500W portable floodlight on a 2.8 m tripod
About 75,000 lm from a head that a two person crew can place and aim in minutes. The size that covers a road patch, a loading bay or a yard without a mast.
Specification
What the sheet states for this build, and what is confirmed per order.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Power | 500 W |
| Light output | About 75,000 lm at 150 lm/W |
| Efficacy | 150 lm/W, plus or minus 5 percent |
| Head size | 735 x 450 x 190 mm |
| Ingress protection | IP66, dust and water jets |
| Colour temperature | 3000 to 6500 K |
| Colour rendering | CRI at least 70 |
| Power factor | 0.97 or better |
| Beam | 10, 30, 60 or 90 degrees, asymmetric 80 x 150 |
| Dimming | 0-10 V optional |
| Housing | Die cast aluminium, glass cover |
| Mount | 2.8 m tripod, 20 kg rated |
| Warranty | 5 years |
Lumen output is calculated from the rated efficacy. A tender that needs a measured figure should ask for the test report for the exact head and beam.
What 500 W does on a tripod
75,000 lm aimed at 60 degrees from 2.8 m covers a working area of a few hundred square metres at a usable level, which is a road patch, a loading bay or a compound gate. The same head at 30 degrees throws further and lights a narrower strip.
The head is directional on purpose. Unlike a balloon it has a defined edge, so the placement is decided by where the beam lands, not by where the tripod stands.
- Beam angle against distance: 10 degrees at 20 m is a small pool, not a lit area.
- Head weight against tripod rating, and the mast height needed to clear vehicles.
- Whether the site needs asymmetric optics to avoid spilling into a live lane.
IP66 and the heat path
The head is sealed against dust and water jets, which is what a site needs and not what a floodlight usually gets. The trade is heat: a sealed aluminium housing has to move 500 W of LED loss through fins rather than through airflow.
That is why the housing is die cast aluminium with a finned back, and why the head should not be wrapped or covered on site. A blocked heat sink derates the head within an hour.
Power and mounting
500 W at 230 V draws a little over 2 A, so a standard site supply or a 1000 W power station runs it. On a station, expect about four hours from 2,000 Wh.
The same head mounts on a tripod, a mast or a cart. A pair on a 2.8 m tripod is the common arrangement for road work, with one aimed down the trench and one at the approach.
- Cable length and plug type for the local supply.
- Whether the head will run from a station or a generator, and for how long.
- Spare head, because a single lamp is a single point of failure on a night job.
Before the order
- Beam: pick the angle by distance, then check the spill.
- Heat: never cover the fins, and leave clearance behind the head.
- Supply: about 2.2 A at 230 V, with the plug type for the market.
- Build
- 500W floodlight
- Line
- Portable floodlights
- Ask for
- Specification sheet, photometric file, packing list
Send the site, get the sheet.
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