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Choosing Outdoor Solar Patio Lights

Caimin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:08:37 +0000

Before buying outdoor solar patio lights, it’s worth thinking about why you’re installing them. Is it for functional / safety use or is it mainly as a decorative light, to give your patio more atmosphere?

If you’re looking usable outdoor lighting you’ll need brighter lights and to install them in the places around your patio and garden where you actually need light – near doors or places you’ll be eating or entertaining friends, for example.

If your solar lighting is more for mood and atmosphere you can get pretty creative with positioning. Try putting them in trees shining down into the patio / garden or along the edges of your patio / deck. It’s a good idea to experiment with where to put your solar lights – live with them for a couple of evenings before settling on a location.

Bear in mind that the only rule with placing outdoor solar lights is that it must be in a place where that gets at least a few hours of direct sunlight a day – otherwise they won’t be able to recharge enough for night use. Sounds obvious, but it’s easy to forget that.

If you really want to have evening light in a place that doesn’t get much sunlight during the day, consider buying an outdoor solar light kit that has a separate solar panel on a cable. That will allow you to place the panel in direct light while the solar lights themselves can be in a more shaded area.

Solar String LED Lights To Brighten Up Your Garden

Caimin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:43:29 +0000

Solar Star LED Lights

These cool solar star lights can cheer up any garden with their bright white LED solar lights. Not only are they weatherproof but they can be shaped to fit around trees, bushes and other things in the garden adding a bit of welcoming light to your outdoor area.

They come with their own small solar panel that can be driven into the ground a little way from where you want to hang the outdoor lights. Then, after a day of solar charging, when the light fades they automatically turn themselves on.

Each solar star light string measures 23ft / 7m in length and you can even buy a double pack if you feel like going a little crazy. Each engery saving LED light will provide up to six hours of solar powered light per night. In winter, when a full solar charge might not be possible, regular rechargeable batteries can be used as a power supply for up to fifteen night without needing a recharge.

Get Romantic with Solar Lanterns

Caimin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:41:47 +0000

If the phrase solar lantern has a Far East feel about it then no wonder – lanterns originate from Asia. Although many solar lanterns retain an Asian design theme, they’re also available in many other styles of design – including modern contemporary.

A wide variety of shapes – like round, elongated or teardrop – are available and the choice of colors is pretty much endless.

Just find a good spot for your solar lantern, somewhere that gets a fair amount of sunlight in the day will be ideal, and wait for the romantic glowing light to appear after sunset. You’d be surprised how much more fun it is entertaining friends with the soft light of solar lanterns above you.

Seven Reasons To Love Solar Landscape Lights

Caimin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:41:29 +0000

There are lots of reasons to love the idea of putting solar landscape lights in your garden, yard or patio. But here are seven to get you thinking.

1 – Let’s start with the obvious: Solar power cuts your power bills.

2 – Solar landscape lights are 100% safe for the environment.

3 – Absolutely no wires. Most solar landscape light kits are made of self-contained units, so they can work independently of each other without needing to dig up your yard or garden to install connecting wires.

4 – You don’t need to be a solar lighting expert. If you can use a screwdriver, you can install solar landscape lights. In fact, some types don’t even use a screw mount – they just sit in place or have a clip connector.

5 – Great warranty and guarantees. Good brands come with lengthy product warranty and are built to last for years, no matter what the weather does.

6 – No maintenance required. Enough said.

7 – Brighter light than traditional landscape lights. Modern solar lighting uses LED bulbs to provide a more powerful, brighter light.

Solar Powered Courtesy Light

Caimin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:47:54 +0000

If you need some extra lights in a dark front door entrance, garage or poorly lit area of the garden or the outside of your house you might want to consider this solar powered courtesy light.

This cute solar powered gadget senses when motion is detected nearby and powers up the light. It turns itself off again automatically after one minute.

Because it’s solar powered, no tricky electrical wiring is needed and it’ll work even in areas outside where non solar lights would be difficult or expensive to install. When fully charged, the LED light gives off almost as much light as a normal 60W light bulb and will light a similar sort of area.