Solar Or Low Voltage Path Lights?
I’m looking around for some path way lights for the side of my house on along a walkway. and I was looking at solar path lights and low voltage which requires wires and a power source.
I know low voltage are harder to install but that’s not a problem for me haha. but yea i was wondering which were better because its a dark area and the solar ones don’t look bright enough.
Answer with a link also to show me some ideas. its a step stone along the side of the drive way then at the end of it it turns into a deck like walkway that’s like a couple inches off the ground.
So if you can find lights that you think would look really nice with that (you don’t have to if you cant picture it) thanks allot.
Low Voltage all the way. Solar technology has not been perfected yet. The solar lights on the market are expensive and do not put out enough light. I have done my own experimentation into solar lighting. You can build a solar lighting system from scratch yourself that will put out the same amount of light as low voltage but the starting cost is around three thousand dollars.So again solar technology is not yet perfected. I would not suggest the inexpensive low voltage hardware store lights but they are still better than solar. You may want to find a local lighting store and look at their lights. Below are links to three of the professional landscape light manufacturers.
I would suggest low voltage, it is harder to install, but worth it in the long run.
i agree with the last answer low voltage is the way to go,solar lights are nice for a week but then it seems they dont work worth a crap and they are a bit pricey. check out lowes.com they have both light for sale there.
Decent quality solar lights are excellent provided you get enough sun to power them. But… a few cloudy days and you’ll be without light.
Low-voltage really is best if you will need the light at a given time rather than just for decoration.
The best low-voltage in my opinion are the LED types that are starting to appear. Just make sure that what you buy is bright enough for your needs.
The big advantage of LED’s is that on a standard transformer you may have beeen able to run less than 10 halogen lights.
On the same transformer you can run perhaps 50 or more individual LED lights as their power use is so low.
Also LEDS won’t scorch your plants.
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