They took out paradise and put in a ballfield.

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Our church just bought five vacant lots across the street, and our sports ministry put in a softball field this fall, maybe a soccer field later. Right now the ministry leader wants a service for a scoreboard and concessions, but I want to have enough capacity for maybe two sets of lights, and working mainly in residential and light commercial (churches), I would like to know where to go for guidelines on sizing the main service. Thank You, Merry Christmas, and I really enjoy this forum!

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Actually I'm getting ready to build a ball field my self as I am President of the Local Little League.

You have to work this one backwards as you usually do with electrical. You need to contact one of the lighting companies, I can't think of the one we're having bid ours right now, and see what is required to light your fields and of course whatever else you might need such as scoreboards, etc.

Also knowing the voltage that is availible is key to. You might be able to run your lighting at 277/480 which would mean a smaller panel, but you add the cost of a transformer and a 120/240 panel.

I'm thinking that for our field that we can get by using a 200 amp meter ped, but I haven't gotten all the numbers back yet.

Good luck
 
It really depends on how much light you want to put up. I regularly do ball fields with 150+ kva of capacity just for lighting. They are difficult to do with voltages less than 480 because of voltage drop.

If you just want to stick in a couple of lights, this won't apply, but if you really want to function after dark, you need to do the lighting design first, or at least commit to the level of light you want.

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