Solar garden lights help homeowners to safeguard anyone in their garden, whether it is pets, children or the homeowners themselves, from getting an electric shock. Solar garden lights are lights powered by the sunlight. These lights illuminate the need in wiring, helping the homeowners to save on the electric, as well as, such lights are very easy to install.
Solar garden lights produce light with the aid of solar energy, which is the only powerful free of charge natural source of energy on earth. Unique solar cells are capable of generating electric, when exposed to the sun for long enough. A rechargeable battery makes the unit capable of storing the energy and producing light when an electric current is passed through special diodes.
Modern technologies allow solar garden lights to keep improving, producing more light for longer.
Main advantages of solar garden lights are:
1. Solar garden lights can be easily assembled, installed and relocated if such need arises. All that is needed for the lights to work is the sunshine in the daytime.
2. Solar garden lights are much safer than regular lighting, since they operate with a very low voltage.
3. Solar garden lights allow a homeowner to save on electric and on fossil fuels costs, since these lights are powered by DC (direct current) electricity, requiring merely a common battery for the lights to operate.
4. Integrated photo sensors make the lights go on, when there is no sunshine and to go off when the sun is shining, providing ultimate convenience. Most of the solar garden lights are also equipped with an on and off button.
5. Solar garden lights are very environmentally friendly, since they do not produce dangerous pollutants, common for regular electricity utilities.
6. Solar garden lights are compact, fashionable and attractive. They are notorious for creating a special pleasant atmosphere in any garden.
7. Solar garden lights may provide you with up to 8-9 hours of light with merely 4 hours of direct sun exposure. Good lights will also provide you with an evening glow even during the autumn and winter months with limited sunshine.
8. These lights eliminate the need in electrical wiring and electric sockets for the lights to operate. This in turn means that there are no wires to be damaged.
Before purchasing solar garden lights for your landscaping, please note the following:
1. Some solar garden lights come with a weak plastic spike to put the lights in the ground. It is better to opt for the lights with spikes made of metal.
2. Some lights are meant for nice appearance rather than for bright light, and they may just glow instead of emitting a bright light. Other lights may be short lived in the evening. If you are looking for brighter solar garden lights, which would emit light for many hours, you should look for lights with a larger area of solar cells and higher capacity batteries. The light intensity varies from one type of light to another.
3. The best solar garden lights should be perfectly weatherproof. Otherwise, if it rains and the water starts to leak into the sealed solar panel, the lights will most likely stop working.
4. Remember that on rainy and cloudy days, solar garden lights will not work for as long as they would work on bright and sunny days. That is why it is important to place the lights, where there is sun in your garden in the day.
5. If your lights do not work properly, the most common reasons for that will be: rusty batteries, rusty battery terminals or poor quality of the batteries.
6. It is better to choose solar garden lights with the built in Off/On button for your convenience.
The bottom line
Solar garden lights are low cost, safe and a modern way to light up your landscapes. Solar garden lights will provide any landscaping with a special relaxing atmosphere. These lights are environment friendly and cost efficient. - 30228
Solar garden lights produce light with the aid of solar energy, which is the only powerful free of charge natural source of energy on earth. Unique solar cells are capable of generating electric, when exposed to the sun for long enough. A rechargeable battery makes the unit capable of storing the energy and producing light when an electric current is passed through special diodes.
Modern technologies allow solar garden lights to keep improving, producing more light for longer.
Main advantages of solar garden lights are:
1. Solar garden lights can be easily assembled, installed and relocated if such need arises. All that is needed for the lights to work is the sunshine in the daytime.
2. Solar garden lights are much safer than regular lighting, since they operate with a very low voltage.
3. Solar garden lights allow a homeowner to save on electric and on fossil fuels costs, since these lights are powered by DC (direct current) electricity, requiring merely a common battery for the lights to operate.
4. Integrated photo sensors make the lights go on, when there is no sunshine and to go off when the sun is shining, providing ultimate convenience. Most of the solar garden lights are also equipped with an on and off button.
5. Solar garden lights are very environmentally friendly, since they do not produce dangerous pollutants, common for regular electricity utilities.
6. Solar garden lights are compact, fashionable and attractive. They are notorious for creating a special pleasant atmosphere in any garden.
7. Solar garden lights may provide you with up to 8-9 hours of light with merely 4 hours of direct sun exposure. Good lights will also provide you with an evening glow even during the autumn and winter months with limited sunshine.
8. These lights eliminate the need in electrical wiring and electric sockets for the lights to operate. This in turn means that there are no wires to be damaged.
Before purchasing solar garden lights for your landscaping, please note the following:
1. Some solar garden lights come with a weak plastic spike to put the lights in the ground. It is better to opt for the lights with spikes made of metal.
2. Some lights are meant for nice appearance rather than for bright light, and they may just glow instead of emitting a bright light. Other lights may be short lived in the evening. If you are looking for brighter solar garden lights, which would emit light for many hours, you should look for lights with a larger area of solar cells and higher capacity batteries. The light intensity varies from one type of light to another.
3. The best solar garden lights should be perfectly weatherproof. Otherwise, if it rains and the water starts to leak into the sealed solar panel, the lights will most likely stop working.
4. Remember that on rainy and cloudy days, solar garden lights will not work for as long as they would work on bright and sunny days. That is why it is important to place the lights, where there is sun in your garden in the day.
5. If your lights do not work properly, the most common reasons for that will be: rusty batteries, rusty battery terminals or poor quality of the batteries.
6. It is better to choose solar garden lights with the built in Off/On button for your convenience.
The bottom line
Solar garden lights are low cost, safe and a modern way to light up your landscapes. Solar garden lights will provide any landscaping with a special relaxing atmosphere. These lights are environment friendly and cost efficient. - 30228
About the Author:
John Monsholi is passionate about solar landscape lighting systems and solar garden lights.
