LED Billboard Lights
- Achieve 60% energy savings with 50,000+ hour LED lifespan
- Custom photometric plans ensure uniform billboard illumination coverage
- IP66 weatherproof rating withstands extreme outdoor conditions reliably
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Professional Layout Optimized for Billboard Size, Viewing Distance & Angle Requirements
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Precise Wattage, Beam Angle & Color Temperature Calculations for Maximum Visibility
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Ensure Code Compliance & Minimize Light Pollution While Maximizing Advertisement Impact
LED billboard lights and LED signage lighting fixtures in this category are engineered floodlights and directional luminaires built for outdoor installation around advertising displays. These products are typically mounted at the top or bottom edges of billboards, set back several feet from the sign face, or positioned along the perimeter of large outdoor signs. Common form factors include robust, weather-resistant housings with adjustable brackets for precise aiming, suited for attachment to billboard structures, poles, or dedicated mounting arms.
These lighting solutions are found along highways, at urban intersections, and in commercial corridors where outdoor advertising is prominent. Installations often include roadside billboards, building-mounted signs, and freestanding pylon displays. As part of our Commercial & Industrial Lighting Solutions, these fixtures are selected for environments where consistent, uniform illumination is required across large advertising surfaces. Typical applications include highway billboards, retail signage, and outdoor promotional displays in high-visibility locations.
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SKU:MLLG-LED-SBHO2-150-50B | Web ID:2021Availability: 316 In Stock Ships 2-3 Days- Lumens: 24000
- Replaces: 400 Watt Metal Halide
- Color Temp: 4000K | 5000K
- CRI: 70+
- IP Rating: IP65
- Rated Life: 244,000 (L70) hours
- Dimmable: 1-10V
- Beam Angle (Std): Type 5
- Beam Angle (Opt): Type 3
- Mount: Yoke | Slip Fitter
- EPA Rating: .43 [ARM Mount]
- Dimensions (in): 15.63 in L X 11.25 in W X 3.22 in H
- Weight (lbs): 9.48 lbs
Starting At$235.08
- SKU:MLLG-LED-SBHO2-300-50B | Web ID:2022Availability: 264 In Stock Ships 2-3 Days
- Lumens: 48000
- Replaces: 1000 Watt Metal Halide
- Color Temp: 4000K | 5000K
- CRI: 70+
- IP Rating: IP65
- Rated Life: 244,000 (L70) hours
- Dimmable: 1-10V
- Beam Angle (Std): Type 5
- Beam Angle (Opt): Type 3
- Mount: Yoke | Slip Fitter
- EPA Rating: .68 [ARM Mount]
- Dimensions (in): 24.61 in L X 11.93 in W X 3.22 in H
- Weight (lbs): 16.76 lbs
Starting At$380.63
What Are LED Billboard Lights
LED billboard lights are outdoor fixtures used to illuminate static billboard faces, wall-mounted signs, pylon signs, monument signs, commercial signage, and other exterior display surfaces. They are designed to provide controlled light across a sign face so the message remains visible at night without excessive glare, wasted light, or uneven hot spots.
Billboard and sign lighting projects usually depend on sign size, viewing distance, mounting position, beam angle, fixture setback, ambient light, local lighting rules, and whether fixtures are mounted above, below, beside, or in front of the sign. LED billboard lighting is often used to replace older metal halide, halogen, or fluorescent sign lighting for improved efficiency, longer service life, better aiming control, and reduced maintenance.
Most billboard lighting projects use flood-style or sign-specific LED fixtures. The right fixture should be selected based on sign dimensions, sign height, target brightness, beam spread, mounting structure, voltage, controls, glare control, and service access.
Selection and Installation Note: Product specifications, optics, wattage, beam angle, controls, certifications, voltage, IP ratings, mounting hardware, and warranty coverage vary by model. Confirm the selected product specification before ordering. For code-sensitive, electrical, sign-permit, roadway, driver-visibility, glare, light-trespass, or safety-critical applications, verify requirements with your local inspector or a licensed electrical professional.
Choose LED Billboard Lights by Sign Type, Mounting Position, or Retrofit Need
The best LED billboard light depends on the sign face size, mounting location, viewing distance, ambient light level, and whether the project is a new sign installation or a retrofit from older lighting.
| Billboard or Sign Lighting Type | Best Used For |
|---|---|
| LED Billboard Lights | Static billboard faces, roadside signs, highway billboards, and large outdoor display surfaces that need controlled sign-face illumination. |
| Wide Beam LED Flood Lights | Large sign faces, wall signs, commercial signage, and display surfaces where broad coverage is needed from a moderate setback distance. |
| Narrow or Medium Beam LED Flood Lights | Signs mounted farther from the fixture or applications where a more controlled beam is needed to reduce wasted light or spill. |
| Top-Mounted Sign Lights | Billboards or signs where fixtures are mounted above the sign face and aimed downward across the display surface. |
| Bottom-Mounted Sign Lights | Signs where fixtures are mounted below the sign face and aimed upward. Glare, uplight, and local ordinance requirements should be reviewed carefully. |
| Wall-Mounted Sign Lighting | Building signs, logo signs, facade signage, and exterior wall-mounted displays where fixture placement must avoid glare into windows or nearby properties. |
| Pylon and Monument Sign Lighting | Entrance signs, roadside business signs, campus signs, and lower sign structures where fixture setback, landscape obstruction, and glare control matter. |
| LED Retrofit for Existing Sign Lighting | Replacing older metal halide, halogen, or fluorescent sign lights where the existing mounting structure, voltage, and aiming locations can support the new LED fixture. |
When LED Billboard Lighting Is the Right Fit
LED billboard lighting is a good fit when a static sign face needs controlled nighttime illumination. It is not always the right solution for digital billboards, internally illuminated signs, hazardous locations, or sites with strict brightness, glare, or dark-sky requirements that have not been reviewed.
| Use LED Billboard Lights When | Do Not Use Standard Billboard Lights When |
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| A static billboard or sign face needs external illumination for nighttime visibility. | The sign is internally illuminated or digital and does not require external lighting. |
| The project needs controlled light across the sign face with fewer hot spots, dark areas, or wasted spill light. | Local sign ordinances limit brightness, uplight, operating hours, glare, or light trespass and the fixture layout has not been reviewed. |
| Older metal halide, halogen, or fluorescent sign lights are being replaced and the goal is lower maintenance and improved efficiency. | The mounting structure cannot support the fixture or the fixture cannot be aimed safely from the available mounting location. |
| Fixture aiming, beam angle, and sign-face coverage can be confirmed before installation. | The lighting may create glare toward drivers, nearby properties, windows, or pedestrian areas and shielding or aiming has not been considered. |
| Controls are needed, such as photocells, timers, dimming, or scheduling for nighttime operation. | The area is classified as hazardous or requires a special fixture rating not provided by standard sign or flood lighting. |
Choosing LED Billboard Lights by Sign Size, Mounting Position, Beam Angle, Brightness, and Controls
Billboard lights should not be selected by wattage alone. The right fixture depends on sign face dimensions, fixture setback, mounting height, beam angle, aiming direction, ambient light level, desired brightness, voltage, controls, service access, and local requirements for glare, uplight, and light trespass.
A lighting layout or photometric review is recommended for large billboards, highway signs, high-ambient commercial areas, double-sided structures, or sites near roadways, residences, windows, or dark-sky-sensitive locations.
Planning Checklist
| Planning Factor | What to Confirm |
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| Sign size | Measure the full sign face width and height before selecting fixture wattage, beam angle, quantity, or mounting position. |
| Viewing distance | Highway billboards, roadside signs, wall signs, and monument signs may require different brightness levels because viewing distance and traffic speed vary. |
| Ambient light | Urban and high-ambient areas may require more sign-face illumination than rural or low-ambient areas, where lower output can reduce glare and light trespass. |
| Mounting position | Confirm whether fixtures will be top-mounted, bottom-mounted, wall-mounted, ground-mounted, arm-mounted, or attached to the billboard structure. |
| Beam angle | Match beam spread to sign size, fixture setback, and aiming distance. Too narrow a beam can create hot spots, while too wide a beam can waste light beyond the sign face. |
| Fixture quantity and spacing | Confirm how many fixtures are needed to light the sign face evenly without bright bands, dark corners, or visible scalloping. |
| Aiming and glare control | Review fixture aiming, shields, visors, and mounting angles to reduce glare toward drivers, pedestrians, nearby buildings, or adjacent properties. |
| Controls | Confirm whether the project requires photocells, timers, astronomical clocks, dimming, scheduling, or control system integration. |
| Voltage and wiring | Confirm site voltage, circuit length, wiring method, surge protection, and whether existing sign-light wiring can support the new LED fixtures. |
| Weather exposure | Confirm wet-location rating, IP rating, corrosion exposure, wind exposure, and mounting hardware suitability for outdoor sign structures. |
| Service access | Review how fixtures will be accessed for aiming, cleaning, inspection, and replacement, especially on tall or roadside billboard structures. |
| Local sign lighting rules | Confirm requirements for brightness, operating hours, shielding, uplight, light trespass, driver glare, and sign permits before installation. |
Recommended Foot-Candles for Billboard and Sign Lighting
Use the tool below for general starting foot-candle ranges by billboard and sign lighting application. It includes small static billboards, standard billboards, large highway billboards, wall-mounted signs, pylon signs, monument signs, urban high-ambient signage, rural low-ambient signage, and double-sided billboard structures.
Foot-candle guidance helps with sign-face brightness planning, but it does not determine fixture count, mounting location, aiming angle, beam spread, glare control, local sign-code compliance, driver visibility, or light trespass. For large, roadside, high-ambient, or code-sensitive sign projects, request a lighting plan before ordering.
LED Billboard Lights Compared with Flood Lights and Internal Sign Lighting
Billboard lights, flood lights, wall packs, and internal sign lighting can all illuminate outdoor commercial displays, but they are not interchangeable. The right fixture depends on sign type, mounting position, beam control, and whether the sign is externally or internally illuminated.
| Lighting Type | Best Used For |
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| LED Billboard Light | Static billboard faces and outdoor signage where controlled external illumination and even sign-face coverage are needed. |
| LED Flood Light | Flexible sign, facade, area, or security lighting where adjustable aiming and beam angle options are required. |
| Digital Billboard | Self-illuminated display systems that typically do not require external billboard lighting. Brightness, dimming, and local sign rules still need review. |
| Metal Halide or Halogen Sign Lighting | Older sign-lighting technology with higher energy use, more maintenance, lamp replacement, and less precise control compared with LED retrofit options. |
Billboard Lighting Certifications and Warranty Support
LED billboard lights from LED Lighting Supply carry a safety listing such as UL, ETL, or CSA, depending on product. Many models are DLC or DLC Premium listed for utility rebate support where applicable. Rebate requirements vary by utility, region, and product listing, so confirm eligibility on the selected product specification before ordering.
Most LED billboard lights include a 5-year warranty unless otherwise specified, with USA-based warranty support. Before purchase, confirm certifications, DLC status, voltage, controls compatibility, mounting method, wet-location rating, wind exposure, glare control, and whether the fixture is right for the sign layout and surrounding conditions.
Common LED Billboard Lighting Mistakes
Billboard lighting projects go wrong when fixtures are selected without confirming sign size, mounting position, beam angle, aiming, local sign rules, and glare control. These issues can lead to uneven sign lighting, wasted light, complaints, or code problems.
- Selecting by wattage alone: Compare sign size, beam spread, fixture setback, aiming angle, and target sign-face brightness instead of choosing only by wattage.
- Using the wrong beam angle: Narrow beams can create hot spots, while wide beams can spill light beyond the sign face.
- Ignoring sign size and fixture spacing: Large signs may need multiple fixtures placed and aimed correctly to avoid dark corners or uneven bands.
- Creating glare toward drivers: Roadside and highway signs should be reviewed for driver visibility, glare, and aiming angle.
- Overlighting rural signs: Low-ambient areas may need less light than urban signs. Too much output can create light trespass and complaints.
- Skipping local sign lighting rules: Many areas regulate sign brightness, operating hours, uplight, shielding, and light trespass.
- Using wall packs as sign lights without review: Wall packs are usually designed for ground coverage, not even sign-face illumination.
- Forgetting service access: Tall signs and roadside billboards need safe access for aiming, cleaning, inspection, and replacement.
- Ignoring wind and mounting structure: Confirm mounting hardware, structure condition, wind exposure, and fixture attachment before installation.
- Adding external lights to digital or internally lit signs: Digital and internally illuminated signs usually do not need external billboard lights.
Request a billboard lighting plan and our Product Specialists can help review sign size, mounting position, beam angle, fixture spacing, aiming, brightness, voltage, controls, glare, and product specifications for your LED billboard or sign lighting project.
LED Billboard Lights Frequently Asked Questions
What Are the Key Benefits of LED Billboard Lighting
LED billboard lighting offers significant energy efficiency, reducing energy costs by up to 60 percent compared to metal halide systems. It also minimizes maintenance needs, as LED fixtures eliminate frequent lamp replacements and ballast failures. With high CRI LEDs rated above 80, these lights ensure vibrant color rendering, enhancing the visibility and appeal of advertising graphics.
How Do I Determine the Right Illumination Levels for My Billboard
Illumination levels depend on location and viewing conditions. For most applications, 50 foot-candles provide a balance between visibility and energy use. However, rural areas may require as low as 20 foot-candles, while urban intersections might need over 100 foot-candles. A photometric plan can help tailor the lighting to your specific needs, considering factors like ambient light and local regulations.
What Technical Specifications Should I Consider for LED Billboard Lights
Consider the input voltage range of 120V to 277V and wattage options from 80 to 300 watts, depending on your billboard size and illumination needs. Beam angle selection is crucial; choose from 60-degree, 90-degree, or 120-degree spreads based on setback distances and billboard dimensions. Ensure fixtures have an IP65 rating for durability against dust and water.
What Are the Recommended Mounting Options for Billboard Lighting
Top-mounted configurations generally provide the most even illumination, especially for tall billboards. Bottom-mounted setups are suitable for smaller signs or when top mounting is not feasible. Use adjustable mounting brackets for precise aiming, and consider yoke mounts for flexibility or slip-fitter mounts for existing poles. Proper spacing and positioning are essential to avoid hot spots and ensure uniform coverage.
What Certifications Should I Look for in LED Billboard Lights
Ensure your fixtures are DLC Premium certified for energy efficiency and rebate eligibility. They should also be UL Listed and ETL Listed for electrical safety and performance. These certifications can help qualify your project for utility rebates and tax incentives, enhancing the return on your investment.
How Can I Maximize the ROI of My Billboard Lighting Investment
Work with product specialists to calculate energy savings based on your utility rates and operating schedule. Custom lighting plans tailored to your billboard dimensions and local requirements can optimize fixture configurations, reducing energy costs and maximizing advertising visibility. Professional-grade photometric analysis ensures your investment delivers long-term value.
What Common Mistakes Should I Avoid When Installing Billboard Lighting
Avoid skipping a photometric plan, as this can lead to uneven lighting and hot spots. Ensure correct beam angles to prevent bright spots or wasted light. Maintain at least a 4-foot setback from the billboard face to ensure uniformity. Use billboard-specific fixtures for proper color rendering and light levels, and check local ordinances to avoid code issues. Properly file rebate paperwork to take advantage of utility incentives.