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(1) Calculate Distance between each Street Light Pole:

Example: Calculate Distance between each streetlight pole having following Details,

Road Details: The width of road is 11.5 Foot.

Pole Details: The height of Pole is 26.5 Foot.
Luminaire of each Pole: Wa age of Luminaries is 250 Wa , Lamp Out Put (LL) is 33200 Lumen,
Required Lux Level (Eh) is 5 Lux, Coefficient of Utilization Factor (Cu) is 0.18, Lamp Lumen
Depreciation Factor (LLD) is 0.8, Lamp Lumen Depreciation Factor (LLD) is 0.9.
Space Height Ratio should be less than 3.

Calculation:

Spacing between each Pole=(LL*CU*LLD*LDD) / Eh*W

Spacing between each Pole=(33200×0.18×0.8×0.9) / (5×11.5)
Spacing between each Pole= 75 Foot.
Space Height Ratio = Distance between Pole / Road width
Space Height Ratio = 3. Which is less than define value.

Spacing between each Pole is 75 Foot.

(2) Calculate Street Light Luminaire Watt:

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Example: Calculate Streetlight Wa of each Luminaire of Street Light Pole having following Details,

Road Details: The width of road is 7 Meter. Distance between each Pole (D) is 50 Meter.
Required Illumination Level for Street Light (L) is 6.46 Lux per Square Meter. Luminous efficacy is 24
Lumen/Wa .
Maintenance Factor (mf) 0.29, Coefficient of Utilization Factor (Cu) is 0.9.

Calculation:

Average Lumen of Lamp (Al) = 8663 Lumen.

Average Lumen of Lamp (Al) =(LxWxD) / (mfxcu)
Average Lumen of Lamp (Al)= (6.46x7x50) / (0.29×0.9)
Average Lumen of Lamp (Al)=8663 Lumen.
Wa of Each Street Light Luminar = Average Lumen of Lamp / Luminous efficacy
Wa of Each Street Light Laminar = 8663 / 24

Watt of Each Street Light Luminaire = 361 Watt

(3) Calculate Required Power for Street Light Area:

Example: Calculate Streetlight Wa of following Street Light Area,

Required Illumination Level for Street Light (L) is 6 Lux per Square Meter.
Luminous efficacy (En) is 20 Lumen per Wa .
Required Street Light Area to be illuminated (A) is 1 Square Meter.

Calculation:

Required Streetlight Wa = (Lux per Sq.Meter X Surface Area of Street Light) / Lumen per Wa .
Required Streetlight Wa = (6 X 1) / 20.

Required Streetlight Watt = 0.3 watt per Square Meter.

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40 Responses to Calculate Street Light Pole’s Distance / Fixture Watt

/ Lighting Area

Panneer SELVAM (ETS Limited, Dubai) says:

June 3, 2014 at 4:43 am
Your sincere effort and goodwill contribution are to be thanked at all times.

Paneer Selvam | Manager (Marketing)

Emirates Transformer & Switchgear Limited

Jebel Ali | Dubai | United Arab Emirates

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Prof. Nazar M. Karyar says:
September 18, 2014 at 5:14 am
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DWIGHT R. MACHICA says:
May 28, 2015 at 8:22 am
thanks for the knowledge shared to us and it is very useful refference on how to calculate or
computation for the street light proper engineering works

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Prasad Jose says:
November 4, 2014 at 11:50 am
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It seems so informative for the engineers especially electrical engineers for their practical knowledge
improvement and of course for the timely help for urgent reference..

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Mariegold says:
November 20, 2014 at 5:14 pm
very useful information. but i will like to ask, what if u were not given the illuminance, but u were
given the intensity, area served and efficacy, how do u find the power, based on an operation of 12hrs
per day?

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Tabish Hilal says:
December 1, 2014 at 9:49 am
It is Really helped me in real time calculation.

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Thet says:
February 1, 2015 at 2:13 pm
Thank you so much for your sharing.

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Juma Ganiyu says:
February 25, 2015 at 11:35 am
Very helpful

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Juma Ganiyu says:
February 25, 2015 at 11:58 am
I have 8m pole and the distance between one pole to the next is 50m, the width of the road is 30m. I
want to find the wa age of the LED lamp that will give the max illumination. HOW DO I GET IT.
Please help me..

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DINDIGUL.SARAVANAKUMAR says:
March 4, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Dear sir ,i need simple calculation of indoor lighting lux design.

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AbduRahman Yusuf says:
March 15, 2015 at 11:30 pm
When a number of Single phase loads are powered/fed through a TPN DB. How do we get/calculate
the Three Phase Total Loading of the DB, especially to aid sizing of the DB’s 3-Phase Main Breaker
and Feed Cable selection?

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Sunil says:
July 15, 2015 at 11:38 am
Height of high mast is 16 meter, The area of ground 85000 sq meter (340 meter long and 250 meter
wide). Please suggest me, how much high mast will be installed and no. of lamps with wa age and
type.

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r.s.shukla says:
February 21, 2017 at 5:36 am
please SUGGEST ME .

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ONASIS says:
August 2, 2015 at 8:12 am
DEAR SIR,
HOW TO CALCULATE THE UTILIZATION FACTOR AND MAINTENANCE FACTOR FOR
ILLUMINATION CALCULATION

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Jagadeesh says:
September 4, 2015 at 2:32 pm
My road width is 5Mts,Distance between poles 20Mts,height o pole is 8mts
What LED i can use for this application

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Jagadeesh says:
September 4, 2015 at 2:35 pm
Any post regarding LED selectio.Will be helpful

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Anupam Saha says:
September 5, 2015 at 8:40 am
can anybody please guide me regarding how much wa age of LED will be suficient for a 16 metre
height highmast?

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Shiv Kumar says:
November 28, 2015 at 11:25 am
Dear Sir ,

when you have calculated the spacing between each pole in that case why you use same factor in two
time :- Lamp Lumen Depreciation Factor (LLD) is 0.8, Lamp Lumen Depreciation Factor (LLD) is 0.9 .

I think another one will be – Light Loss Factor

Thanks

Regards
Shiv Kumar

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Hua Zhao says:
January 12, 2017 at 10:34 pm
I think so !

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dinesh kumar says:
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December 10, 2015 at 7:00 am

please let me know the distance between high mast light and residential buildings

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Nazari says:
March 24, 2016 at 7:44 am
Please provide us with solar street lighting design, what is the average lux requirement for road
lighting? which codes can I refer to?

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Gurvinder Pal Singh says:
April 16, 2016 at 5:31 pm
The width of Street is 4m.25wa led is proposed in the street.What should be the height of pole to
achieve lux level as per norms in C type roads.

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kunal says:
July 18, 2016 at 6:40 am
i have 50 wa street light of 140 lm/wa .so please send how much area it will cover. if i will mount it
at 15ft,20ft,25ft.

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siddharth jain says:
September 17, 2016 at 9:52 am
i have godown of 136 mts lenght and 30 mtrs width. the space available for solar mounting is 50 mtrs
away from the godown.i want to mount 20 wa s lighting system in all 44 pillars cris cross.please
suggest me what rating convertor or invertor can be used? what will be the rating of my panel in KW
,as well as ba ery bank requirements..what will be the witing details do please suggest me

Siddharth jain.

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kulanyhai velu says:
September 23, 2016 at 4:06 pm
how to calculate lumens of the lamp(LL),wa age of luminarie=250 wa
1 wa =50 lumens
LL=205*50=12500 lumens
for your calculation LL=33200 Lumens(how to calculate)

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eswaran says:
October 30, 2016 at 10:20 am
dear Mr. Parmar,
Good Day!

Am Mr. Eswaran Ravichandran Managing director of GREEN GULF ENGINEERS. Now i have one
project its very new area. I need your support for complete electrical design and street light design as
per local municipality standard. I leave my mailing id here with this below mentioned box. Kindly
share with your experience with us. other things we discuss via email else over telephone or skype

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Marifatullah says:
October 30, 2016 at 7:52 pm
The best information.

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Mogal Amjad says:
December 8, 2016 at 7:08 am
thank you very much bro god bless

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Mohsin says:
May 1, 2017 at 5:35 am
Distance between 2Poles , Pole Heightx3.5Times (Min.) Pole Heightx4.5Times.
Ex: For 8m Pole 28m(Min.) and 36m(Max.)

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kulbhushan lal seth says:
June 25, 2017 at 4:00 pm
under (2) calculate street light luminaire wa it is mentioned as lux per squire meter it should be
lumens per squire meter. Lux means lumens per squire meter. The distance of 50 meter with 7 meter
high pole seems more . Either the spacing should be less or the pole height should be more. for
uniformity of lux level . you need to see the polar curve of the fi ing. the value worked out seems to
be just under the luminaire

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bob craven says:
December 30, 2017 at 1:58 pm
I have noticed that in town 30 mph limits there are steet lamps about 25 metrs apart and the poles are
low ones about 5/6 meters only wheras on the main roads out of town at apeeed in excess of 30 mph
but only up toi 60 mph the poles are aboiut 15 metres and give greater illumination and are spaced
about 45 metres apart.

Is there any generallity to this nationwide or does every council or the Hihways authotrity do there
own thing when it come down to the lamp posts spacings.

ie can we say that town lights are so many metres apart say between 20 and 35 metres and that urban
lights are again so many metres apart. say between 40 and 50 metres.

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kusanale says:
August 29, 2018 at 3:59 am
Sir, what is the standard value of space to height ratio

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Teja says:
October 27, 2018 at 7:32 am
Super sar and hiw to caluculate the cabel size and amps load tell ne sar

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Asadullah says:
November 7, 2018 at 5:00 am
Thank you so much for your sharing.

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rggarcia says:
February 6, 2019 at 9:04 am
Sir, in your calculation 1 ,If lamp output LL is 33200 lumen for one luminaire, why not use 2×33200
lumen since there are two luminaires for the calculation area. Please explain

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Shaik says:
May 11, 2019 at 8:50 am
Good information and simply explained

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January 9, 2020 at 8:24 am
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Jignesh.Parmar says:
January 19, 2020 at 2:30 pm
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Deepak Kumar Mi al says:
March 25, 2020 at 1:08 pm
very good

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Eduardo T. Solo Jr. says:
April 15, 2020 at 1:44 am
Good morning sir,
Do we have a table for the required Lux Level/ required illumination level for street lights.

Thank you sir.

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