Why Solar Landscape Lighting Is The Best Choice
Solar landscape lighting is a superior choice for your yard for many reasons. There are some disadvantages to solar landscape lighting, but the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. I have done many landscape lighting designs and unless I absolutely have to use a wired system I will always go with solar landscape lighting.
Reasons For Solar Landscape Lighting
Your yard is a dynamic thing that will change over time. No matter what you do to your yard will not stay the same. For this reason I prefer the ease of setup and adjustment of a solar landscape lighting system. They can be adjusted at any time quickly and easily. Moving a light on a wired system can involve re running the wire in addition to moving the light. Also you have to make sure that there will be enough slack in the wire to move the light. The first major advantage of a solar landscape lighting system is its adjustability and ease of install.
The next big advantage of using solar landscape lighting is that the system requires very little maintenance. Once it is setup it will run without any input from you for years to come. The lights automatically charge and turn themselves on when it gets dark. You do not have to do a thing. Secondly, if any part of the system breaks you just replace it and move on. With a wired system it can involve a much more complicated process of trying to find the fault and then fixing it. This can take hours whereas a solar landscape lighting system can be repaired in minutes.
The next advantage of solar landscape lighting is that it can be taken down very easily. Whether you need to take it down do to weather or because you are moving, tear down and setup is a breeze with a solar system. Just simply pull out the lights and store and you are done. This is not possible with a wired system.
The downside of solar landscape lighting is that it is more expensive than its wired counterpart. Usually a solar system can cost almost twice as much. The next thing is that solar lights tend to not be nearly as bright as their electric counterparts. For some people this is very important. This is especially true if you are setting up the system for security reasons.
As you can see solar systems are not perfect, but they are the superior choice in most instances.
