Solar Street Light vs. City Circuit Light: Which Is Better?

The reason why our night is bright and safe is all because of the existence of street lights. Walking on the road, we can find street lights of various shapes, they all illuminate our way forward, but do you know in fact the differences of their working principles, costs, etc.? Today our topic is about solar panel street lights and city circuit lights. Through this article, I believe you will understand the differences.

Installation comparison

When installing solar street lights, there is no need to install complicated cables, just make a cement base and fix it with stainless steel screws, saving a lot of installation costs.

There are complicated operating procedures in the construction of city circuit lights. First of all, it is necessary to install cables, dig trenches and pipes, thread the pipes, and backfill a large amount of civil construction, which consumes a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources.

Cost comparison

Solar street lights are a one-time investment and long-term benefit. Due to the simple wiring, no maintenance costs or expensive electricity bills are incurred. The cost can be recovered after 6-7 years of use, and more than 1 million electricity and maintenance costs can be saved in the following 3-4 years. It can continuously reduce the cost of property management and reduce the cost of the public share of the owners.

The electricity cost of the city circuit lights is high, the circuit is complicated, and the circuit needs to be overhauled for a long time without interruption. Especially in the case of unstable voltage, it is inevitable that the sodium lamp is fragile, and with the extension of the age, the line aging and maintenance costs increase year by year. The larger the scale is, the higher the related costs for the installation of city circuit lights would be, and the total investment will be higher than that of solar powered street lights. In addition, the annual loss of cable stolen cannot be estimated.

Safety comparison

Generally speaking, the solar-powered street lights are 12-24V low voltage, which is stable voltage and reliable operation, then there are no hidden safety hazards, and they are ideal products for ecological communities and road administration departments.

City circuit lights are easily affected by construction quality, landscape engineering transformation, material aging, abnormal power supply, and conflicts between water and electricity pipelines, which bring many safety hazards.

Lifespan comparison

The main components of solar street lights are the solar panels whose service life can reach 25 years, the ultra-bright LEDs whose average life is more than 50,000 hours and the special solar batteries with a service life of 5-12 years.

The average service life of city circuit lights is about 10,000 hours, and the longer the service life, the greater the degree of pipeline aging.

Maintenance comparison

Each solar street light is an independent system, if any problems occur, it will not affect the use of other street lights.

While once the power supply of the city′s circuit lights is abnormal, the cross construction of the water and gas pipelines will bring many hidden dangers, difficult maintenance, and will cause great consumption.

Use comparison

Solar street lights can be put into use after installation, without manual management. At present, many lighting companies, such as EXC, provide solar street light systems with high quality, diverse functions, and intelligent control, which are very convenient to use.

In terms of city circuit lights, they need to be managed manually, and debugging must be carried out before being put into use. Once a problem occurs, it will cause a lot of consumption and increase management costs.

From above information, we know that the use of solar street lights has many benefits and should be widely used. However, we must also understand several points. At present, the price of solar street lights with good quality is actually very high, and not all areas are suitable for this kind of street lights.