Solar Security Lights

Solar security lights do not need the electricity supply, the sun charges up the battery and when darkness falls, your lighting is there ready to protect your home.

You can install solar powered security lighting anywhere that you can install mains powered lights, plus you can install them to protect places where it would be difficult to run a power line out to.

Not needing a supply line also means that you do not have an unsightly cable running across the walls of your house.

Another plus for solar powered security lights is that they are work during power outages, so no matter if the burglar strikes when your area has a blackout he'll still get lit up.

Do it yourself installation is a fairly simple job too, as there is no digging up your yard and burying cables. When you install your lighting, position the solar panel to get the sunlight, not in shadow, doing so will ensure the battery fully charges.

Many solar security lights are designed with the panel separate from the lamp, this gives you the flexibility to site the lamp unit to give the best cover and site the solar panel to get the most daylight.

Security lighting that is activated when movement is detected means that should an intruder approach your home he will be bathed in light, he won't like that. An intruder exposed by lighting is likely to abort his mission to break into your home and skedaddle as fast as he can.

Solar lights that illuminate only when movement is detected incorporate motion detectors. These devices use a number of methods to detect movement, the most usual is Passive Infra Red. Others use a combination of movement detection and body heat detection, this means that the system only operates if a living being enters its surveillance area, it ignores waving tree branches, blown debris and such like.

Night security lighting that is on permanently would likely annoy you, and annoy your neighbors. A system that lights up only when someone enters the detection range is much more likely to get the attention of neighbors or passers by, they can see what the burglar is doing.

Besides, permanent lighting would be likely to drain the battery supply if a solar powered system, or be expensive to run if powered from the electricity supply. Motion activated solar security lights stay lighted for a certain period and turn off when movement has ceased. This means that if a dog or cat runs through the detection area the light does not stay on all the night. Likewise of course with a burglar, if he runs for it when the light exposes him then the light goes out. Should he be foolish enough to continue to attempt to break into your property he risks getting caught.

With most solar powered lights, the length of time the light stays on can be adjusted, 30 seconds is normally sufficient. Some models even allow adjustment to be made so that dogs and other animals do not trigger the light.

Solar security lighting is a one time investment with virtually zero running cost although you may have to occasionally replace the rechargeable batteries as they don't last for ever.

These lights are fitted with a sensor that puts them in active mode when darkness falls and puts them in passive mode when day breaks. Many of today's models use super bright LED's as these put less drain on the batteries than does a lamp and virtually never need replacing.

When you first install your solar lights it will take two to three days for the battery to fully charge and operate effectively, after that the panel will keep the light powered up.

As a way to ensure there are no dark places a burglar can work unseen solar security lights provide an excellent solution with easy maintenance, virtually no running cost and extreme flexibility.

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