Solar Garden Lights - a Modern Way to Light up Your Garden

By John Monsholi

Solar garden lights are unique garden lamps, powered by natural solar energy. Solar garden lights do not require wiring, and thus there is no threat of anyone in your garden (i.e., pets, children, or, yourself) getting an electric shock. The lights help you save on the cost of electric, and are very easy to install.

Solar garden lights produce light with the aid of solar energy, which is the only powerful free of charge natural source of energy on earth. Unique solar cells are capable of generating electric, when exposed to the sun for long enough. A rechargeable battery makes the unit capable of storing the energy and producing light when an electric current is passed through special diodes.

Solar garden lights have been known to produce a modest amount of light for a short period of time. However, constantly improving technologies allow the lights to shine brighter and longer nowadays.

Benefits of Solar Garden Lights

1. Solar garden lights are very easy to put together and to install. When needed, they can also be very easily relocated. They can be mounted virtually anywhere in your garden, where there is sun in the daytime.

2. They are low voltage lights. This means that they are very safe.

3. Solar garden lights are very energy efficient. They are powered by DC (direct current) electricity, i.e. common batteries being charged by the sun and thus giving electricity for the lights to shine. They allow you to save on electricity and fossil fuel costs.

4. Most of the solar garden lights come with a built in photo sensors, which make the lights go on and off according to if there is sunshine or if there isn't. At the same time, most of the lights have an on and off button for maximum convenience.

5. Solar garden lights do not produce dangerous environmental pollutants, which is a common thing for other electricity generating utilities.

6. Solar garden lights will create a unique pleasant ambiance in any garden. The lights are very stylish, nice-looking and compact.

7. Merely four hours of a direct exposure to the sun will provide your garden with up to nine hours of light in the evening. Good solar garden lights are also capable of shining even during the months with limited sunshine, such as autumn and winter.

8. They do not have to be connected to any electric socket and there is no need in electrical wiring. Solar garden lights with no connecting wires can never be damaged by animals.

Please remember several things, when choosing your solar garden lights:

1. Be sure to opt for the solar garden lights with the spike made of metal or a durable plastic.

2. If you want your solar garden lights to shine bright and for a longer time in the evening, you should opt for lights with more solar cells and with batteries of a higher capacity. The light intensity will vary from one type of lights to another. Therefore, it is better to check the feedback from other buyers before purchasing the lights.

3. When it rains, some solar garden lights may get filled up with water through the "sealed" solar panel, resulting in the lights stop working. Read the comments of other buyers to see if they have encountered such problems.

4. You should also try to place your solar garden lights, where there is no shadow cast in your garden. Note that on the overcast days, the lights will not shine for so long and as bright as on bright sunny days.

5. If you are experiencing any problems with your solar garden lights, be sure first to check for the following problems: corroded batteries, low quality batteries or corroded battery terminals.

6. Look for a model with an On/Off button, so that you can turn your solar garden lights on and off if you need to.

Concluding:

Solar garden lights are low cost, safe and a modern way to light up your landscapes. Solar garden lights will provide any landscaping with a special relaxing atmosphere. These lights are environment friendly and cost efficient. - 30234

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