Looking for solar street lights in Johannesburg? OutdoorLighting.co.za puts homeowners, estates, farms and businesses in Johannesburg in touch with a solar lighting supplier who works in Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng. Describe the job or list the fittings and you receive a quote directly, free and with no obligation.
Solar Street Lights for Johannesburg properties
Need solar street lights in Johannesburg? Independent suppliers and installers serving Johannesburg and the wider Gauteng quote on all-in-one and split solar street lights, galvanised poles and foundations for estates, farms, schools and private roads. Send the road length and pole count, and local suppliers price the job directly.
Want to know more first? Our solar street lights guide covers the options, what to check and what affects the price.
Outdoor lighting in Johannesburg
Johannesburg's outdoor lighting jobs range from century-old homes in Parkview, Westcliff and Houghton to modern townhouse complexes in Fourways and Northcliff and industrial yards in City Deep and Selby. Tall walls, electric fences and dark verges make good security lighting a priority, and many streets suffer streetlight outages from cable theft, leaving owners to light their own frontage. Summer thunderstorms bring lightning that kills unprotected LED drivers, and hail cracks cheap diffusers. Load-shedding has made solar floods and battery-backed lights popular. Heritage homes and estates may restrict glare, so choose shielded fittings, and insist on a CoC from the electrician for mains work.
Typical solar street lights requests in the area come from:
- Homes: a solar light on a pole at the end of a long driveway or at the front gate
- Estates and complexes: solar street lights along internal roads and walkways without trenching new cables
- Shops and offices: solar street lights over parking lots and access roads to cut electricity costs
- Industrial sites: solar poles along perimeter roads and loading areas where cable theft is common
- Municipalities, schools and clubs: solar street lights on suburban roads, rural villages, parks and school entrances
- Lodges, guesthouses and venues: solar street lights along lodge roads, parking and paths to chalets in the bush
Choosing fittings for Johannesburg
The main thing that wears out outdoor lights in Johannesburg is lightning surges and hail, so ask for surge-protected LED, IK08 diffuser, IP65. A cheaper fitting that fails after one season costs more than a good one once the electrician's call-out is added.
Solar Street Lights usually come at IP65 to IP66, with 4000 K to 6000 K neutral to cool. 20 to 120 W LED, solar and LiFePO4.
What to include in your request
- Give the road or path length and width
- Say how many poles and at what height
- Ask for autonomy days and battery Wh
- Mention soil type for the foundations
- Ask about anti-theft fixings and warranty
The more detail you give, the more accurate your quote will be.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Suppliers and electricians on our network work in Johannesburg and surrounding areas, including Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville. Give the suburb so the quote can include travel, and say whether there is an existing outdoor circuit or the cable has to be run from the DB board.
- Solar Street Lights in Pretoria
- Solar Street Lights in Centurion
- Solar Street Lights in Midrand
- Solar Street Lights in Sandton
- Solar Street Lights in Randburg
- Solar Street Lights in Roodepoort
- Solar Street Lights in Krugersdorp
- Solar Street Lights in Randfontein
- Solar Street Lights in Germiston
- Solar Street Lights in Boksburg
- Solar Street Lights in Benoni
- Solar Street Lights in Kempton Park
- Solar Street Lights in Alberton
- Solar Street Lights in Vanderbijlpark
- Solar Street Lights in Vereeniging
- Solar Street Lights in Gauteng