Keeping a parking lot lit all night can get expensive, especially during times of the year when daylight hours are at a minimum. Getting enough light spread throughout a parking lot is another dilemma many business owners face. Dark spots in parking areas can encourage a criminal element. Walking through a poorly lit parking lot makes employees, customers, and other visitors feel unsafe. It also potentially leaves you open to litigation for accidents that occur in areas without adequate lighting.
Replacing or upgrading your existing parking lot lights may seem like an exorbitant expense, but can you really afford to not look at your options? Parking lot lighting systems installed more than a decade ago may utilize inefficient lights and cost more to run than new LED alternatives. Utility cost savings, lower maintenance costs, and longer life spans also give LED lighting options a good ROI that can quickly offset your replacement costs.
XtraLight Manufacturing designs and delivers premium LED lighting suitable for medium to large parking lots and other outdoor areas. Our LED lighting options provide better surface illumination using less energy than HID lighting, so you can create a brighter, safer environment for your staff, customers and other patrons in all your outdoor areas, and at a lower cost. We also continually invest in the latest technology to ensure you’re getting the highest-quality fixtures available on the market today. Our luminaires are made with solid state components that can take an amazing amount of abuse, including excellent shock and vibration resistance. They’re also environmentally friendly because unlike some parking lot light fixtures, they don’t contain mercury or lead.
Our sleek, masterfully-engineered medium Viento or large Viento LED area lights are the next generation of LED illumination for parking lot lighting applications. Inspired by European sports cars, our lighting options blend beautifully with the overall design scheme of any architectural plan. They're also specifically designed to leverage the optical and thermal characteristics unique to LED technology. Both sizes are ideal for parking lots, auto dealership sales lots, mall and retail spaces, educational and business campuses, security areas and park & recreation areas. Anyone with a large parking lot they need consistently lit or anyone still using HID lighting greatly benefits from switching to our Viento LED area lighting. 
Historically, HID lights have been the go-to choice for parking lots and other sizable areas that require large amounts of visible light. However, they haven’t been the perfect solution, because the light produced isn’t always pleasing and most HIDs require an extended amount of time to warm up before they’re fully illuminated. While it's true that installing HID lighting usually results in lower upfront costs, regular re-lamping and ballast replacement requirements often counteract these savings. Even with a higher initial investment, LED lighting offers a quicker ROI because LEDs have virtually no maintenance expenses. All these issues, combined with rapid technological advances that improved performance and lowered the price of LED products, have prompted many companies to make the switch. Consider these cost-specific HID vs LED comparisons to better understand why LED provides the ideal exterior lighting solution.
All our easy-to-install retrofit kits utilize the existing HID fixture and are designed to significantly reduce energy and maintenance costs, without comprising the aesthetics of the original fixture. They’re also covered by a factory warranty when you submit a functioning luminaire for photometric and thermal testing. Our LED lighting can be paired with existing controls systems, but if your current fixtures utilize photocells, it could make your retrofit project more complicated. Each retrofit kit is custom made to fit your fixtures with many factors involved. Request pricing from our lighting experts to get an accurate quote for your custom kits. 
LED technology is also good for the environment, because it lowers carbon emissions and eliminates hazardous substances, such as mercury or lead like you find in HIDs. Metal Halide HIDs use mercury in the lighting process, which is dangerous when it's inhaled or released into the environment. HID bulbs can also emit substantial amounts of UV radiation, if the outer glass bulb breaks and the inner tube continues to operate without this insulating protection. Unlike LEDs, HID bulbs also require special steps for safe disposal. If an HID bulb bursts, you must put it inside a sealed container or bag and take it to an appropriate hazardous waste facility or recycling center.
Our ratings speak for themselves. Our IP 66 rated LED optics and housing ensure our lights are well protected in any situation and are completely sealed against dust, dirt, environmental contaminants caused by birds perching on the lights, and moisture, even steady streams of water. Our products also bear the ETL Listed Mark, meaning they’ve met the minimum requirements of product compliance and safety standards in North America. These standards are determined through independent testing, certification and follow-up inspections by the OSHA-recognized Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. We also hold an American National Standards Institute 3G vibration rating appropriate for bridge and overpass applications. 
