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SELECTION AND USE OF SOLAR OUTDOOR
LIGHTING
How to Choose Cheap Solar Lights for EnchantingSummer Nights and Winter Cheer
STEVE SYMESPRINCIPAL
IPPTS ASSOCIATES
STEVE@IPPTS.COMHTTP://SOLAR-OUTDOOR.CO.UK/
Selection and Use of
Solar Outdoor Lighting
An Introduction to
Successful Selection and Use
of Solar Outdoor Lighting
The invention of small solar lamps has created
a huge potential for home owners everywhere
to delight their family and friends with
enchanting light displays which are great
summer and winter, and can be enjoyed
through the window all year round, and in
summer when partying with friends.
These lamps can also be used to light dark
passages and improve the security of your
home by adding solar porch lights, and drive
lights.
Read this eBook and you won’t be left behind
by your neighbors as, it is most likely that
these days, they will be installing solar
outdoor lighting, and you will be losing out
unless you understand the basics as described
in this eBook.
Introduction
Inside this report, you will learn:
1. Article # 1. How Outside Lights Run on
Solar Power: How many people are
worried about the declining reserves of
fossil fuels in creating electricity; as well as
the detrimental consequences of the
burning of ordinary fuels regarding the
environment. Reading this article will also
make you aware of the downsides and
upsides of solar energy from solar panels.
2. Article #2. The Types of Lights Available
for Use Outdoors and for Garden
Use: Using solar outside lights for garden
illumination is a great way to put a stylish
stamp on the look of your property.
Outdoor lights come as festoon lights,
bollard lamps, pendant lamps, hanging
lights, step lights, soffit lights, globe
lanterns and more. We explain to you how,
with a little bit of ingenuity you can find
distinctive outside lights for your garden.
3. Article #3. How you can Select Soffit
Lights for Use Outdoors In 3 Basic
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Steps: The objective of this article is to
make it easy for you to have success at
selecting soffit lights for outdoor use. Keep
reading to find out how to do so in just
three steps...
4. Article # 4. Top 3 Tips for Highly Effective
Yard Lighting: Any time you set out to do
something worthwhile, be sure that you go
about it properly. We discuss how to
succeed at effective yard lighting in this
article. You will learn how, having
developed a plan, this can make a big
difference in determining whether you get
it right, and will help make you successful.
5. Article # 5. Five Good Reasons You Might
Like To Use 12v Garden Spotlights in
Your Outside Light Display: Learn why
you should be using 12v garden spotlights.
A great number of people will not try
because they don't know where to start,
but we think that won’t be you now that
you have learnt the techniques discussed in
this eBook.
DISCLAIMER: This information is provided "as is".
The author, publishers and marketers of this
information disclaim any loss or liability, either
directly or indirectly as a consequence of
applying the information presented herein, or in
regard to the use and application of said
information. No guarantee is given, either
expressed or implied, in regard to the
merchantability, accuracy, or acceptability of
the information.
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# 1. How Outside Lights Run on
Solar Power
Many people are worried about the declining
reserves of fossil fuels in creating electricity; as
well as the detrimental consequences of the
burning of ordinary fuels regarding the
environment, are happy to receive the
information that a large amount of research
and technical development is right now going
towards solar energy. The piece below reviews
the downsides and upsides of solar energy
and provides some systematic as well as
general info regarding this renewable energy
source.
For example, these days solar energy is
extensively utilized throughout the U. S.
Considering the survival expectancy of the
sun is well over 4 bn. years we are able to
moderately make the assumption this is one
energy source that won't be running out
anytime soon.
When you utilize solar energy the primary
elements with respect to solar energy systems
are the power generators inside them which
are referred to as solar power cells.
These solar cells are housed in large numbers
inside solar panels. In the warmer climates of
the world they can harness a surprising
amount of energy in daylight conditions.
From a scientific perspective, the sun's energy
can reach a section of the orbiting Earth with
an estimation of energy somewhere in the
area of 1400 watts per square meter. The cells
from in a solar panel will trap roughly 20 to
fifty-five watts per square meter of this
energy.
Solar energy is converted from the sun's rays
by 2 different means. One way is by way of
direct solar energy in a solar panel and that is
how solar lights work.
The way that the direct solar energy
conversion works is like this:
a. The sun shines on the photovoltaic power
cell attached to the solar lamp, and when this
occurs the sun's light is converted to
electricity.
As the sun shines on the absorptive area of
what is sometimes known as the thermal
collector. The collector supplies the battery in
an outdoor solar light with electrical energy.
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This charges the battery and is used when it
becomes dark to produce electricity which
illuminates these lights at night.
b. Secondly, solar power can be collected by
indirect thermal collection. The second
(thermal collection) solar energy electric
generation strategy requires a couple of
conversions before electricity may be
employed in the household. This is thanks to
the fact the electricity isn't in a form, at first,
whereby it is usable through thermal
collection.
Solar energy by both methods is originally
generated in the shape of direct current and a
converter is employed in order to turn direct
electrical current into AC current.
In the event you aren't conscious of it, AC or
alternating electric current is the systems of
electricity supply in the same manner as it is
distributed through the wiring of your house.
An alternative way to gain useable solar
energy is in the creation of bio-fuels. So as to
better describe this, let me just say that
through bio-fuels energy is gained from
plant-life which has used the method of
photosynthesis, so as to turn solar energy into
chemical energy.
The chemical component of this process may
be employed later as fuel for electricity
generation. The whole process with regard to
using solar energy to supply a bio-fuel in order
to generate electricity is called bio-fuel
technology.
Solar energy also plays a big role regarding
hydro-electric energy and wind energy.
This only infers turbines individual of the
natural source of the wind and dams specific
of using hydro-electric energy produce the
results of electric generation with the help of
the sun. When you glance at the advantages
of solar energy they're lots in number.
Solar energy electric generation is free from
any kinds of contaminants. The facilities
providing solar-power are comparatively
straightforward to operate and not costly to
maintain. The source of solar energy is
naturally abounding.
We are certain that solar energy, including in
outside garden light products, will become
increasingly recognized as a source of power
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generation as carbon-based fuel supplies
diminish and consumer and environmental
demand grows with respect to cleaner, more
cost effective solutions for energy.
#2. The Types of Lights
Available for Use Outdoors and
for Garden Use
Outside lights for garden illumination for your
home is a great way to put a stylish stamp on
the look of your property. Outdoor lights
might be of the type known as festoon bollard
lamps, pendant lamps, hanging lights, step
lights, soffit lights, globe lanterns and more.
These days garden lighting is so varied and
that with a little bit of ingenuity you are sure
to be able to find distinctive outside lights for
garden use to suit your liking.
In each instance outside lights for garden use
are suspended from a supporting structure.
Also, when you choose them make sure that
the lights will be attractive both, in the
daytime, and in the night time when the
lamps are in use.
Pendant lamps are typically left hanging by a
rope or a chain.
The power to hold the weight of the lamp
without pulling loose from either the support
mechanism or the lamp itself is of course
essential. The strength of the wind will
depend upon the location so be sure to check
the suitability of models if your home is
particularly exposed to high winds. Swaying
due to wind can be important in some lamp
styles. A chain is often used. The appearance
of the outer layer of the chain and the outside
of the lamp can most affect the appearance of
the fixture in daylight. So, consider the type of
finish applied, and whether rain and salt spray
will ruin the finish of outside lights for garden
use, unless special corrosion resistant finishes
are applied.
The appearance during the daytime is equally
as critical as the lighting effect at night.
An outside light for garden use which is
planned to provide illumination along a
shadowed route must direct light downward
and in an expanding circle so the resident or
guest does not stumble over coarse surfaces.
At the very same time, the light should be
placed either above or below eye level so the
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individual isn't blinded to something or
somebody outside of the circle of light that's
cast.
Another use for outside lights for garden use
could be to improve special features. An
ornamental plant or a trellis structure that
may be enjoyed by passers-by would be a
different style than one meant for trail safety.
The facility to enhance a specific feature will
rely to a degree on how you intend to support
the lamp's weight.
Selecting lighting for summer homes and
gazebos can be a fun task. You might want to
take the gazebo style under consideration
when choosing the right fixture and look for
matching styles offered as outside lights for
garden use.
Ensure you don't place lamps on a level that
may be knocked during movement within the
gazebo or with vision to the exterior of your
grass structure.
You may also wish to decide on the choice of
outside lights for garden use to help with any
flying insect issues around your house.
You may use a combination of regular and
bug zapper outside lights for garden use
around a deck or terrace to keep the
population of insects out of your food and
face. Placement of the insect lights should be
close to the out of doors entertainment area,
though not too near, since they're going to be
drawn towards the lights.
Most of all sturdiness is a vital feature in your
out of doors pendant lighting. Look for good
finishes so they will not be subjected to rust or
corrosion. The outside coating type used on
the electric connections must be high quality
and certified suitable for outdoor use (IP
protection).
#3. How you can Select Soffit
Lights for Outdoor Use In 3 Basic
Steps
There's lots of different desired goals that folks
might have. For whatever reasons, some
people wish to select soffit lights (outdoor).
It's really a comparatively frequent choice.
Here's one of the several good things relating
to choosing this goal... It is not at all difficult to
attain, if you know what you are doing.
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The objective of this article is to make it easy
for you to have success and triumph at select
soffit lights (outdoor). Do you want to select
soffit lights (outdoor) ? Keep reading to find
out how to do so in just three steps...
The 1st step is decide on whether you want
solar powered soffit lights, or mains powered
lights (240 volt or low voltage). Why this is
very important will be in ensuring that you
look for the right ranges for each type of soffit
lighting. Make sure you very carefully keep
away from buying a mains powered unit if a
low voltage type is required by local electrical
safety regulations while carrying out this step.
You must accomplish this first step completely
and properly, if not then it is highly likely that
you will purchase the incorrect product.
The 2nd step is to decide on the intensity and
area of illumination required for each lamp.
Here you should avoid shadowy areas if the
lamps are spaced too far apart and in addition
your requirements will vary if the soffit
lighting outside is primarily for illuminating
the building or for the use by people to allow
them see where they are treading.
The 3rd step is to check that the ingress
protection (IP rating) of the chosen soffit lights
is suitable for the external application for
which you intend to use these lamps. This can
be important because soffit lights outdoors
will normally require a higher IP rating, and
indoor models are not usually suitable as soffit
lights outdoor. Make sure you stay away from
the mistake of soffit lights which are too dim
to be impressive at night architecturally
speaking, or when intended to illuminate
driveways they direct the light where it is
needed.
Be sure to properly follow these 3 steps. In
doing so you can expect to, in all probability,
be able to select soffit lights (outdoor) without
difficulties. Just stick to the steps, doing what
you should do at the same time getting
around the issues described. The rewards and
fruits of your successful efforts to select soffit
lights (outdoor) will then be yours to savor!
#4. Top 3 Tips for Highly
Effective Yard Lighting
Any time you set out to do something
worthwhile, be sure that you go about it
properly. Succeeding at effective yard lighting
is a case that illustrates this point. Having
developed a plan, a guideline, a "road to
operate on", can make a big difference in
determining whether you have it right and
therefore are successful or get it wrong and
get left behind.
If you don't do it right, the outcomes are
usually disastrous. You might wind up that
someone trips and injures themselves due to
inadequate or shadowy lighting, and/or quite
possibly if your are running a business
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receiving an injury claim from their insurance
company.
Listed below are 3 of the most effective
suggestions you could discover to help you to
avoid failure and succeed.
First and foremost, yard lighting whether for a
business yard/working area, or in a domestic
garden will need to deliver a good minimum
level of illumination (Lumens/square metre)
and to provide that illumination evenly.
You are going to need to provide a level of
illumination suitable to the task to be
undertaken in the space you are lighting. To
do this you should approach a specialist in
lighting design, and this may vary from the
supplier (garden centre/DIY store) or for
business premises sending details of the
requirements to a lighting company for a
quotation.
This is worth doing since that will help avoid
costly mistakes if inappropriate lamps or lights
are not placed in suitable positions, or are not
ordered for the duty required of them. To not
get this done correctly could result in some
form of an accident. And, in the case of a
business owner a claim for compensation for
injury caused due to inadequate/ unsafe
illumination design/ excessive shadows and
unlit areas, may result. So don't make the error
of ignoring this crucial step!
The second is, choice of solar powered or
mains powered. Again, professional advice
can assist greatly here. Solar is a great choice
for domestic yards (gardens) and where only
intermittent PIR sensor activated lighting is
required, say when returning home and
putting a car away into a garage. Mains power
is more appropriate for lighting which is
required to be lit for long periods during
which the light intensity provided is at a
known brightness, such as for a workshop
yard
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Image: Tim Snell – Creative Commons Licence
Nearly as vital as delivering a good minimum
level of illumination (lumens/square metre)
and to provide that illumination evenly for
safety reasons whenever dealing with yard
lighting is choice of solar powered or mains
powered. I am letting you know, this isn't
something to miss. It's very helpful to choose
solar powered lighting to save on energy
costs. Solar yard lights can be cheap to buy
and have a fairly short payback time, or even
no payback time! This can occur when the
saving in electrician’s costs for installing long
cable runs is allowed for. So, yard lighting,
which can be something that everyone who
wants to succeed with can often be
successfully achieved without adding on
electricity usage, which is something
everybody wants.
Thirdly, yard lighting, when done well, can
bring huge additional use to a garden
allowing barbeques to be given by the owners
at night. It can also attract additional business,
when used by companies by looking inviting
to potential passing trade, when in use by
some businesses
And finally, when working with yard lighting,
be sure that you comply with all electrical
regulations, and that means in the UK that all
mains powered installations are carried out by
suitably qualified electricians. It will help with
ensuring that your yard lighting is a high
quality installation, and that's a major element
of ensuring value. Failing to do this could
mean that you could waste money, and
possibly fall foul of the regulations for safety
in electrical design and installation works --
and we can likely concur that this would be a
bad thing!
As stated earlier, should you wish to succeed
at yard lighting, you will want to steer clear of
the types of problems which may make you
end up that someone trips and injures
themselves due to inadequate or shadowy
lighting, or even if your are running a business
receiving an injury claim from their insurance
company. The thing you eagerly want is a well
lit yard, which makes use of the yard attractive
to everyone in the hours after dark, which you
may achieve by carefully sticking to the above
mentioned steps.
#5. Five Good Reasons You
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Might Like To Use 12v Garden
Spotlights in Your Outside Light
Display
Have you thought that maybe you should use
12v garden spotlights ? Lots of people have
gone further than just answering yes, and
have now actually begun to do this. Relatively
few people ever take time to think it through
seriously. A great number of people will not
try because they don't know where to start.
Others believe it would require lots of work,
which makes them lose interest. Others are
too lazy to try, or without sufficient
motivation.
Now just hold on here a minute! Are those
reasons actually sufficiently good to base a
significant decision on? Did the reasons in
favor receive a fair hearing? Were both sides in
the question thought about? The downsides
got covered, but did the good things get
equal time?
Image: Krossbow Creative Commons Liecence.
That should really be reconsidered. Let's just
have a look at 5 good reasons in favour of
making plans to use 12v garden spotlights
and reevaluate them.
To start, 12v garden spotlights are easy to wire
as there are minimal electric shock risks, plus
compact in size and bright, so they can easily
be set up to look great in intimate garden
displays. Good point. You point out that due
to that fact that at twelve volts only, anyone
can fit these lights, and no electrical
qualifications are needed. That is most
certainly a good observation. However,
consider this, as these 12v garden spotlights
are so easy to install, are you saying that even
my grandmother could do it? Yes. I am, as
long as she reads the instructions and fits
them exactly as instructed. What's more there
is the fact that this means that these 12v
garden spotlights can be set out for a season
or for a special occasion, for example, and
then packed away until next needed..
Second, most models can be installed in the
open where they will get wet. That's really the
way it is because they have good plastic
shrouding and seals which prevent the
penetration of dampness. That is really the
reason that, as so many have noted, these
little 12v garden spotlights are really like little
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gems and make for really fantastic lighting for
a host of garden events from night time
barbeques to attractive party time spill-over
areas for the delight of your guests.
Third, they can be bought in a full range of
colors. And they are remarkably inexpensive
to buy and run!
Fourth, they will never dim-out after dull days
when there is little light to re-charge them
during daylight hours, and in wintry
conditions (when maybe you need their
cheery brightness the most).
And fifth, they won't need eventual
replacement of their rechargeable batteries.
Consider all those reasons in turn, think about
how they have an impact on you. All five
reasons are persuasive points as to why it's
best to use 12v garden spotlights in your
outside light display for many applications.
Stop for one moment and consider all of that.
Those good reasons were enough to convince
many persons before you. Will they not also
persuade you to use 12v garden spotlights in
your outside light display?
Wrapping up...
In this report, we've shown you:
How Outside Lights Run on Solar Power
The Types of Lights Available for Use
Outdoors and for Garden Use
How you can Select Soffit Lights for Use
Outdoors In 3 Basic Steps
The Top 3 Tips for Highly Effective Yard
Lighting
Five Good Reasons You Might Like To
Use 12v Garden Spotlights in Your
Outside Light Display, and now you
should have a good knowledge of solar
lighting for gardens and general use.
For more information about outdoor solar
lights we recommend a visit to:
http://solar-outdoor.co.uk .
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