Recently, a Malaysian and Australian customer was sad to talk with me and said that they no longer wanted to sell solar street light systems because the life of the solar street lights they bought never exceeded two years, I sympathize with their experience deeply, the solar street light market is very confusing these years.

Solar Street Light Failure Project Analysis

In 2015, for Pakistan’s 40,000 sets of solar street lights project, a Pakistani female senior official personally searched for Chinese factories.

A good quality factory quoted a minimum price of 1,300 RMB per unit, but the Pakistani female senior officials demanded 900 RMB per unit, the factory refused as the price was not enough to buy the required materials.

Meanwhile, another factory promised that it could be done for 900 RMB, and even gave the senior woman a “kickback” commission of 200 RMB per unit, leaving the price of solar street light products at only 700 RMB per unit. How was that possible? To cut costs, the supplier used cheap materials of poor quality.

It turned out, that nearly all 40,000 sets of lamps were broken in less than 6 months. This high-level female official was arrested and has been in jail ever since.

There is no industry standard, customers are always looking for low prices, many solar street light factories in order to make higher profits, can only reduce the price of their products. Configured or with very poor quality materials, customers happily thought they were buying cheap and good products, but in fact, the quality of these solar street lights does not work for half a year or even less than two months, which led to more and more people no longer trust in solar street lights.

 How to distinguish the difference between good quality and poor quality solar street lights.

First: Solar street light Battery life

A-class LiFePO4 Lithium> B-class LiFePO4 Lithium>Ternary Li-ion Lithium> Broken Lithium detached from the electric car（D-class）, over 90% of Solar street light manufacturers use broken lithium battery which is detached from Electricity car, lifespan less than one year.

If you want to buy high-quality solar street lights, Belinda suggests you choose an A-class A-class LiFePO4 battery or a B-class Lifepo4 battery, Although their cost is higher than other batteries, their lifespan will be extended by more than three to five years. if you need to install solar street lights in places where the sun is not particularly sufficient, we can also choose to use a Ternary lithium battery.

The battery capacity directly affects the performance and functionality of solar streetlights. A battery with a larger capacity can power brighter LED lights, cover a wider area, and provide enhanced lighting intensity. This results in improved visibility, increased safety, and better security in the illuminated areas. Consequently, solar street lights with higher battery capacities offer superior performance, but their advanced capabilities contribute to their higher prices

Second: Solar street light Solar panel size

The wider solar panel size means Large load power, and high capacity, which can increase the solar panel Efficiency, could offer enough power for bearing power, and is the insurance of brightness and longer backup time during cloudy days.

However, the low-quality solar panel size configuration is less than two and a half times the load power. If the cloudy days exceed more than the expected design requirements, the LED light would not work.

Solar Panel Capacity: Assess the solar panel capacity accurately. Higher solar panel capacity means more energy can be captured and converted into usable power. This directly impacts the charging capabilities and overall performance of the lights, especially during low sunlight conditions.

Third: Solar street light LED Chip Lumen

210lm/w: Brightness decayed in 5 years and more than 80% brightness remained.

110lm/w: Brightness decayed in 2-3 years and about 20% brightness remained.

Lumen Output: Look beyond the wattage! The lumen output directly determines the brightness and effectiveness of the lighting solution. Don’t be misled by inflated numbers. Ask for verified lumen output data to ensure you get the desired illumination for your project.

Fourth: Solar street light Solar panel size Case and Bracket Material

Quality solar street lights use a customized die-casting aluminum mold, The advantages of die-casting aluminum mold are lightweight, strong corrosion-resistant, and anti-rust. Making it able to resist a strong wind load of up to 130MPH, stainless steel screws are used as fasteners to protect against any harsh weather. The die-casting aluminum mold is elegant and characteristic.

Lower quality solar street lights just use mold and rough craft, the installing structure needs support by Knighthead, to recover the structure strength issue, making installation more complex, lack of stability, and not anti-strong wind.

Fifth: Whether heat Dissipation between solar panels and light

In summer, the solar panel is as hot as 90°C, and 70°C inside the solar lamp body. (We have tested )

Hot will damage the battery and LED source, so we separate the hot solar panel and it has a shadow, makes solar street light cool, and enlarges the lifespan of the battery and LED source.

Six: Whether Solar street light Solar panel size  solar panels can adjust

Different countries and regions have different geographic locations and latitudes. When people install solar street lights someplace, on one side, the solar panel can face the sun directly, but on the other side, the solar panel can not face the sun, so if the solar panel can be adjustable, it will absorb more solar energy, which can maximize the conversion of solar energy while the lower quality solar led street light panel is fixed, causing low conversion rate of solar and the using areas are also limited.

Conclusion:

In recent years, many customers often complain that the solar street lights they bought do not work properly or do not work even in less than six months. Because some suppliers are looking for quick profits in a hurry but do not pay attention to the quality standard of their brand products. A very good quality solar street light can last more than 5-8 years.

Solar street lights systems are project products, usually, a project needs dozens to thousands of sets of solar street lights, if you accidentally choose a low-quality solar street light, you will suffer huge losses, so I recommend customers choose carefully, do not just focus on low-cost products, and I hope that my summary of choose quality solar street light experience can give you some help.