Apr 08 2010
Illuminate Your Land with Solar Powered Landscape Lighting
Solar powered landscape lighting offers homeowners safety and illumination without a bigger electric bill. Replacing outdoor electrical lights with solar models is also a simple and low cost way to ‘go green’. Solar lanterns may be purchased in a variety of designs, materials, and colors. Materials may include various metals, glass, and plastic. Many lights can be purchased with a colored bulb, glass, or shade to create a unique look or to match a home or garden theme. Retailers may offer decorative solar lamps in the shape of a lighthouse, animal, or other characters and scenes.
Some solar lamps are brighter than others due to the different solar batteries
they may contain. Usually, the light(s) will be marked as to how many milliamp hours (mAh) the battery can hold. Most of these lights can charge even on cloudy days. Quite often, these lamps use an LED bulb that should not need replacing. These lights are often easy to install, as they do not use wires. Some are staked into the ground, while others can be hung, or placed on a table top or porch step.
Solar lights are a great way to add illumination to a dark yard or as security lights, as they will go on automatically every night.
These lights can be located in many stores and online retailers, for a variety of qualities and prices. They may be purchased individually in many places, but some stores offer sets of matching lights, which may be suitable for lighting a path or long driveway. Outdoor Lighting and More, an online retailer based in Boston, offers many solar lights. One example is the GamaSonic Globe Solar Light, at the price of $59.99. Wal-Mart offers a four piece set of Soreno solar lights for $20.00, both in store and online.
Solar powered landscape lighting is a low cost addition with many available designs to fit any home for decoration and security.
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