A solar-powered dock system for boat lifts, lighting, schedules, and battery intelligence — controlled from wherever you are. No shore power. No wires to the water.
Smith Lake · Alabama
The System
A weatherproof solar box lives on your dock and speaks to your phone over long-range radio — miles past where WiFi gives up. No shore power, no cables to the water.
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Dock lights, fishing lights, fridges, and appliances — switched from the house, the office, or another state entirely.
Live state of charge, voltage, and per-cell health, with alerts long before there's trouble.
Lights rise at dusk and rest at midnight. Set it once — the dock keeps its own hours.
When reserves run low, non-essential loads shed themselves and restore when the sun returns. The fridge stays cold.
Solar, battery, and long-range radio — no shore power, WiFi, or cell plan at the dock. Standing on the dock itself, the app connects directly over Bluetooth.
Boat Lifts
The most common call we get: "Can you get my lift off shore power?" Yes. A panel and battery mounted on the lift itself run a 12-volt lift motor all season — no trenching, no conduit, no electrician's run to the water.
How it works
A weatherproof controller wired to your dock's battery and appliances, kept charged by a solar panel.
The dock talks to a small base station at the house over LoRa radio — built for miles of range on the water.
The base station relays everything to the cloud, so the app shows live status and controls from wherever you are.
The Work
Every system is put together by hand and installed in person — panels on the boathouse roof, power at the water, nothing run from shore.
DAHLKE SOLAR
Every installation is finished with an engraved steel plaque, lit at dusk by the system itself. When you see the mark on Smith Lake, you're looking at a dock that runs on sunlight.
Questions
No. The system runs entirely on a solar panel and battery at the dock, so you skip the trenching, conduit, and expensive electrical runs it takes to get shore power to the water.
Yes. The dock talks to a small base station at your house over LoRa long-range radio — no WiFi or cell plan needed at the dock. Standing on the dock itself, the app also connects directly over Bluetooth.
Dock lights, fishing lights, a dock fridge, and other 12-volt appliances — each on its own switched circuit with schedules and remote control, plus live battery state of charge, voltage, and per-cell health.
Yes — it's one of our most requested jobs. We replace the shore-power feed with a solar panel, battery, and a 12-volt lift motor setup mounted right on the lift, so it raises and lowers with no electrical run from the house. The same system can also power your dock lights and other appliances.
LoRa radio is built for miles of range over open water. Every install is range-tested and tuned for your specific dock and shoreline.
You get an alert, and the built-in battery saver automatically sheds non-essential loads while keeping critical ones like the fridge running. Everything restores on its own once solar charges the battery back up.
Every dock is different — panel size, battery, and the number of switched circuits are sized to your dock. Call or text (205) 721-3830 for a quote; systems are built, installed, and supported locally on Smith Lake.
We're based in Crane Hill and serve all of Lewis Smith Lake, Alabama — Crane Hill, Arley, Bremen, Houston, Logan, Double Springs, and the surrounding Jasper and Cullman areas. Installs on Lake Martin and other Alabama lakes are available by arrangement.
Service Area
Dahlke Solar is based in Crane Hill, Alabama, building and installing dock solar systems and solar dock lighting across Lewis Smith Lake — Crane Hill, Arley, Bremen, Houston, Logan, Double Springs, Jasper, and the greater Cullman County area. Off-grid dock solar installs on Lake Martin and other Alabama lakes are available by arrangement.
Consultations
Every dock is different. Panels, battery, and circuits are sized to yours — designed, installed, and supported personally on Smith Lake.
Founder
Jared Dahlke