Solar Lights and Landscaping | Practical Issues

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Solar lights can achieve magical effects with landscaping, as well as good basic lighting for functional purposes. The best solar lighting can be a real art form, with terrific effects. If you’ve got good solar panels, there’s no limit to what you can do with your landscape lighting.

Landscaping creates a whole range of features which can be highlighted in many different ways. You can have a lot of fun experimenting with different lighting arrangements, and be prepared to be startled by what’s possible. The combination of light and shadows can . . . → Read More

Solar Lighting vs Low Voltage Landscape Lighting

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While considering adding landscape lighting to your home, you have likely done research that has led you towards either solar lights or low voltage lighting.  If you have read any of the other posts on this site, you likely know how fond I am of the solar variety.  Be that as it may, it is important that you understand the benefits (and drawbacks) of both.  The last thing I want you to do is go out and buy a bunch of solar lights that are not going to work for you, based on my assertion that they are the best thing since sliced . . . → Read More

Six Little Known Facts About Solar Lights

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The following is a guest post from Tim

Despite the fact that self contained solar lights use relatively mature technology, they are surprisingly underused in the typical homeowner’s garden. One of the key causes of this is the lack of knowledge about the types of solar lights now commercially available. The range of styles and models out there mean that any garden should be able to benefit from some type of solar lighting used to highlight a feature, illuminate an area, or just add a little ambience. Following is a list of facts and tips about this great method of . . . → Read More

Easy Outdoor Solar Lights Projects

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Solar lights” has become an extremely popular buzzword in the home improvement circles as an easy and inexpensive way to go “green” when looking to add a touch of personality to your home.  That said, many people are not quite sure where to start implementing solar landscape lighting into their design plans.  If you read my last post on Tips for Designing your Solar Garden, you may have some ideas, but I decided it might help to give you some examples of where to start.  These are really simple methods that you . . . → Read More

Tips for Designing Your Solar Garden

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The use of solar energy to create beautiful and decorative solar garden lights has now grown to the extent that an individual can successfully plan and design a huge garden area that was previously impossible to light and maintain affordably. The use of solar lights is no longer limited to individual pathway lights that do not provide enough power to create dynamic focal points in the yard.

Wiring a large yard with landscape lighting is often cost prohibitive and does not allow an individual to modify or alter their original lay-out without investing further in junction and power boxes. . . . → Read More