Lighted House Numbers : Your home quickly identified with lighted house numbers.

by Martin Underwood.

Lighted house numbers can aid the police . . .

Of what importance is the way that your home is identified by its street numbers? Does it make a difference, from a home security point of view, if your house has lighted house numbers that can be read from a distance even in the dark?

Imagine that the police are responding to a report of an intruder in your home, perhaps it was your monitored security system that alerted them, or maybe your alert neighbors made the call.

The police do their very best to reach your home as quickly as possible, they are actually able to get to your street in good time but then are delayed because they can't immediately identify your house, precious seconds are lost.

Your house may be numbered but in the dark of night and from the roadside what the number of your house is impossible to tell for sure.

Now imagine that your home has illuminated house numbers that show up clearly in all light conditions. The police officers now can easily distinguish your house and get after the burglar that much sooner. This is where lighted numbers can aid the police and play a role in the security of your home.

Lighted house numbers help other emergency services find your home quickly too of course. Should you be in need of an ambulance the last thing that you want is a delay because the crew were unable to immediately identify your home.

Not only emergencies . . .

It’s not only in emergency situations that lighted house numbers can be a blessing, if you have friends over for dinner it will be much easier for them to find your place. Order a cab at night and you will not be kept hanging around longer than necessary because the driver, having arrived in your street, cannot see your house number.

To be as effective as possible your house number not only needs to be illuminated, it also has to be at the correct height and readable from an angle, make sure that there are not any bushes, plants or trees obstructing the sign. And of course, the numbers themselves have to be large enough to be clearly read from the roadside.

Okay, so what is it going to cost to run these lighted numbers, we are all supposed to be energy conscious and green thinking these days. The answer to that is it need not cost a penny in electricity to run your lighted and clearly visible house number. Solar-powered units are available and direct exposure to the sun is not at all necessary, so you do not have to live somewhere with sunshine all the year round. All these units need to charge up is a clear view of the sky. Some of these units are capable of holding up to three-months of stored power.

Many of these house number units employ LEDs (light emitting diodes) and are virtually maintenance free, the LEDs will last around 100,000 hours and use very little power. The units are smart and stylish and are clearly readable at up to a distance of 200 feet.

Perhaps not as vital to your home security as good locks and alarm systems, but lighted numbers that assist the police in identifying your home positively and quickly can be one more weapon in your home protection arsenal.

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