Solar Security Lighting Basics

Solar powered lights are perfect for those applications where a regular power source is unavailable and where accent lighting is required. Solar systems outperform traditional wired systems. When compared to the traditional system's costs for cable, digging trenches, and recurring electric bills, solar security lighting offers some serious advantages. Although most solar-powered kits are not as bright as low-voltage lights, the newer solar ones provide adequate light for highlighting plants, marking a path for security.

How Solar Security Lighting Works
Solar security lights are powered by DC electricity generated from sunshine. The lights have built-in photo sensors, so they automatically turn off during the day and turn on at night. Best of all, light from solar powered lamps doesn't require the burning of fossil fuels and the generation of carbon dioxide (CO2) and pollutants associated with the generation of electricity by a utility.

Solar Lighting is Reliable
Solar security lighting is very dependable. It's never too cloudy to collect solar energy. If there's enough light to see well, even if it's raining, there's enough light to for a solar panel to collect and store energy. The typical system can store enough energy to operate for 5 consecutive days without sun.

Solar Lighting Means no Fussing with Wiring
Trying to wire outdoor path and landscape lighting can be a hassle even if you use low-voltage lighting. There is always a sidewalk or some other obstruction you have to tunnel under to run the wiring to the lights.

Solar garden lights require no wiring as they charge through the daytime from the sun's rays (they require a sunny position, although will gain some charge on an overcast day). Solar lights generally come on automatically at dusk, although some have a manual over-ride switch.