Landscape lighting can give your place a great look as long as you have the right type of lighting fixtures to answer whatever lighting problem you have.

There are various types of landscape lighting fixtures available. Get to each of them, so that you can use each appropriately for your lighting needs.

Bollards

These lights are usually not more than 42″ tall. Bollards are usually used for lighting sidewalks and walkways. They are available in cast aluminum, spun aluminum, cast iron, fiberglass and concrete.

In-Ground Lights

In-ground lights are usually mounted flush into the ground. They are usually put in areas where you don’t want anything to stick out above ground level. They can be put in concrete or soil.

Bullet Lights

These are actually floodlights that come in a bullet shape. They usually have a threaded knuckle with integral 1/2″. The mount and can be available with a broad diversity of lamp types and sources to answer any of your lighting needs.

Pathway Lighting

As the name suggests, this type of light is used in lighting walkways and small pathways. These usually come in low-level lights, from six to eighteen inches tall. Pathway lights supply a very fine lighting job, and are very cost effective.

Some pathway light fixtures have uplight and side components. With this, you can direct the light towards shrubs and plants near the fixture.

Underwater Lights

This kind of light is especially designed to be totally submerged in water. They are usually used in to light fountains and water jets to add more effect. They can also be used in fishponds, or in mini waterfalls in the garden.

Solar Powered Lights

This type of lighting is great for areas where it is difficult to run electrical wiring. However, since they are solar powered, they need regular exposure to the sun, so it would be best not to place them in permanently shaded areas.

The downside of solar lights is that they can only be bright up to a certain point. They can’t compete with high voltage lighting, and they also have limited time of being illuminated.

These are just some of the commonly used lighting fixtures in landscape lighting. In choosing what kind of fixture you need, always keep in mind what effect are you expecting from installing the lights. In this way, you can pinpoint which fixture to use on your design.

By: Albert Lee

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Landscaping can be a very expensive endeavor, but there are many benefits that make it well worth the expense. For one, it raises your property value, and makes your home very tranquil and attractive. Some would even say that there are health benefits to having the right look and feel around your home as this tends to alleviate stress and make you feel relaxed after a hard day at work. What if you come home after work and it’s dark but there is no lighting in your landscaping? Some say that this lighting can be expensive, especially on larger areas, or put up a few lights that simply don’t illuminate the yards properly to get the desired effect at night. Luckily, there are some solutions that solve both problems. Solar landscape lighting is a wonderful way to do this.

With solar landscape lighting, you are not going to have to worry about the electric bills, which frees you up to get more of these units, thus illuminating all of your beautiful areas. There are many different types of lighting solutions to choose from and many are easily complementary to one another. The beauty of solar power is that you are harnessing the power most people take for granted and storing it to light your garden all night long. The next day it all starts again. This is also seamless as its automatic thanks to the many technologies such as sensors that can be programmed to know when dark is dark. What I mean by that is, some people consider it dusk all the way until you can’t see anything (if there were no lights that is). Some want the lighting to come on at dusk so whatever your preference you can set the unit to turn on when you want it to.

Some solar landscape lighting can be set to come on using a timer as well, this way you can turn it on at certain parts of the night and have it go off if you like. You can use this feature creatively by setting certain lights to come on and others to remain off. You can also set them on days of the week and down to the minute. What this does is offer you a way to change the lighting scenery in creative ways automatically. Wouldn’t it be nice to wake up (if you go to work at 4 am for example) and look outside to confirm what day it is? Ah the configuration says Wednesday, that’s when we light up the bird bath and bench area and so on. It also lends an intriguing appeal to your home much like programmed Christmas lights do around Christmas. With solar landscape lighting being inexpensive as well as practical, you won’t want to be without it!

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