Overview

Heathland Group installed a Medinah water fountain in the main campus lake at the University of York.

Given the very shallow waters, a horizontal Masters Series unit was selected, which provides a spectacular display for all to see.

With the changing seasons and the many events held on campus, the client opted for RGBW colour-changing lights which are fully programmable and allow them to light the fountain with all sorts of colour displays of their choice.

As the very best in fountain technology, the feature will provide them with many years of hassle-free displays while keeping maintenance requirements to a minimum.

Why did the University of York want a water fountain?

The location for the new water fountain is in full sight of the many students, staff and visitors that come to the University, offering a beautiful display and relaxing ambience to the area. When Heathland Group first spoke with the University it wanted to provide an area to all which was relaxing and would attract people to sit and relax in a calm atmosphere.

Requirements

Due to issues previously seen with other manufacturer’s equipment continually choking and generally becoming subject to a lot of downtime, the University wanted to make sure Healthland Group could provide the following attributes:

  • Reliable equipment

  • Low maintenance

  • Safe for water users

  • Reliable with reduced maintenance requirements

  • Bright lighting with optional programming

  • Wind control to reduce the height in heavy winds

  • Good warranties

Equipment provided

The Masters Series was able to fit into all of these categories. It benefits from being extremely robust and having a motor designed for many years of life expectancy. In conjunction with one of the company's custom controllers, the University was able to achieve all the results it required with one very tidy installation which is all fully guaranteed in-house with Heathland Group.

The University installed a 5HP variant of the Masters Series. This provides a display height of 6m and a display width of 9m. This was a perfect match for the RGBW lighting and control system, each of the lamps was a super-bright 40-watt LED unit capable of the full-colour spectrum.

Masters Series Medinah

The Masters Series Medinah is known for its reliability and exceptional build quality and comes with a very comprehensive warranty.

One of Heathland Group's custom controllers controls the lighting and fountain, providing full safety and ease of control. The lighting is controllable back at the main control board or via Bluetooth with the use of a tablet. This makes the programming of the lighting very easy as the customer is able to stand up to 60m from the main control panel to watch the fountain light display as they change the colours or set patterns to run.

All of the cables were changed and upgraded to the correct modern standard for all water fountain equipment.