Solar Lighting International Lighting Products

When making a decision about what type or option of solar lighting will best fit your application, you need to understand the type of solar light you are considering and why you are going to consider it for your application. Solar Lighting International looks forward to providing you with unbiased and comprehensive explanation of your options and the advantages and disadvantages of each type of solar lighting.

Typically you have the following solar lighting options: 

Solar LED Lighting – Solar LED Lighting is a great option for areas where you need concentrated light, as LED lighting often does not have an adequate beam spread for customers needs. What is beam spread you may ask? Beam spread is the ability for light to be evenly distributed far away from the light source. For example, if you need 60 feet or more between poles, Solar LED lighting may be inadequate.  

LED lighting is like a laser, it will provide directional lighting, but it will not provide effective coverage between poles as typically used in street lighting.  The great benefit to Solar LED lighting is the reduction in maintenance. LED lighting typically will last 10 years or longer between lamp or fixture replacements. The large advantage of Solar LED lighting is, if you can accept a little less light and basically no maintenance, Solar LED lighting is the way to go. Solar Lighting International manufactures excellent solar led lighting options and temperature colors to fit your application.

Solar Metal Halide Lighting- If your commercial solar lighting application is for streets, roadways or highways the most effective and brightest solution will be solar metal halide street lighting. This is similar to the common HPS and Metal halide lighting in typical grid tie lighting applications. Pole placement for street lighting using solar metal halide lighting can range from 30-40 meters, depending on the lighting requirement and the roadway or highway width. Solar Lighting International can adequately meet IES lighting standards for highway lighting on a 3 lane road at 40 meter spacing. Solar parking lot lighting is also greatly enhanced when using metal halide type lighting. Solar light poles can easily be place 90 feet apart, with the light actually providing 1 foot candela in the center.

The drawback to using metal halide lighting is bulb replacement, which is typically done every 24 months. Solar Lighting International provides 8 years of spare bulbs with every light, this eliminates the need to purchase spare bulbs for almost a decade.

Solar Lighting International provides two options for brightness, 3700 lumens and 5300 lumens.

Solar Low Pressure Sodium (SOX) Lighting- There are several reasons to choose Low Pressure Sodium or Solar (SOX) lighting. The most significant reason is a high lumen to initial wattage usage. For a better understanding, the initial wattage required to start a 5300 lumen light may initially consume 35-40 watts. However, as the low pressure sodium bulb degrades- gets older- the amount of watts needed to produce the same amount of lumens increases dramatically. This will result in a greatly reduced night time operation after the first year. So at the end of the bulbs useful life the system may be required to produce 50 watts of power to achieve the same light level as the system had when initially purchased. The result is a significantly reduced runtime as the bulb ages, as the solar panel was designed for the initial 35 watts of power required, not the 50 watts it will end up consuming. Therefore, we do not recommend using low pressure sodium unless specified by the customer.

All Solar Lighting International lighting systems are made in the USA and are Dark Sky compliant, except low pressure sodium.