What Is Street Light Pole? The Definitive Guide To Choose Street Light Poles

1.What Is Street Light Pole?

Street light pole refers to all the poles used for streetlights. It will include the parts of base, flange, pole and the arm and will not include any electric attachment.

Street light pole is the essential part for utility lighting system. It is made of steel, concrete or wood.

2.The Different Designs For Street Light Pole

2.1Different Designs For Poles

Tubular Poles: Tubular poles are in most common use, it is very simple design, but very stable. The pole diameters for tubular are top diameter/bottom diameter 60mm/140mm, 70mm/160mm, 80mm/210mm.

Decorative Poles: Decorative poles is regular poles combined with more aesthetic designs. It is used in the places for commercial streets or tourism scenic spots. Most decorative poles are customized based on local atmosphere and decoration styles.

Conical Poles: Conical Poles are stronger compared to other round poles. Due to the tapered shape, the conical poles can reduce the concentrations, and it is more wind-resistant. Conical poles are also customized to match the desired aesthetic and to meet different customer needs.

3.The Material For Street Light Poles

Street light poles use several materials , and each have their own advantage and disadvantages. Here are a few.

Steel: Steel is the most regular material for street light poles. Steel is of high strength and with high durability. It is of comparatively low cost and can be made into various shapes.

The disadvantages of the steel pole is they are heavy and not easy for installation .

Concrete: Concrete is very long lasting material. It is low maintenance, and resistant to fires, corrosion, weather and vandalism.

The disadvantages of the concrete poles is that poles are very heavy for transportation or installation.

Aluminum: Aluminum is much lighter material. It is highly corrosion-resistant, easy to install. It is good choice when the location is by seaside or close to salty water, or has unique request for the aesthetic designs.

The disadvantage is very expensive, and the aluminum is not very strong, so it is used to make shorter poles like 3m or 4m.

Fiberglass: Fiberglass pole is very flexible, you don’t pay too many efforts for maintenance. And poles are non-conductive and non-corrosive.

The disadvantage is that the initial cost is high, and easy for damage and low rigidity.

4.How To Choose The Height For Street Light Pole?

The heights from street light poles ranges from 6meter to 14meter. And to decide which height to choose, there are several factors to consider.

1.Width of the road: To distribute the lights more averagely, the wider roads should use higher poles. For example, if the road is 8 meter two lanes, regularly we will suggest the street light poles of 6meters. And if the road is 4 lanes of 16m, we will suggest to use 12m poles.

2.The Pole Distance: If the poles are installed very far, we will suggest higher poles with more powerful street lights to spread the light further. For example, if the pole distance is within 15 to 20meter, 6m pole is enough. But if the pole distance is 30m, you may choose at least 10m pole. Pole distance/pole height=3 will be a good choice for most of roads.

3.The Grade of The Roads: If the poles are installed by village roads or countryside road, 6 to 8m will be enough. But if it is main road, or national roads, 10m to 12m poles are more recommended.

4.The Surroundings: The pole height needs to be adjusted based on surroundings. If there are tall buildings or trees nearby, you may need to use higher poles. And if there are a lot of pedestrian areas, and you need to lower the pole height to avoid too much light pollution.

5.Local Governmental Regulations: Check with your local government about the municipality of the regulation for the street light pole heights or other standards.

5.What Is The Price For Street Light Poles?

The Streetlight pole prices vary a lot. It is based on the material we use, height, location and other details.

If you have the drawing of poles, send to pole factory, you can get the price easily.

And if you don’t have the drawing, you can tell pole factory, and they will provide the drawing and quotation accordingly.

If you have no idea what poles to use or to buy, you can contact us. We can give the best design within your budget.

6.Where To Buy The Solar Street Light Poles?

If you only need to buy a couple of street light poles, it is better to search them locally. Because poles are very big, and shipping cost is very high.

But if you want to buy 30pcs or more poles, you can consider to buy from China. The price is very competitive and delivery time is very fast. The Chinese pole factory can basically make whatever poles you need, and get all the accessories you need to install poles.

If you search in Google for the pole light manufacturer in China, or go to Alibaba to search for the suitable Chinese pole manufacturers.

7.What Is The Difference For Solar Street Light Poles And Street Light Poles?

Solar street light poles and street light poles are similar in most parts. They are both used to provide mounting structure for led lights. However, there are still some differences.

1.Different Power Supply: Regular street lights are powered by electricity, so wires will go through the poles, so there will be a electrician door for wire connection. And solar street lights are powered by the battery, so there is no need for maintenance in the bottom part of the poles.

2.Structure: Solar street light poles will have a separate mounting brackets for solar panel, while the regular street light poles don’t have.

3.Maintenance: Because solar panels or the batteries need to be replaced periodically, the solar street light poles require more maintenance.

4.Thickness: The solar panel is very big size especially when the solar street light watt is up to 80W or 100W. And with big solar panel on the top, when typhoon comes, both the poles and the solar panel brackets need to be stronger to ensure the whole structure will be stable.

Poles for solar street lights will be thicker compared to regular.

8.Conclusion

In a word, to buy a suitable street light pole is not difficult. Follow this articles, and figure out the material you want to use, the design you prefer, the heights you need and the most important, to find a reliable and suitable street light pole manufacturers.