http://www.residential-landscape-lighting-design.com If you have a horse roping arena, a tennis court, or an outdoor basketball court, effective lighting could not be easier using one of our professionally designed lighting kits! Our certified lighting designers have carefully built these packages for full, even illumination of outdoor sports applications. en-us Copyright 2005 Residential Landscape Lighting. All Rights Reserved. 9/2/2010 4:39:50 PM 20 http://www.residential-landscape-lighting-design.com/article.asp?info=outside-barn-lighting What kind of outside barn lighting do you need? High voltage or low voltage? Low voltage lights such high intensity discharge (HID) flood lights can provide enough light to keep vagrants and animals at bay. Examples of HID lights include metal halide, mercury vapor, high pressure sodium, and low pressure sodium lights. 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