Reasons to Switch to Solar Lighting

Solar outdoor lighting is a great new invention that every house should take advantage of. It is easy to make the switch because there are far less hassles with solar lights than with normal forms of outdoor lighting. Once you make the switch, you will be happy you did.

First, solar powered lights are much less expensive. Since the solar lighting system uses sunlight to store energy in a battery, there are no electrical bills associated with your outdoor lighting anymore. Many people think that it is wasteful to spend money on lighting a part of your house that is not in use, anyway. If you switch to solar lighting, you can light your garden, walkways, and driveways with no guilt and no extra money coming out of your pocket.

Another advantage to solar lights is that there are no cords to hide or deal with. Regular outdoor lights have cords that need to go to outlets, but that cannot be in the way as people walk around outside. That means a lot of digging and burying of cords or a lot of stapling and arranging so that unsightly cords are not hanging in front of windows or along siding. Solar light fixtures are completely independent and do not need cords at all.

In addition, the maintenance on solar lights is much easier. There are no hot light bulbs to change so you do not need a pair of heavy work gloves to handle them. The light source on a solar light fixture is an LED that does not get hot. The only part of a solar light that needs to be changed is the occasional rechargeable battery. However, you change the batteries far less often than you change light bulbs. The only other maintenance task is to occasionally wipe down the solar collecting panels to make sure they are free of dust and debris. The less dust on the panels, the more efficiently they will collect sunlight to turn into energy for your batteries.