Solar street light working principle is easy and simple. The device's semiconductor materials facilitate the process of conversion of solar energy into electricity.
The solar street light working sequence: solar panel absorbs sunlight and converts them into electric energy, then the electric energy will be stored in the battery, and finally, the controller supplies power to the LED light source to achieve night lighting effects. The specific working principle of solar street light is shown as follows:
What are the components of solar street lights?
The main components of solar street lights are solar panels, batteries, controllers, and LED light sources.
They are designed to work at night. The Working Principle of Solar Street Light is very simple. Photo voltaic solar cells convert the radiation of sun light into electrical energy. This conversion takes place by the use of the semiconductor material of the device. This process of energy conversion is generally called the “Photo voltaic effect”.
Latest solar street light used LED as lighting source, because it provides much higher Lumens with lower consumption of power. The energy consumption rate of LED fixture is at least 50% lower than HPS fixture. The Rechargeable Battery stores the electricity from solar panel during the day and provides power to the fixture during night.
It is also known as solar cells, or “photo voltaic cells.” With the help of photo voltaic solar cells made of the principle effect of solar panels during the day. The received electrical energy stored in batteries. At night when the illumination reduced to 10lux. Then Solar cells board open the circuit voltage of about 4.5V.
What is a rechargeable battery & controller for solar street light?
The Rechargeable Battery stores the electricity from solar panel during the day and provides power to the fixture during night. Controller is also very important part for solar street light. A controller is that circuit which decides when to switch on /off charging and lighting. Fixtures, Panels and sometime batteries.