Lighting towers

LIGHTING TOWERS: LIGHTING FOR THE LARGEST WORKSITES

What is a site lighting tower?

A light tower is an essential piece of equipment on construction sites, providing powerful and uniform lighting to ensure worker safety and productivity, even on the largest sites. These towers typically consist of a sturdy base (frame or legs), a tripod or telescoping mast, and one or more light heads at the top. Some have their own power source (diesel, gasoline, or hybrid generator, or a lithium-ion battery), while others require an external power source (mains power, power case, construction battery or generator).

How do you choose the right site lighting tower for your activity?

A lighting tower is a structure of varying complexity designed to provide light in remote locations: construction sites, sporting or music events in rural areas, emergency response operations in the wilderness, and so on. A lighting tower typically consists of a mast, supported by legs or a base structure, with lighting fixtures mounted at its top. Some lighting towers have their own power source and may sometimes be mobile. Labérine offers a wide range of lighting solutions suitable for all industries. For medium- and large-scale construction sites, lighting towers are particularly well-suited. Whether you work in the construction industry, the railway sector or even emergency response (rescue), you’re sure to find a lighting tower that suits your needs.

To choose the lighting tower that best suits your needs, it's essential to anticipate a few key points:

• Power Availability: It can sometimes be difficult to provide electrical power to certain job sites—especially in remote or confined areas—that lack direct access to the utility grid. For these situations, we offer lighting towers equipped with their own power sources, such as built-in generators or rechargeable job site batteries. For those that aren’t equipped with these, we also offer a range of power solutions for your job sites.
• The size of your worksite: some work areas can be very large, so we offer lighting systems that provide sufficient, reliable illumination for up to 5,000m², enough to light even the largest jobsites.
• Conditions of use : as mentioned above, some worksites can be difficult to access and require special logistics. For this reason, some of our lighting towers are equipped with wheels (like the TF4 or the K65 MK5), making them easy to transport and bring to your site by hand, without the need for a motorized vehicle. It's also important to anticipate the terrain on which the machine will be placed, to avoid the risk of tipping. Some of our products are very well anchored to the ground, anticipating all risks, even violent winds.

It is essential to be aware of these various factors in advance so you can best anticipate your needs and choose a solution that meets your expectations. If you need connectors, transformers, extension cords, etc., we also offer a wide range of electrical distribution equipment that we can customize upon request.

What are the uses of a lighting tower?

A lighting tower can be used on a building site, at an event, by the emergency services or for industrial purposes. A distinction can be made between light, mobile lighting towers and those that are heavier or have their own power source.

They are generally intended for use on large outdoor sites, as their spotlights are optimized for lighting large areas. They are highly versatile and adaptable to your needs, with lighting heads whose brightness can be adjusted in most cases. The spotlights on the lighting towers in our entire range can be adjusted from 180° to 360°, to illuminate your work areas more precisely and ensure greater safety.

Their average installation time is around 3 minutes (for "compact" models), and they light up instantly. So it won't take you long to immerse your worksite in a safe, reliable and powerful light.

What are the functionalities of our different lighting towers?

Dimensions of our site lighting towers

Our range of construction lighting towers can be divided into the following groups:

• "Compact" lighting towers: These are models with moderate dimensions "when folded," making them easy to transport in the trunk of a car or the bed of a pickup truck. Among these towers is the K65 MK5 and the TF4.
• "High-power" lighting towers: These are larger models that require a trailer for transport. Examples of these models include the CTF10 and the CUBE+. We also offer a model that can be attached to a tow hitch and towed on the road: the V20. For more information , see our “lighting trailers”.

ATTENTION: an E license is required to transport a road-towed lighting tower - V20.

As we mentioned earlier, we can distinguish between lightweight lighting towers and larger ones. Lightweight lighting towers like the TF4, or the standard K65, can be carried in a medium-sized bag, in the boot of a van for example. Deployment and installation are very easy: less than 3 minutes for a single person, even in the dark. Some towers have a tripod to deploy and install, on which the lighting head is placed, while others are masts integrated into a structure, fitted with a manual winch or hydraulic jack deployment system. Pole rotation is usually manual.

The different power sources for our lighting towers: the difference between a lighting tower with and without a generator

Some towers have their own power supply, while others need to be connected to the mains or to an independent power source (generator or stand-alone power pack).

The lighting towers that require an external connection are: the TF4, the K65 MK5, and the CTF10 base tower . They are highly versatile and easy to use.

The lighting towers with their own power sources are: the CUBE+ tower (with a built-in diesel, gasoline, or hybrid generator) and the V20, which is also considered a lighting trailer (towable on the road).

In any case, it's essential that the power source for these lights provides a stable, regular 230V supply, to avoid any malfunction or drop in efficiency. Once powered, these towers light up automatically and instantaneously, providing full-power illumination (or not, if brightness is adjustable) without any warm-up time, thanks to latest-generation LEDs.

Our different lighting towers, a solution for every need!

Discover the main features of our range

The TF4 : This model provides a light output of 58,000 lumens, illuminating a construction site with an area of 850 m². It must be connected to a 230V power source.

The K65 MK5 : Despite its compact size when folded, this tower is designed to illuminate even the largest construction sites. It also requires a 230V electrical connection and delivers a total output of 195,000 lumens (in its largest version), with 180° or 360° adjustability.

CTF10-Based Lighting Tower : This powerful lighting unit requires a tow to be transported to your job site; its telescopic mast with a hydraulic cylinder can reach an impressive height of 10 meters, providing ideal lighting for an area of 5,000 square meters thanks to its 184,000 lumens.

CUBE+ Base Lighting Tower : It also requires towing to reach your operational area. This model offers the longest runtime available in our lineup. In its hybrid version, it achieves a total runtime of 707 hours without interruption, with a high output of 140,000 lumens, illuminating up to 4,500 m².