Solar Driveway Lights

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Driveway Lights

Lights for the driveway are extremely practical and provide much needed lighting for our homes. Most of us cannot do without driveway lights and have some form of lights or the other to light up our driveways. Some of the most common lights used are regular incandescent bulbs, LED lights and solar lights. When it comes to cost and efficiency, solar lights are one of the best options that you can consider for your driveway. Discussed are some of the pros, cons and solar driveway lighting options which can help you decide if solar lights are the way to go for your driveway.

Solar Driveway Lights

Solar lights are lights that are powered by the sun. These lights come with a solar panel either attached directly to the lights or attached by a chord with which you can place the panel in a position where it can get maximum sun light. These panels come with batteries in them which store the energy that is obtained by the solar panels. The efficiency of the light depends on the size of the solar panels, the bigger the panel, the brighter the lights usually are. Solar powered driveway lights are available as recessed lights, bollard lights and even spot lights.

Advantages of Solar Lights

The main advantages of solar powered lights are:

They are cost efficient which means that they don’t cost you anything on utility bills.They are long lasting, these lights usually last for many years without any trouble.Some of them come on automatically at dusk, so there is no undue wastage of energy.They work effectively even when there is no power.They are environmentally friendly.

Disadvantages of Solar Lights

The two main disadvantages of solar powered lights are:

They do not work in areas with poor sunlight and bad weatherOnly the bigger panels which cost more are a bright source of light. The cheaper panels which are smaller are usually very poor sources of light.

Cost of Solar Driveway Lights

At around $50 you will be able to get very good solar driveway lights, however the more money you are willing to pay, the brighter, more efficient, longer lasting, better designs and more features you will be able to get.

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