Lisa Saffel

A Solar Powered Security Light - How To Install a Solar Motion Light



Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2009

by Lisa Saffel
Bright Solar Lights

A solar powered security light is a great way to light up a doorway, deck, driveway or parking lot ! Here are some tips to successfully install a solar motion light on a house or wall.

First, find a good spot to mount the solar powered security light, where you would like the solar motion light to shine. This should be someplace where the solar powered security light can detect a range of motion and where the solar motion light will also shine light where you need it. The surface should be fairly flat and suitable for mounting a solar motion light on it.

Next, find a good spot nearby to put the small solar panel that will charge up the batteries for the solar powered security light. It should face south and sit where the panel for the solar motion light can get exposure to full sunlight for as many hours as possible during the day. Look at the spot many times throughout a sunny day to make sure that location gets maximum sun for the solar motion light. Look for possible sources of shade, such as tree branches, overhangs and other structures, or anything else that might cast shade on the panel for your solar powered security light. The more hours of sunlight that the solar motion lights panel gets, the better chance it will have to fully recharge the solar powered security lights batteries each day.

A wire will connect the solar motion light and the mini solar panel. Measure the wire to see how long it is. Once you have chosen good locations for the solar powered security light and the solar panel, find a place where the wire can go between the solar panel and the solar motion light. Measure the distance between the solar powered security light and the solar panel to make sure that your wire will reach between the two.

Mount the solar powered security lights mini solar panel on your chosen spot on the roof or wall and mount the solar motion light where you want the light to shine. Run the wire between the two, securing the solar motion lights wire safely against the wall or building. If the area is large where you want lighting, you may even want to add another solar powered security light, to detect motion and light up a wider area.

Congratulations ! You now have a solar powered security light that is maintenance-free with no electrical wiring necessary. Your solar motion light has a built-in motion detector, the solar powered security lights time delay is adjustable and best of all, your solar motion light is automatically powered by free power from the sun.

Lisa Saffel is a believer in alternative energy sources, such as solar and wind power. In her spare time, Lisa enjoys playing a brass instrument in concert bands, walking and playing with her dog, kayaking, hiking in the mountains, ballroom and Latin dancing and listening to Latin and classical music. She particularly enjoys the beauty of nature and being in wild areas or local parks with lots of trees and rivers, creeks or bodies of water. Lisa is an online solar lights business owner, supplying a wide variety of quality outdoor solar lights to the U.S.A. and Canada. For more tips and articles and for all of your outdoor solar lights and solar garden lights needs, please visit www.BrightSolarLights.com
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