Solar garden lights are a new low cost way to light up your garden. These lights do not require wires, they are very easy to set up and very safe. Solar garden lights will protect anyone in your garden from getting an electric shock.
Sunshine is the source of all of the natural energy on earth. Solar garden lights utilize the energy of the sun, free of charge, to emit light. The lights are made of special cells, generating electricity when exposed to the sun. Solar cells, a regular rechargeable battery and an LED special light emitting diode is all that is needed for these lights to shine, when an electric current goes through it.
Modern technologies allow solar garden lights to keep improving, producing more light for longer.
Advantages of solar garden lights include:
1. The lights are extremely easy to set up. When needed, solar garden lights can be also moved with the same ease. These lights can be placed anywhere throughout your garden, during the daytime hours in which there is sun.
2. Solar garden lights are very safe, because they are extremely low voltage lights.
3. Solar garden lights are very energy efficient. They are powered by DC (direct current) electricity, i.e. common batteries being charged by the sun and thus giving electricity for the lights to shine. They allow you to save on electricity and fossil fuel costs.
4. They come with integrated photo sensors, which turn the lights off during the day and turn them on at night. Your garden will automatically come alive after the sun goes down. Many of the solar garden lights also come with an On/Off button for your convenience.
5. Solar garden lights do not produce dangerous environmental pollutants, which is a common thing for other electricity generating utilities.
6. Solar garden lights are stylish, attractive, and compact. They create a remarkably pleasant atmosphere in the 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. One of the most common complaints of homeowners is that the wires in their garden get damaged, for example, by animals. Solar garden lights eliminate this problem due to not requiring any wires or electric sockets.
Before purchasing solar garden lights for your landscaping, please note the following:
1. Make sure that the spike of the lights, which goes into the ground, is either made of a durable plastic or is 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. Look for a model with an On/Off button, so that you can turn your solar garden lights on and off if you need to.
Conclusion
Solar garden lights are a modern way to light up a garden, at the same time saving on the electric bills. Solar garden lights are very pleasant looking and friendly to the environment. These lights are one option to consider for any homeowner.
John Monsholi is passionate about solar landscape lighting systems and solar garden lights.
