, will be included in a quote.
• If the electrical supply is not adequate and additional capacity is needed to power the lighting system then this will need to be factored into the installation cost.
• Plant hire or access equipment may be required at an additional cost depending on the layout of your site and the requirements to install your chosen products.

Added extras – at Halliday Lighting, we can supply and install a range of additional products to support your sports lighting projects. These can be added as confirmed or optional extras to your quote.

• A lighting control system allows you to control the lighting levels for your floodlights and also to set a timing programme for the lights to switch on and off on a schedule. The system can be controlled by a switching panel or by a smartphone app.
• Additional lighting for areas around your pitch (eg. car parks, walkways, training areas, etc).
• We also exclusively install a unique field management system, Intelligent Play, which tracks all activity on your pitch to give you in-depth insights and data about the usage of the pitch and the machine maintenance which gets carried out.
• Power outlets can be fitted to columns to provide additional power supply for other equipment.
• If your lighting system uses raise and lower columns, we are also able to supply the counterbalance unit that is needed to safely control these masts.
• Floodlights need maintenance to ensure they continue to function correctly over their lifespan. A maintenance agreement can be offered to support this and we have a dedicated maintenance team who will work with you throughout the agreement.

No two projects are the same so it is really important that you set your budget or base an application for funding or investment on a bespoke quote and not on an average value or a generic quote.

To give you a rough indication of why an average value or generic quote isn’t useful, here are some average cost brackets to show just how varied these can be (please also note that your bespoke quote could of course sit below or above these costings dependent on the factors we’ve mentioned throughout this article).

To install floodlights on a new-build full-size 3G football pitch or rugby pitch, an average cost is likely to sit between £45,000 – £55,000. Upgrade existing metal halide floodlights to LEDs for a 3G pitch, which would average between £29,000 – £35,000. For hockey pitch lighting, an average cost will often be between £45,000 – £65,000.

Before you get a price quote for your lighting installation, please request that a site visit be carried out. This allows an experienced technician to fully understand the specifics and complexities of each project and can ensure that a more accurate quote can be provided.

Our team at Halliday Lighting offer a site survey and quotation for free so that you can get the bespoke quote that you need for your sports lighting project. We provide a full turnkey solution for floodlighting so are also able to support you with the planning, design and installation of your project.

We hope that this article provides you with an overview of why there is no simple or standard answer to “How much do football pitch floodlights cost?” or “Could you send me a rough quote for new hockey pitch floodlights?”. There are so many factors which need to be considered to ensure you have an accurate and realistic quote for your project that will allow you to progress through your project with clarity on what it is costing you.

Important Note: we complete hundreds of sports lighting installations each year and no quote is ever the same. Please don’t base your expectations and funding applications on an average value; please do contact us for a bespoke quote. And, if you need more than one quote for your procurement process, take a look at the list of SAPCA members which can be found here.

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