How do solar street lights maintain their autonomy? Smart Controllers!

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This is the final post in our series on solar street lights from SolTek Renewables. We covered everything from energy collection (solar panels) to energy storage (rechargeable 12 Volt batteries). Now we will focus on energy distribution. This is maintained by a smart controller that is located near the base and inside of each light pole (poles are hollow).

Solar street light controller from SolTek Renewables. Image courtesy of www.soltekrenewables.com.

The smart controller has a few functions:

1. The smart controller is a gateway device that is located between the solar panel and the rechargeable battery. The controller will monitor the current of electricity going into the battery to ensure that the battery is not overcharged.

2. Once the sun has set, the smart controller recognizes the drop in current and automatically reverses the flow of electricity out of the rechargeable battery and into the CREE LED luminaires.

3. Smart controllers can be set to energize the LED luminaires in several modes such as split night (full output for first 5 hours and then to 40% for remainder of evening), full output (which will lessen the autonomy from 5 to about 2 or 3 nights), to full brightness with automatic shut-off (this setting may extend the system autonomy well beyond 5 nights).

4. Once the sun starts to rise at dawn, the smart controller will repeat the cycle of energy collection via the solar panel and direct it to the rechargeable battery.

It’s that simple! Now that we are able to collect, control, and distribute our own free energy from the sun, the applications are becoming limitless. With all the components designed into one unit, the solar street lights from SolTek Renewables are without a doubt the most economical, environmentally friendly, reliable and practical solution for almost all exterior illumination projects in most of the world. 2015 is here and so is SolTek Renewables!

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Mario @ Your Solar Link

The All-In-One solar street light for a proposed military installation. Image courtesy of www.soltekrenewables.com.

The All-In-One solar street light at night for silent military operations. Image courtesy of www.soltekrenewables.com.

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