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mardi 3 juin 2014

Use Outdoor Lighting To Extend Your Home Barbecues

By Marci Glover


During the daylight hours, we all feel far more secure because we can easily see what is going on outside. However, as the light starts to fade, we can become uncertain of our surroundings, and also who is approaching. Places that we are familiar with, such as our garden or local streets, become strangely unfamiliar.

When somebody calls at your home on a dark night, and there is no lighting it is difficult to make out who they are. If only for your own security, you should install some outdoor lighting. However, as well as being practical, these lamps can also enhance your outdoor space.

There are many different styles of lamps that can used outdoors. It is not necessary to limit yourself to floodlights that dazzle any visitors. More discrete forms of lighting can be used outside, such as lamp poles along a footpath. It is also possible to get lamps that work using motion detectors, so that they are only on as your visitor passes by.

The type of lamps you use, and the way that they are powered, depends a lot on the location. If you are installing security lamps for the business, it is usually best to use a mains power supply due to the time that they will be on. If they are being installed in your garden, solar powered lamps should be adequate.

If you enjoy holding parties or barbecues in your garden area, if there is not any lighting outside you have to send everybody home when dusk falls. Just by installing a few lamps would mean your parties could go on longer into the evening. This is because the guests would feel more relaxed and still be able to move around without risk of hurting themselves.

If these lamps are positioned well, they could also make your home more secure. Depending on your needs, you could set them to come on at certain times of the day, or use a motion sensor so that they only come on as somebody approaches them. If you are planning to have your garden landscaped, that is the best time to plan the lighting so that they could be powered by cables that have been laid underground. If you are adding lighting to an existing garden, good use of solar powered lamps would be the best choice.

It is important to consider the light given out by your lamps if they are near public areas. Make sure that the lamps are positioned so that they do not dazzle people passing by, whether they are walking or driving. This could be very dangerous, especially if the lamp is operated by a motion sensor and flashes on into a driver's eyes.

You can find specialists who can help you with planning and installing outside lighting, though this could be expensive. If you budget is limited, you could choose solar powered lamps that are simple to position and economical. When you are happy that the lighting suits your needs you can make it more permanent.




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