Thursday, January 29, 2009

Solar Powered Garden Lights Make Your Yard Beautiful

By Nicole White

For economical and beautiful garden lighting, nothing beats solar powered garden lights. These fairly inexpensive units will fit in any yard, and can also double as security lighting. They utilize free energy that they collect all day to shine on average eight hours after the sun goes down.

The many benefits of solar powered garden lights are quick to realize. If you worry about fossil fuels and the environment, you will like the fact that compared to traditional wired products they reduce the amount of energy that each house uses. If everyone reduced even a little bit on their carbon usage, we would all be much better off.

The main attraction to solar powered garden lights is really the lighting abilities and the beauty they add to your yard. So many types, designs and colours of light are manufactured that it is hard to keep up. The basic design is usually a spike section to push into the dirt, to which you attach the top section containing the small solar panel and the LED lights with batteries.

Homeowners have gotten very creative as they place their solar powered garden lights around their property. From lining the edges of sidewalks, to spotlighting a rock garden, to additional security lights, these handy lights are everywhere.

There are many solar powered garden lights with distinctive character, such as old fashioned hanging lantern style lights. Water fountain lights come in floating and stationary varieties, some shaped like lily pads. You can even find rock shaped lights, to place in your flower bed.

I love the lights that change colour while you watch. These ones come in a clear hanging globe. Another simple yet useful application for solar powered garden lights is ones placed right on the edges of steps to help avoid trips and spills of anyone using the steps after dark.

With solar powere garden lights, your monthly utility bill won't go up. You can also install them yourself. This explains why the solar lights are more popular than regular garden lights, which may need professionals to install them. They also make the power bill go up! - 16035

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