Off-Grid Illumination Built for Safety and Savings

This solar LED area light delivers the brightness streets, alleys, walkways, and smaller parking lots need for safety and security, without the cost of trenching, conduit, or a utility connection to get there. Typically covering 1,500+ sq ft at full brightness, it combines a tiltable solar panel, intelligent programming that blends timed dimming with motion-sensing activation, and a 460.8Wh LiFePO4 battery — all in a compact 33 lb package that a single installer can handle.

• Tiltable Panel for Peak Charging: The solar panel tilts ±15° so you can dial it in for peak sun based on your location, helping the battery charge efficiently from day one.
• Light When It's Needed, Not a Watt Wasted: An intelligent 5-stage night mode with motion sensing steps brightness down through the night — 100% for the first 30 minutes, tapering down by early morning — but brightens automatically when someone approaches, holding brightness until they've passed. Get the full safety benefit without wasting battery when no one is around.
• Pays for Itself Before It's Even on the Pole: For street, alley, and smaller parking lot projects where extending grid power would mean trenching, conduit, and utility coordination, this fixture skips all of it. The avoided installation costs alone often cover a large share of the purchase price, and every month afterward runs on sunlight instead of a utility bill.
• Programmable to Fit Your Site: If you want constant illumination rather than motion-sensing operation, that's no problem. An optional remote lets you custom-program this fixture to suit your needs, including steady output for alleys, access drives, or any site where constant light levels are preferred.
• Reliable Through Extended Cloudy Stretches: A 460.8Wh LiFePO4 battery rated for 2,000+ charge cycles, roughly 5 to 7+ years of nightly use, delivers up to 3–4 days of autonomy in intelligent mode, while an MPPT charging controller keeps pulling in usable power on overcast days when standard PWM controllers fall short — this light keeps running when others would go dark.
• Light Enough for a One-Person Install, Light Enough for Your Existing Poles: At 33 lbs, this fixture is light enough for many pre-existing poles and compact enough for a single installer to mount on a pole, wall, or corner bracket without a crew or lift equipment — a quick and easy path to solar retrofits that eliminates the pole replacement and extra labor that heavier solar fixtures require.
• Designed to Limit Uplight and Light Trespass: The LED module sits within the housing, helping keep light on the street, alley, or lot and out of the sky and neighboring properties.
• Built to Run Outdoors, Year-Round: IP65 sealing keeps dust and water out permanently, so the fixture performs the same in a downpour in year three as it did on day one.

Need light poles or pole hardware? We have you covered: See our Light Poles page for quick-ship or custom poles and our pole hardware page for a wide range of adapters and wall mount kits.

Ideal Applications

1. Streets & Alleys
2. Smaller Parking Lots & Access Drives
3. Walkways & Pedestrian Paths
4. Remote & Rural Roadways: Farms, rural access roads, and campgrounds where extending grid power to every pole location is cost-prohibitive or impossible — and where reliable lighting still matters for safety.
5. Municipalities & Public Ways: Roadside and alley lighting for municipalities where grid infrastructure is limited, aging, or absent — improving public safety without requiring an electrician for installation.
6. Wall & Corner-Mounted Installations: The fixture's light weight makes it a practical fit for wall or corner mounting on buildings, tight urban footprints, and courtyards where a full pole installation isn't practical or desired.

Frequently Asked Questions

What differentiates this from a cheaper, consumer-grade equivalent?
This light is designed for reliability and longevity. It uses premium components like a 460.8Wh LiFePO4 (lithium iron phosphate) battery, which provides more reliable night-to-night performance and a significantly longer service life than cheaper lithium-based alternatives. LiFePO4 batteries typically stand up to 2000+ charging cycles, compared to just 300-500 for many cheaper alternatives.

Will the battery charge on cloudy or overcast days?
Yes. The MPPT charge controller continues pulling in usable solar energy on overcast, rainy, or snowy days, when a standard PWM controller in a cheaper fixture would largely stop charging. The battery holds 3-4 days of reserve to carry the light through multi-day stretches of bad weather.

How does this light perform in cold weather?
The battery is rated to charge between 32°F and 122°F. In colder conditions, the battery can still discharge and run the light using its stored charge. The battery is sized with this in mind, designed with a four-day reserve that acts as a buffer through short cold spells.

How high should I mount it?
In its default motion-sensing mode, the light should be mounted no higher than 23ft from the ground to ensure reliable sensor operation. For custom programming situations, contact us for site-specific recommendations.

ELEDLights Stands Behind It

• 5-Year Warranty: Full manufacturer coverage backed directly by ELEDLights
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