This 2024 Honduras project features a Y-shaped aluminum light pole. Its paired arms create two luminaire mounting positions on one pole, making the configuration relevant where a project calls for lighting on both sides of a route or open area.
Project at a glance
- Location: Honduras
- Year: 2024
- Product: Y-shaped aluminum light pole
- Defining feature: Two outward-facing arms
Specifying a Y-shaped pole
Arm outreach and luminaire placement should be selected from the lighting layout rather than a generic height recommendation. For structural review, the project team should provide mounting height, luminaire weight and projected area, site wind criteria, installation method and finish requirements. Final dimensions and connections must follow the approved project drawings.
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How the Y-shaped layout affects a lighting plan
The Y profile is most useful when the two luminaire positions serve different directions from one foundation. The designer should compare the road or open-space layout with a straight single-arm or two-pole solution; the decorative form alone does not prove a wider or more uniform light distribution. Photometric results depend on the luminaires, optics, mounting height and spacing.
Before fabrication, a dimensioned drawing should fix the angle between the arms, each outreach and the attachment method. These details determine transport clearance as well as the load carried by the central shaft. A finish sample and maintenance-access plan are also useful when the pole is part of a visible public-space design.