Lighting Towers Are A Safe And Positive Addition

By Author: Ian McConnachie
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There are many situations where having a sufficient amount of light to provide good visibility is crucial to completing any number of tasks. This is especially true when working externally at night. Whether it is to provide enough light for the job to be performed or to provide adequate safety to the people working and anyone passing by, ensuring a working area is well lit is a necessity in this day and age. The best external lighting solution for providing temporary light to industrial sites, construction sites, road works or even incident scenes, where there is no provision of light, is lighting towers. There is a wide range of towers available that can be used to illuminate dark areas which should ensure that no matter what you require, there will be a tower capable of meeting your needs.

A very common application for lighting towers is at the road-side where people are working through the night to repair road surfaces or to carry out other essential maintenance. Occasionally there will be enough light provided by standard street lighting to allow normal working and to ensure that they can be safely seen. If not, there ...
... is a need to provide lighting for them. The ultimate solution on even the darkest nights is to use lighting towers. Lighting tower manufacturers are aware of the needs of their customers and the majority of good quality lighting towers have a number of features such as a 360 degree telescopic mast and individually adjustable lamps that offer time saving and light control benefits to users. The majority of these towers have reflectors fitted as standard and optional trailer boards to help make it easier for any motorist to see a tower when stationary. This is safer for drivers and obviously safer for the workers too.

Mast erection of good commercial lighting towers can be achieved in a very short space of time. On some towers full mast erection takes only 12 seconds which means that in a matter of minutes from arriving on site these towers can provide light to where it is needed. This is of benefit in situations where the workers need to complete a job quickly and efficiently or for use by emergency services where there is no time to lose. Quite often, these towers will need to be used where the electricity has been switched off or where a supply is unavailable. Different lighting towers come with different generators, so it is important for those looking to buy or rent a tower to check specifications.
As lighting towers are often used in difficult conditions, such as on uneven terrain, it is vital that they can be sited safely and with adequate stability in order to prevent them leaning or even falling over and causing damage or injury. This kind of incident is rarely a problem as all good lighting towers are manufactured with stabilisers. These are lowered to the ground and secured to ensure that the tower is safely deployed. Braking mechanisms on the mobile towers to lock the wheels can also provide an added level of stability but also prevent accidental movement and thus greater safety.
Another great benefit of a modern designed commercial lighting tower is the need for only a single person to set them up. Some older designs or larger towers may require two people to properly secure and get running although at the other end of the scale some are small enough to fit into the rear of a small van. With such a choice this should ensure that everyone will have access to light if they require it, and that they can have it operational with the minimum of fuss and effort.

For temporary external lighting, having access to a mobile lighting system is the only efficient and safe solution, be it for commercial, industrial or leisure use.

SMC is the leading British manufacturer of tower light products.For further information regarding lighting towers and for a wide range of portable lighting, please visit our website at http://www.sandhurst-mfg.com.