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 . . . → Read More

Installing Your Solar Garden Lights: Not As Easy As You Think!

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The following is a guest post from theguru

A lot of fuss has been made about how easy solar garden lights are to install.  While it is true that there are no wires to run, no ditches to dig, and no electrical currents to mess around with, like you do when you install low voltage landscape lighting systems. If you want to get the most out of your solar lights, there’s more involved to installing them than just sticking them in the ground anywhere in your yard.  They need to be placed properly to get the . . . → Read More