Outdoor Solar Lighting

Posted on October 11, 2009 by

Want to beautify, add security and increase the value of your home?

Hate the thought of hiring a contractor to trench and run power cables for your Landscape lighting needs! Along with the cost to hook it in to your electrical and then the added cost every month on your electric bill. Then when you need it most, when power goes down its not there and neither is the added security.

Then Outdoor Solar Lighting is the solution to your problem! Outdoor Solar lighting is the safest and easiest kind of outdoor lighting to install, and requires no wiring to main power. Each Solar Light fixture contains a scientifically designed solar collector panel that converts daytime-sunlight into electrical energy.

Solar lights will enhance the appearance of any yard, patio, or garden decor. Simply place the Solar Light and garden decor in the desired location and the solar power panel automatically charges the internal battery so the solar light will activate at dusk and turn off at dawn.
Solar landscape lighting is the perfect application for solar powered, wireless style lights. Solar lights utilize the latest LED technology and provide sufficient lighting to mark entrances, garden accent, deck lighting, accent walkways & steps and to indicate the location of darkened obstacles at night. Most solar lights will stay lit for up to 8 or more hours with fully charged batteries.

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Add Solar Deck Lighting

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

Solar Deck Lights are an excellent means to beautifully and highlight the style of your deck or patio at night. Correctly placed, Solar Patio Lights and Deck Lights can create a very pleasant mood for social get together s. When you decide to install Solar Deck Lights you must first decide what type of lighting you want. Solar Lights for decks come in different models and lighting colors. The most common ones are recessed Deck Lights and Deck Post Lights. You will find that there are hundreds of different styles and models to choose from.

Post caps can be simple to very ornate. They come in many different sizes to fit 6×6, 4×4 or 5×5 posts. Some can even be attached directly to the railing to make it look as if the post passes thru the railing. You can find Solar Powered Post Caps in any home improvement store or many hardware stores across the country.

Recessed Solar Deck Lights are designed to be installed directly into the deck floor (flush mounted). Once fitted, recessed lights become part of your deck or patio floor and can be walked on, just make sure that they are not shaded and will get good sunlight thru out the day.

In addition to the aesthetic aspect they produce, Solar Deck Lights make the use of walkways and steps safer during darkness. They will shed light along pathways, walkways and stairs where safety is an issue.

 

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Solar Shed Lights

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

Solar Shed Lights are a relatively new product on the market today.They are perfect for a boat house, green house, barn or a shed,that has no electricity run to it. It is very inconvenient to try to search through a storage shed or a barn at night with a flashlight in hand. This product eliminates that at a very reasonable price. Solar Shed Lights can run anywhere from about $30.00 to about $150.00.
There are several things to look for in a Solar Shed Light. First,what kind of interior light does it use? Some products use fluorescent tubes while others use Halogen or Xenon bulbs. The more popular Shed Lights use LED (Light Emitting Diode) lights. LEDs last a very long time and draw very little current so they will stay bright much longer. LEDs are virtually maintenance free while other types of bulbs must eventually be replaced. Replacing the bulb, while not difficult, does add to the cost of the unit.
If the solar shed light uses LED lights it is also good to know how many lights are in the fixture. Some use 6 lights while others use 10 or even 24 LED lights. The reason that may be of some importance is LEDs are quite bright but also quite small. An interior fixture that uses only 6 LED may not be bright enough to see well in a larger area. The more LEDs used the more light and expensive the unit but I have found that the additional cost is usually worth it.

The second thing to look for is the kind of battery it uses and if it is replaceable. Batteries will almost always wear out at some point in time and if they are difficult to replace or hard to find,
again it just adds to the cost.

The last thing to discover is, how long does the light operate on a full charge? Most will work for up to 2 to 4 hours at a time on a full charge. Usually an hour or two is more than sufficient time to get what ever it is you need taken care of. If you need to have a lot more time available at night then you need to consider a larger solar panel and larger capacity batteries. When you start changing out solar panels, batteries and light fixtures you get into custom configured Solar Lighting. Custom Solar Lighting is available but at a considerably higher cost.

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Landscape lighting

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

Spotlights are the brightest Solar Lights and usually the most expensive. They cast a focused beam on plants, focal points, statuary, entryways or other special features. They’re not especially decorative like accent lights, so tuck them behind plants, rocks or small structures so they cast light and draw your eye directly to the element you want highlighted. Their solar panels can be mounted away from the unit itself, to collect sunshine even if the fixture is in shadow.

One of the most striking uses for a spotlight is up lighting into a tree. I find the branch structure of a mature tree to be like a beautiful work of art. At night, with appropriate lighting, it’s even more dramatic. Ordinary branches become exciting shapes and textures when lit from below. Lighting trees along your property line attracts the eye and makes the yard seem larger. When you spotlight a special area, place a few lower-intensity lights around it to create a transition from a bright patch to darkness.

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Solar Driveway Lights

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

When a person decides to install lights in his garden or outside his house, the first thing that comes into his mind is the driveway. There are many who believe that Driveway Lighting is of no use as cars themselves have got headlights, which assists in navigation.However, you should understand the fact that driveway lights are not only for the purpose of eliminating dark, it also improves the look of your home and makes it appear more stylish – a true sign of great outdoor lighting. If you have a long driveway, then the illuminated driveway looks even more beautiful. It turns your house in a grand landmark and also provides the visitors with a warm welcome.

To add ambiance and also make your driveway or sidewalk easier to see at night, Solar Driveway Lights are a perfect choice. They are affordable, economical to run and also environmentally friendly because they harness the power of the sun to provide light, even after it has gone down. Solar Driveway Lights provide a glowing path at night that allow easy navigation of your driveway, and are especially useful in northern areas where winter brings very short days and dark has often fallen before the average person is home from work!

Depending on where you live snow can be a problem and stake or pole lights can be an advantage over flush mounted, since they don’t get covered up as easily.

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Solar Powered Home Security Lighting!

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

By strategically placing Motion Activated Solar Security Lights and regular Solar Lights around your house. You can significantly improve the security of your home and make it a safer place for you and your family. Since these all come in the traditional and modern designs you not only add security but can add to the beauty of your home. The Outdoor Solar Lights you chose for your home security project must be positioned so that any dark areas around your home are illuminated at night. So work out where these good locations are and after you buy your Solar Lighting test them at night in those positions before the final installation You will undoubtedly find that final repositioning is required to get the best results. They are easy to install so moving them around for testing will not be difficult. A typical Solar Powered Motion Sensor Light will be spotlight or floodlight with a separate small solar panel, which can be sited away from the light itself so you can put it in the best position to receive the maximum amount of sunlight during the day. As the sun goes down and twilight approaches a solar powered light will start to emit light from the power stored in it’s internal battery, which has been charged up during the day. The charge can last up to 10 hours which means the area around your property can be illuminated for the whole night. The good thing about this home security solution is that after funding the cost of buying the right Solar Lights there are absolutely no running costs, because the sun’s energy is free. So you will not have any increase in your electric bill. This is good for you and also good for the environment. A well executed Outdoor Solar Lighting plan can provide you with all the security you need to make your home a safer and more enjoyable place to be when the sun goes down.

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