To date, in stores you can find a huge selection of all kinds of lamps, including for street lighting. In order not to confuse and make the right choice, you need to get acquainted with their classification and features.

Types and features of street lamps

The following varieties of illuminators for the street received the greatest distribution:

• linear;
• flying;
• garden-park;
• console.

Linear illuminators are good for lighting streets. They are attached to the facades of beautiful buildings with a rich architecture. The devices are equipped with an aluminum body and fluorescent lamps, which, if desired, are easily changed to colorful and bright LEDs.

With the help of linear illuminators create different effects, convert ordinary buildings in the artwork of art, illuminate the streets. The installation of them is possible both vertically and horizontally, and the glass-resistant glass turns reliably protects devices from destruction or damage.

Linear luminaires are three types:

• lanterns, with the help of which it is well covered by the courtyard or a seamless territory;
• easy - they are installed along the track leading from the residential building to the yard buildings or gardening section;
• stakes - also illuminate tracks, but with their help you can give them the form of decorative alleys.

Floor lightings perform a decorative function. They usually decorate the lawns and flowerbeds of the park, and are installed at an altitude sufficient in order not to interfere with the movement of people.

Garden and park illuminators are mainly used for the scenery of lawn plants or vintage architectural buildings. Such devices have a large light output, are not afraid of mechanical exposure and serve quite a long time.

Console lightings are installed to illuminate areas, streets, pedestrian crossings, roads. They are attached on g-shaped supports. They can also be used for a long time and difficult to damage.

How to choose lamps of street lighting

The most important parameter that should be considered when choosing lighting is the power of the street lamp, in other words, its effectiveness.

The durability of the device is also of great importance. Because Replace the street lamp is not easy, it takes a specialized technique, you need to pay attention to how the service life guarantees the manufacturer.

In addition to the above criteria, there are several more important factors associated with the external environment:

• climate features in a specific region;
• what intensity objects are moving on the illuminated area;
• the presence of adverse environmental action;
• features of mounting street lamps.

If the equipment is installed in such a locality, where constant humidity and temperature jumps are observed, then it should be treated with special attention to IP protection. The value of this indicator makes it possible to understand how good the device is, how well it is protected from ingestion of water, dust, dirt, foreign objects and particles.

On the compartment in which the electrical wiring is, the degree of security is not lower than 23 IP, on the compartment with the lamp - 54 IP.

In the documents attached to the lamps outdoor, technical characteristics, installation tips and operating standards must be listed and are set out by an understandable language.

Street Luminaire Supports

Supports are the following types:

1. Support pillar, which can be metallic, wooden and concrete.
2. Metal air cable. With this method of attachment, the lamp can hang over the road on a stretched cable.
3. The wall of the house can be used as a support for installing the lamp.
4. Electrostolb installed along the road.

Turning on lighting equipment can be in two ways:

1. Manually. The inclusion and disconnection schedule is set according to which the dispatcher is valid.
2. Automatically if the equipment is programmed.

Installation of street lamps

Street lamps can be installed in two ways:

• underground installation of wiring;
• installation of wiring through air.

The cable toasting into the ground should be necessarily equipped with a protective casing. If it does not, then, its own coating of the wires should be from the corresponding material. Well, if the cable is placed in a plastic sleeve and is installed in the tray.

The protected wiring is permissible to plunge into the ground by 400 mm, and the one that does not have a casing - not less than 800 mm. It is best to protect it from accidental damage as follows: sprinkle a 20-centimeter soil layer, and after covering the plastic grid. If anyone by ignorance begins to dig this place, it will stop at it and stop.

To carry out wires above the ground, we need special pillars or buildings, between which they will be stretched, and carrying a cable to which they will be attached to the clamps. The cable should not be subject to the action of temperature surges.

Maintain the installation of the carrier cable is extremely dangerous. Without it, the wires can break and put people's lives at risk.

Street lamps for home

By type of lamps Illuminators of the house territory are divided into:

• luminescent - most favorable electricity consumption;
• halogen - used to illuminate small territory;
• gas and gas - possessing high efficiency.

Their destination may also be different, for example:

• for work during the day;
• for work at night.

Illuminated, working during the daytime, carry only decorative function. We usually combine them with other beautiful elements or installed simply to maintain a special atmosphere and style.

Night lamps are mounted over the porch or steps, they illuminate the tracks, help in the dark not to stumble over the curb or not to please in the reservoir, if any in the courtyard of the house.

Home street lamps, which are pictures in the article, are:

1. Wall. Their design provides for the possibility of fastening the wall at home. They can do not only decorative, but also a security role. It can be performed both in the form of an antique lamp and in the form of a searchlight.
2. Ground. They are located in the ground, for example in the middle of the bush, and when the effect of creating glowing balls of vegetable.
3. Mushroom. From above they have a special cap that reflects light rays and directing them down.
4. Floating balls - waterproof devices used both to illuminate the waters and to give them an aesthetic and mysterious appearance.
5. Portable. They are very compact and have a low weight. They can be worn in hand, moving from one part of the yard to another.

Overview Manufacturer

Street lights is not difficult to buy. This can be done in numerous construction or specialty stores. But first, you must learn about the most well-known manufacturers.

1. «ALFA» - is a Polish company, which is one of the leaders in the production of lighting for streets. It is able to offer customers in most European countries a huge selection of their products.

2. «Luminex» - this is street lighting, which price is rather low compared to other brands. This is due to the fact that part of the production company imported from China.

3. «Amplex» contrast, sells its products expensive, but doubt it as impossible. In addition to the company directory listed a fairly wide range.

4. In the list of domestic producers of firm takes pride of place "Light production engineering". She had taken the lead in the post-Soviet space.

5. Holding "Communication Engineering" offers everyone to energy-saving technologies.

6. LLC "Corvette Lights" - a company with headquarters in Moscow. It produces many kinds of lighting based on LEDs spherical. These include lights, headlights, and many others.

7. The TD "Focus" to its production site produces energy-saving lamps on the basis of Japanese LEDs that meet all modern requirements.

8. Pretty young company "Svetlana-LED» produces LED lighting. Despite the fact that it appeared relatively recently, "Svetlana-LED» is listed in good standing with consumers.

Which of the following firms prefer everyone decides for himself. However, remember that the miser pays twice, especially in such a difficult art to street lamps.