Whether it is two lights at the front door or a whole yard, our free service makes it easy to price street lights in Johannesburg. Your request goes to a lighting contractor serving Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng, so you can compare fittings, prices and lead times before you commit.
Street Lights for Johannesburg properties
Need street lights in Johannesburg? Independent suppliers and electrical contractors serving Johannesburg and the wider Gauteng quote on LED street lights, cobra heads, poles, photocells and HPS retrofits for estates, private roads and business parks. Send the road length, pole count and site plan, and local contractors price the job directly.
Want to know more first? Our 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 street lights requests in the area come from:
- Homes: a pole-mounted LED street light at the gate or along a long private driveway
- Estates and complexes: LED street lights on internal roads managed by the body corporate or HOA
- Shops and offices: LED street lights along office park roads, car parks and shopping centre access
- Industrial sites: street lighting along factory roads, truck routes and logistics parks
- Municipalities, schools and clubs: LED street lights and HPS retrofits on public roads, taxi ranks and suburbs
- Lodges, guesthouses and venues: low-glare street lights along lodge access roads and venue parking
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.
Street Lights usually come at IP66, with 3000 K to 5000 K. 30 to 150 W, 230 V mains.
What to include in your request
- Give the road length, width and layout
- Say whether it is new or an HPS retrofit
- List the number of poles and preferred height
- Choose photocell or kiosk control
- Ask whether a lighting design is included
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.
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