Site Lighting In The Winter

Date: 10/01/22

Working on site in the winter months is never easy. The weather is rarely kind, being either dry and freezing cold, or wet and windy, or both! And the daylight hours can be as short as 7hrs 49mins around the winter solstice – less than a single working day, and badly affecting sites operating shifts. Even when the sun is up, thick cloud can often make it feel very dark, despite it being the height of the day. Together, these factors make winter working a real challenge, but fortunately, Think Hire are here to help you.

Solar site lighting

Given the short, dark days discussed above, you might not think that solar power would be much good in the winter. Yet remarkably, thanks to the latest technology used by Think Hire, solar site lighting it can be both efficient and effective, all year round, lighting your work areas, car parks, compounds and more – without costing you a penny to run it.

Solar power even in winter

Our solar compound lights can deliver up to 11.5hrs of light at full brightness on just a single 8hr charge – and the sun doesn’t even have to be shining for that charge to occur. Solar panels just need daylight and will charge your batteries even when it is overcast. Drop the brightness just a little and they will run all night, and on dim mode they will run for up to 46hrs. Similarly, our Eco Solar Tower Light can deliver 8hrs of light, five days a week in winter, and seven days a week in spring, summer and autumn.

Solar hybrid lighting

Where dependable lighting is essential for the safety of your staff and your site, Think Hire can still deliver significant savings by combining solar power with diesel generators, to create solar hybrid generators. These make the most of the free energy from the daylight when available, while giving you the peace of mind of a diesel generator as back up when the solar cells are unable to charge the batteries. Lighting systems such as the Eco Solar Hybrid Tower Light can be run fully on solar power in the right conditions, with diesel only used when absolutely necessary, so you never have to compromise between costs and safety.

Good neighbours

Sites close to residential areas face additional challenges during the winter months, as noisy diesel generators annoy their neighbours just as they are leaving for work or arriving home. Solar site lighting avoids these issues by providing the lighting that sites need, without any of the noise pollution that normally comes with it. Once again this avoids the need to compromise between productivity and peaceful relations, keeping everyone happy as your site work progresses.

Add some sun to your winter

To find out more about how the sun can brighten up the winter-time on your site, increasing productivity and improving safety, while also reducing costs and cutting CO2 and noise pollution, talk to our friendly team today about solar site lighting and solar generators for hire near you.

Think Hire – delivering the benefits of solar power all year round.

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