LED Post Top Light​s

LED post top lights are widely used in outdoor security lighting and landscape lighting. We offer a variety of mounting options, power and beam angles. They boast excellent energy efficiency and flexible light, significantly enhancing outdoor lighting effects and visual experience. All are IP66 rated for water and dust resistance, making them can withstand the changing weather.

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Classic LED Post Top Light – Yard & Other Outdoor Lighting

"Cloud Ⅱ" outdoor LED post top light adopts classic appearance design. It can be mounted on a dual-arm pole with two suspended post top lights for dual-side illumination. Constructed from die-cast aluminum, IP66 rating and can withstand strong winds and....

Modern Outdoor LED Post Light for Pole Mounting & Hoisting

Outdoor LED post light features modern and minimalist design, and supports four different installation methods, can bringing visual appeal to the application area. We strictly controls downward light projection and offers three selectable beam angles to avoid light pollution and....

LEDRHYTHM - LED Post Top Light​s Manufacturer in China

LED post top lights are essentially mounted on top of light pole. We support a variety of pole-top mounting options, including single-pole dual-arm installations. Power options range from 20W to 100W, and mounting heights typically range from 2m to 6m. This means we can illuminate both small areas and larger spaces.

Post top light​s body is made of high-strength die-cast aluminum and has minimum IP66 rating, ensuring it can operate normally even in water gun shock or hail weather. Equipped with PC lens, the light is soft and low-glare, ensuring people have most comfortable lighting experience. Color temperature can be selected from warm yellow light to bright white light, meet the lighting needs from comfortable atmosphere to bright and clear light. Overall, LEDRHYTHM LED post top lights provide safe and beautiful lighting solutions for outdoor such as courtyards, parks, squares, pathways and commercial areas.

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Advantages of Modern Outdoor LED Post Lights

Modern commercial LED post top lights are becoming more and more common, and like LED street lights, they can illuminate outdoor spaces at night. They far surpass traditional lighting fixtures in terms of luminous efficacy, lifespan, aesthetic design, and overall user experience. However, LED post lights offer advantages in both installation and exterior design, making them better suited for small to medium-sized roads or landscape lighting than streetlights. They offer a dual solution for environment beautification and enhancing lighting experience.

  • Energy savings and long lifespan are often the most attractive advantages of LEDs. Compared to traditional HPS or MH, they can save 50-70% energy and last five times longer.
  • Design of outdoor LED post lights is more diverse, more designs with modern, technological or classic retro styles emerging. They can better integrate into city landscapes, parks and community environments and become a part of decoration.
  • Light shines farther and more evenly, the light distribution uses professional optical lenses to make the light softer and not dazzling, while significantly improving the visibility of the illuminated area.
  • High protection levels IP66, IK08 and surge protection, strong weather resistance, and can work stably in harsh outdoor environments such as rain, snow, sandstorms, and humid heat.
  • Integrated LED structure, it eliminates the need for frequent bulb or ballast replacements like traditional lighting fixtures, enabling maintenance-free operation for over ten years.
  • Supports intelligent control, enabling dimming, automatic sensing control from dusk to dawn, or remote management, further improving energy efficiency and ease of use.
  • Maximum power of 100W, it can even directly replace LED street lights on some smaller roads.

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Therefore, converting traditional high-pressure sodium or metal halide lamps into LED post top lights is undoubtedly the best choice, and process is usually very easy. There will be significant improvements in cost savings, light quality, and lighting stability. We support input voltage range of 100V – 480V, ensuring compatibility with your old projects without requiring wiring changes.

Can achieve 70% energy savings after upgrading to LEDRHYTHM LED post lights, equivalent power of:

  • 40W LED is equivalent to 70W MH
  • 60W LED is equivalent to 100W MH
  • 100W LED is equivalent to 160W MH

Applications

LEDRHYTHM LED post lights have a wide range of outdoor lighting applications. From modern landscape lighting to security lighting, they provide bright and uniform light with decorative appeal, improving safety and ambience. Used in gardens and yards to create more beautiful and comfortable environment. In residential areas and walkways, providing guidance to pedestrians at night. Also suitable for lighting in small squares, parking lots, driveways and even commercial street.

ApplicationTypical WattageMounting Height
Garden & Landscape Paths20–40W2.5–3 m
Parks & Walkways30–60W3–4 m
Residential Communities30–50W3–4 m
Campuses & Public Squares60–100W4–6 m
Driveways & Perimeter Roads50–80W4–5 m

Proper height and spacing when installing LED post top lights can significantly improve lighting uniformity, avoid common problems such as glare and dark areas, and allow the lights to achieve optimal energy efficiency.

  • 3-meter installation: 8–12 meter spacing, low-height lighting, therefore the spacing cannot be too large.
  • 3–4-meter installation: 12–16 meter spacing, more reasonable coverage and better uniformity, the most commonly used configuration for commercial projects.
  • 4–5-meter installation: 15–20 meter spacing, increased height allows for appropriately larger spacing, but continuous lighting must still be maintained.
  • 5–6-meter: 18–22 meter spacing, similar to low-power streetlights, but still classified as pole-top light type.

Choose Us as Lighting Supplier

LEDRHYTHM was founded in 2014 and is a leading LED lighting supplier in China. We develop and test LED post top lights in-house and have extensive export experience. We can provide OEM & ODM customization according to your needs. Please feel free to contact us for latest quotation information.

Can LED Post Top Lights Be Used with Smart Control?

Yes. LEDRHYTHM outdoor LED post top light​s can be integrated with various smart controls, depending on your project needs, including dimming, sensors, and batch control. This effectively extends the lifespan of the lights and improves energy efficiency.

  • Photoelectric sensor: Automatically turns the light on at dusk and off at dawn.
  • Scheduling: Customize on/off or dimming schedules.
  • 0-10V/DALI dimming: Allows centralized control of brightness across different zones.
  • Wireless control (ZigBee): Remotely manage multiple fixtures through smart lighting system.

How to choose the color temperature of outdoor LED post lights?

In actual lighting projects, different color temperatures affect the atmosphere of environment, visual clarity, and security sense in space. Especially in complex outdoor and commercial environments, incorrect color temperature for LED post-top lights may make an originally beautiful landscape appear cold; while choosing the right color temperature can make the entire area warm, friendly, and safer at night. Choose low color temperature for leisure and relaxation areas and high for areas requiring high visibility.

  • 1800K-2200K amber light has very low blue light content, making it more friendly to humans and animals.
  • 3000K light has yellowish tint, creating warm and comfortable feel. It’s suitable for residential areas, pedestrian walkways, park landscapes  and gardens. Warm light is more eye-friendly, with minimal glare, and won’t disturb residents or pedestrians.
  • 4000K strikes balance between white and yellow, currently the most widely used color temperature. It’s natural and not too glaring, making it suitable for areas like commercial street, squares and urban landscape roads.
  • 5000K-6000K provides more focused and brighter visual experience, enhances sense of security. Suitable for parking lots, urban main roads and key monitoring areas.

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What are commercial LED post top lights?

Commercial grade LED post top lights are professional lighting fixtures installed on outdoor poles tops  in roads, parks, residential areas, or commercial areas. Using high-efficiency LED chips as their core, they provide uniform, safe, and energy-efficient ambient lighting for outdoor spaces through optimized lens optics and weather-resistant aluminum structures. Different from home or decorative types, they emphasize functionality, lighting stability, and low maintenance, making them commonly considered solution in modern municipal projects.

What should be the installation height for outdoor LED post lights?

Typical installation height is generally 2–6 meters, which can be adjusted according to illumination requirements and coverage area. Lower installations result in brighter pavement and clearer visual details. If you want to be brighter, lower height would be more suitable, such as 2-3 meters. However, outdoor LED post lights installed at heights of 4-6 meters offer wider illumination coverage, typically softer light, and can reduce the number of fixtures required, thus lowering the overall cost.

Do LED post top lights fit the dark sky concept for outdoor use?

Yes, the optical design and color temperature options of LED post top lights fully meet the requirements of the Dark Sky concept. We employ full-cutoff optical design to ensure that the light is projected strictly downwards, eliminating sky glare and preventing disturbance to plants, animals, or nearby residents. Simultaneously, precision lenses further limit lateral light spill and reduce light pollution, ensuring that the light falls only on the area that needs illumination.

Furthermore, color temperature of 3000K or lower is available, ensuring safety and visibility while minimizing the attraction of flying insects and disturbance to nocturnal animals, making it particularly suitable for environments with high animal activity.

Can LED post top lighting fixtures meet decorative requirements?

Yes, our modern LED post top lights fully meet the requirements for both decorative and visual aesthetics. Their designs are more diverse, including minimalist, European retro, courtyard, and commercial styles, easily blending into the overall environment of parks, communities, and commercial street. More importantly, while maintaining high luminous efficacy, long lifespan, and outdoor stability, we still offer decorative shapes, balancing aesthetics and functionality.They enhance the aesthetic appeal of the environment without sacrificing lighting reliability and performance.

What is LED dusk to dawn post top light?

LED dusk to dawn post top lights

This is a type of outdoor post top lights with photocell sensor, which can automatically turn fixtures on and off according to the ambient brightness. Its principle is to monitor light changes in real time through top- or side-mounted light sensor. It automatically turns on when below a set value, and automatically turns off otherwise, thus providing illumination from dusk to dawn.

  • More energy efficient: Prevents accidental daytime activation, reducing energy waste;
  • Safer: Avoids safety issues caused by forgetting to turn on the lights;
  • Smarter: No additional timer or manual management required;
  • More weather resistant: The sensor structure is suitable for long-term outdoor.

Can LED post top lights be used outdoors for long time?

Of course, our LED post top lights meet industrial and commercial grade standards for protection and reliability, and are designed specifically for outdoor lighting, with protection level of IP66 and excellent waterproof, dustproof, UV-resistant and corrosion-resistant properties. They can long-term operation in harsh outdoor weather conditions and maintain stable lighting without affecting the service life of the fixtures. And it requires no replacement or maintenance during its service life.

What are the recommended wattage or installation height for LED garden post lights?

In environments such as gardens or courtyards, the emphasis is placed on atmosphere and visual comfort. When installing LED post top lights, it is recommended to choose combination of low power and low installation height, such as 10W-30W and height of 1-3 meters. This creates softer, non-glaring light, avoiding disruption to the plant landscape and nighttime atmosphere.

WattageHeightCoverageLighting Experience
10W1–2 m2–4 mVery soft glow for small paths and close-range accents.
20W1.5–2.5 m4–6 mBalanced brightness for small to medium garden areas.
30W2–3 m6–8 mClear visibility with a wider spread for larger paths.

What is complete solution for LED post lights in parking lots?

The recommended illuminance for parking lot lighting is 15-20 lux, which ensures safety while avoiding severe glare. Therefore, if LED post lights are used in parking lots, power of 60-100W is recommended, with installation height of 4-6 meters, to provide wider coverage while maintaining adequate illuminance uniformity.

For layout, use symmetrical or staggered light poles, maintaining spacing of approximately 12–18 meters to ensure sufficient visibility for both vehicles and pedestrian walkways. 4000-5000K is recommended for clearer vision and better concentration.

Product Testing

We conduct dozens of tests on each LED post top light​s before it is put on the market. We have a lot of professional equipment and personnel to complete this task. Only products that meet the standards will be delivered to you.

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