In the season of frequent thunderstorms, it is indeed a great test for outdoor solar street lights, so how do they avoid suffering damage caused by lightning strikes?
During thunderstorms, solar street lights may be subject to electromagnetic and electrostatic induction and generate peak currents or voltages. This may cause damage to the solar street light equipment and affect its normal operation.
The lightning protection of solar street lights is different from that of ordinary street lights. The main reason is that the response speed of solar street lights is much faster than that of ordinary street lights, and the voltage resistance will naturally be smaller than that of ordinary street lights.
In open areas, mountainous areas and other areas, lightning protection design is particularly important, therefore, the lightning protection design of solar street lights can take preventive measures from 2 aspects.
- To prevent lightning from directly hitting the solar street light’s pole, it can be made into a flash catcher to catch the lightning and avoid direct damage to the solar street light. This practice can effectively prevent lightning from causing damage to the solar street light and ensure its safe operation.
- Installing special solar lightning protection devices can protect the solar street light circuit from surge voltage and surge current to avoid damage to the LED street light equipment. These lightning protection devices can reduce the impact of surge voltage, protect power lines and avoid damage to large areas of solar street lights that suffer lightning strikes at the same time during thunderstorms.
Following the above methods can effectively avoid unnecessary damage to solar street lights caused by lightning strikes. Of course, in addition to daily protection, it is also important to choose a professional and regular solar street light manufacturer, SRESKY is a high-tech solar light manufacturer with 18 years of experience, welcome to contact us!