What You Need To Know About Light Pole

By Leticia Jensen


Having sufficient lighting on your streets and the compounds surrounding your home or office is very important. Well-lighted areas are safe to walk in even at night and they keep thieves, vandals and murderers away. Having these lights can actually save your life and so you should seriously consider having some lights fitted. To get the best light pole quality, then you have to choose wisely to ensure it lasts long, and it is not easily vandalized.

Lights are so helpful at times of dull weather, especially in winter season. This is because the fog and mist can cause accidents especially when one is pulling over at the end of the street. For this reason, there should be a lamppost there with functioning at all times. This will enable one to see pedestrians and other cars on the road clearly.

Some lights have light-sensitive photocells in them. These are very useful because they do not need to be turned on. When it nears dark, the photocells sense the decreasing light of the sun and so they illuminate themselves. They also turn themselves off at dawn when the sun rises. When the weather is dull, they stay put even during the day. This will ensure that nobody can jump on you from the darkness even when you want to turn on lights.

During the pre-industrial era, streetlights were only put up in the Greek and Roman empires. They were there to keep robbers away. They were majorly oil lamps that were stood up high enough to light the whole walkway. Due to changes in technology, nowadays street lamps are lit by electricity and gas.

Illumination poles come in different shapes and sizes and one has to choose according to their preference and where they want to install them. They are mainly made of steel or aluminum. These poles are hollow so that wires can be strung in them and reach the lamp to light it. Most street light poles will have a standard height according to the size of the road and the amount of traffic going through it.

The poles can be of aesthetic value and especially for the home environment. For this, one will have to design them to be custom made according to how they want them to be. Most companies will normally offer these services and especially if one needs a number of them to glow up a huge compound. Their height can also vary according to your dictates.

When it comes to materials to use, aluminum poles are a better quality than steel poles. Aluminum has many benefits. First of all, it has very high resistance to corrosion. It is also very flexible and this will result to more designs on the poles. When compared to steel, it is more valuable in the market of scrap metal.

No matter the material you use to make your illumination pole, it is important to paint them or find another way to coat them. This prevents corrosion and, makes them more presentable. It is easier to paint poles when they are not installed than doing it afterwards. Steel poles are known to be more durable than aluminum though aluminum poles re preferred because they are recyclable.




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