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Engineer,
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ABB
Docwin
Thiscalculationsbasedonhighpressuresodium(HPS)lamp
canbe
type,whichisthecommonlamptypeforroadlighting
replaced
applications.evenifIstillpreferredLEDlightingsystemfor
byDOC
manyreasonswillbeexplainedinfuturepostinshaAllah.
2.0

I.ManualMethod Street
Lighting
Step.1:ClassifiedtheRoadwayasfollow: Design

Grounding
Freeway:Adividedmajorroadwaywithfullcontrolof
and
access(nocrossingsatgrade)A:greater
Lightning
visualcomplexityandhightrafficvolumes.B:All
protection
otherdividedroadwayswithfullcontrolofaccess.
asper

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Expressway:Adividedmajorroadwayforthrough NFPA780
traffic,withpartialcontrolofaccess(chosenforthis &70.
case).
TopTen
considerati
Major:Thatpartoftheroadwaysystemthatserves
onsof
astheprincipalnetworkforthroughtrafficflow.
dwelling
(residential
Collector:Roadwaysservicingtrafficbetween
)units
majorandlocalstreets.
when
making
Local:Localstreetsareusedprimarilyfordirect
Electrical
accesstoresidential,commercial,industrial,or
Designas
otherabuttingproperty.
perNEC
2014
Step.2:DeterminetheMethodofcalculationifLuminance
(cd/m2)orIlluminance(lumen/m2Chosenforthiscase), Street
Bothmethodsarevalid,Also lighting
series
Step.3:Determinethedesiredilluminancelevelfromthe voltage
followingtable(12.0lux). drop

Achieved
projects
Sample

illuminance level (lux),,R3 column for asphaltsurface type.

Step.4:DetermineTheproposedLuminaiareWattage:

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Roadwidth:10.5m3lanes. Contact
info
Mountingheightofpolesis0.7roadwidth(min).
to.1.0roadwidth(max)(10mheightchosen).
3769 King Faisal R
Lihat peta lebih besar
Polesspacingis3mountingheight(min).to.
5mountingheight(max)(3.5mounting
height=3.5*10m=35mchosen).

Utilization/maintenancefactorscanbe0.4forall
roads. Data peta 2017
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3769King
So FaisalRd,Al
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AlKhobar,
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8

Search
Therequiredlumen11025canbeachievedby100W
Search
sodiumLuminaireatheight10m,polespacing
Search
35minsinglesideofroadwith10.5mwidth.

II.SoftwareMethod(Dialux):
Recent
Posts

ABBDocwin
canbe
replacedby
DOC2.0
NFormulafor
voltagedrop

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Step.1:File..>Wizards Fastand
SimpleShort
circuit
currentcalculat
ion
LEEDV4
overview
Streetlighting
series
voltagedrop

Step.2:Quickstreetplaning..>Next..>Next
Archives

August
2016(1)
June2016(1)
April2016(1)
February
2016(2)
June2015(1)
January
2015(1)
October
Step.3:Choosingroaddata
2014(1)
August
2014(1)
June2014(1)
March2014(3)
February
2014(1)
January
2014(1)
December
2013(1)

Step.4:Classificationofroadandcalculationmethod

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Step.5:Choosingrequireddatatodetermine

Step.6:Choosingrequireddatatocompare

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Step.7:Choosingluminairefromphilipscatalogue

Step.8:Choosingluminairetype

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Step.9:Calculate

Step.10:Choosingbestoutput

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Step.11:Renderyourselection

Step.12:Renderyourselectionin3D

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Step.13:Finaloutputdata

Step.14:Reviewinputdata

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Step.15:Final3Doutput

III.FinalTips:

Thepreferredluminaireisthatgivingmorepole
spacingupto5mountingheight.
Thepreferredluminaireisthatgivingwidethin
photmetricinsidesofpoleandlittheroadwith
outlossesoflightonuporbesidethepole.
Thepopularstreetlightingmanufacturersinthe
worldisPHILIPS,CREE,schrederlighting.

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