Parking Lot Lights

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Aledrell

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Got a call from a church that wishes to install two parking lot lights on a 50' by 100' parking lot. Problem is that church is in a residential neighborhood between 2 homes, thier "parking lot" is the vacant lot across the small residential street, which is a vacant lot between 2 homes. Pretty sure I can't run branch circuitry under the public road :D. It is an older area so most homes are over head fed. Behind Parking lot is an alley way with utility poles from which utility taps for the local resi power. Poles happen to be on far side of alley, so if I want to go underground painful permit with city for digging in alley. Now since there is no structure on property, where would you mount a panel? Build a site wall? What if I need overhead riser, tall wall needed right? So to avoid all this I thought solar parking lights genius right? Until I found out they were like 6k each, although the tax incentives were quite lucrative this is a non-profit church, told them to see thier accountant. They now want a conventional lighting quote unless I can find cheaper solar parking lights. Any ideas or advice? Wondering if I could do a pedestal panel like they use for trailer parks, but again everything is currently overhead fed. Also, this ain't the best of neighborhoods. Would appricate links to any parking lot lighting with self feeding solar panels on top. Would you have to bond the pole of a solar light to rebarb of concrete footer, what is the code on concrete footers of parking lights, height, when needed etc?
 

LarryFine

Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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Henrico County, VA
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I suggest looking into leasing from the POCO, especially with the alley power already there. In many places, the POCO leases you the poles and lights and supplies the power for a monthly fee, which can be surprisingly reasonable.
 
I don't know if your local codes would prohibit this idea but, I have in the past put in advertising signs in remote areas. Basically it consists of a riser, meter enclosure, and main breaker panel with 4 branch circuits. Tamper proofing is all dependent on the area though.
 

Aledrell

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I don't know if your local codes would prohibit this idea but, I have in the past put in advertising signs in remote areas. Basically it consists of a riser, meter enclosure, and main breaker panel with 4 branch circuits. Tamper proofing is all dependent on the area though.

Yeah but you were able to mount all this to the large billboard pole right? These lights will have skinny 4 x 4 square poles probably. Mounting to that could be interesting and probably not acceptable although I can't think of a reason why, right now.
 

Aledrell

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Current utility pole is behind lot in alley, but on other side, off property line about 6 feet off the back of lot. So a light mount there by Utility not good as they want light 50 foot from front of property line and 50 foot from the back directly across from each other. I think I'm going to have to have to put up a utility pole either way, got to call utility. I will also ask them about Larry suggestion. Thanks keep the ideas coming.
 

220/221

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AZ
A) I suggest looking into leasing from the POCO, especially with the alley power already there. In many places, the POCO leases you the poles and lights and supplies the power for a monthly fee, which can be surprisingly reasonable

B) Set a pole and hang a small service on it.
 
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