Solar Lights Exposed

Use of solar lights isn’t merely confined to the residential sector. Their popularity spans across other markets such as the commercial sector. In this post, I’ll provide an overview of a few different applications in the commercial world and the benefits specific in those applications, including solar street lights, solar billboard lights and solar sign lights. When you reach the end of this post, you’ll hopefully be open to the vast possibilities of solar lights.

Solar street lights

As you know, reliable street lights are absolutely essential for both drivers using the road as well as nearby pedestrians on the smaller streets (e.g. solar walkway lights). Dark or poorly lit intersections and roadways possessing curved sections which are major blind spots pose significant (and often life threatening) risks. Since a solar street light draws its energy from the sun which is then stored in a self-contained battery rather than being connected to a power grid, it would not be affected by power outages. This makes them very reliable as the chances of blackouts whilst using these types of lights is significantly reduced.

Another major advantage of battery powered solar lights is that sometimes the streets or roadways requiring lighting might be located in areas where wiring to the nearest power grid may be either too expensive, difficult or even completely infeasible.

Solar Billboard lights

As a business, you always have to keep in mind all the expenses you’re incurring – whether they are necessary, or can you somehow at least reduce them. With solar lights you certainly can. Because they are basically self-sufficient, the running costs much lower compared to traditional billboard lighting which could often be up $1000 per month over a period of a year. With the cost savings from solar lights, you have the choice of either charging less for the advertisement space on your billboards (pass on the savings) or leaving the charge the same and achieve higher profits.

Solar Sign Lights

As indicated earlier, advertising cost can (and most likely) form a major component in your business expense. Being able to maintain your marketing strength but reduce the cost is something that would be well sought after. Moving to solar power lighting would allow you to achieve this. You would also have the added benefit of portraying an environmentally friendly image to your customers and the surrounding community members.

In all the above scenarios, the financial savings are not just isolated to operating the solar lights over time, but also in the installation. Running on battery means that you don’t need to dig up the ground followed by any landscaping work in order to lay wire from a power grid to the lights. Additionally, there is no need for purchasing transformers and electric meters to track power consumption for a monthly electric bill.

It’s no wonder why solar lighting is become more and more popular these days. And it is likely for this trend to continue into the future.

Posted: September 15th, 2009 under Benefits.
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If you have been recently considering buying outdoor lighting for your home, you should seriously look at solar lights. In this post, I’m going to focus my discussion on the main benefits in choosing solar outdoor lighting. Specifically, I’ll cover cost savings, its practical as well as aesthetic appeal and its ease of operation. After reading through this, you’ll hopefully have an appreciation of solar lighting in general.

Without any sugar coating, I’ll tell you straight out that the initial cost of buying solar lights at the moment is relatively expensive compared to more conventional lighting. However, let me emphasize that over the long run, you’ll recoup that cost and actually experience cost savings from owning solar powered lights. These lights require only a small amount of charge to activate the bulbs. Additionally, the source of the power comes from the absorbed sunlight. Since you would generally only use lights during the night, solar powered lights would be charging their battery during the day time. The LED bulbs generally do not heat up too much and they have a lifetime of about 100,000 hours, meaning they won’t burn out. This saves you money from needing to frequently replace them. So you can easily see how owning a solar light can help you in your back pocket.

Solar yard lights are also known for their ease of operation. Installing them is quite straightforward as there is no messy cabling to deal with. You don’t need to dig up your garden in order to lay down cables. If you are like me and want to minimize or even avoid hard labor, then you’ll find this benefit very appealing. Also, there aren’t any moving parts inside a solar garden light so that makes them virtually a piece of cake to maintain. You can enjoy the beauty of your solar lights without the physical (and possibly eventual emotional) stress.

Placing solar power lights in the appropriate locations in your yard can help in various points. If you use solar path lights, they would provide a form of visual guidance around your garden. With a solar security light or solar spot lights, you can deter burglars from trespassing your property. Aside from the practical applications, you can install solar patio lights for example to improve the aesthetics of your yard. They can be ideal for the casual social gatherings as well as special occasions. So solar lights are definitely multi-purpose.

With the long term cost savings from operating a solar light, minimal physical effort required to install and maintain them, and adding to the safety as well as the visual appeal of your home, there is certainly significant reasons to buy a solar powered light.

Posted: September 15th, 2009 under Benefits.
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