Outdoor Lighting

Outdoor lighting is a simple improvement that can make a huge difference in the safety and security of your home as well as how it looks after dusk. It is always recommended that a professional electrician install these types of systems.

Outdoor lighting is usually installed along walkways, steps, and driveways, pointing up at trees, walls, and fences. The typical outdoor low-voltage landscape lighting system requires just three components: a transformer, low-voltage electrical cable, and the fixtures.

Outdoor lighting uses low-voltage light fixtures linked by a low-voltage cable and connected to a low-voltage transformer, which plugs into an outdoor receptacle and reduces the standard 110-volt current to 12 volts.

Outdoor Lighting Benefits:

Outdoor lights can be a wonderful thing to invest in. They will add much more character to your home, and provide a whole new area for you to enjoy after the sun has gone down.

• Extremely Useful - This new lighting can help you see at night time.
  
• Beneficial All Year Long - Either in summer or winter this installation can add curb appeal to your home.
  
• Energy Efficient - If you choose a solar outdoor lighting system, it can save you 10% rather than a regular outdoor lighting system.
  
• Safety - This installation can help you determine if there is anyone in your yard at any hour of the night time.
  
• Security - A motion detecting lighting system can help you see in spots that you did not see before.
  
• Fully Customizable -Each installation that we offer can be interchangeable with any other type of lighting system.

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Outdoor solar lights are definitely an interesting option; not only for saving purposes. Sure, you will save on your electricity bill, but you will also contribute to a cleaner environment. Solar powered lights are available in numerous designs and endless applications are possible for any home owner. If you are interested in having outdoor solar lighting installed Schedule today.

Cheap Outdoor Lighting

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There are so many different styles of outdoor garden lights on the market that it is sometimes difficult to know where to begin. However you may be pleased to learn that whether you are looking for some cheap lights or more expensive designer outdoor lighting their power sources fall in to three main categories. All garden lights will be powered by either; battery, solar or mains electricity and this article takes a look at the pro’s and cons of each of those power sources, so that you can make an informed decision.

Battery Power

Battery powered outdoor lights can be positioned any where in the garden and do not necessarily have to be positioned in the sun like solar lights. Out of all of the power sources batteries offer the most flexible solution in terms of positioning the lights; however, they also have some major drawbacks. Unless you are using lithium based batteries you garden lights will struggle to operate at sub-zero temperatures. There is also the added cost of replacing the batteries every time they run out, and this also has an environmental impact.

Solar Power

Solar power offers the possibility for lights to be position wherever there is sunlight during the day (so that they can charge). There are also solar lights that have a remote solar panel so lights can be positioned where there is no sun but then you do have to have a cable running to the solar panel. Out of all the different power sources for garden lights, solar power is the cheapest to run and has the smallest environmental impact. The main disadvantages of solar lights are that the cheaper lights tend to emit a blue/white light and their operating times tend to be quite short.

Mains Power

Mains powered lights are slowly but surely dying out in the outdoor market. Advances in solar power lights allow them to now be used in situations that would have previously been satisfied by mains powered lights. However, there is one major advantage of mains powered lights and that is that they will stay on for as long as you have them switched on. The disadvantages are numerous though; installation costs are high and very disruptive, positioning of the lights is limited, they are unsafe for children and pets and finally the running costs of them are much greater than solar powered lights and therefore so is the environmental impact.