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Landscape and outdoor lighting can make a real impact in your garden and add to the value of your home.
There are many different lighting ideas. Try accent lighting for a statue, water feature or the ghostly trunk of a tall tree. There’s task lighting for your outdoor grilling and eating and security lighting to welcome your guests. The lighting helps them get safely up the steps and along the path to the entrance to your home.
There are th e newer solar garden lights which are maintenance free and add a soft, gentle ambience at night. They are so cheap you can spinkle half a dozern around your garden to see if you like them for the price of a couple of pizzas!
There are as many uses for landscape and outdoor lighting as you have ideas.
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Improve Security & Save Power With Lighting ControllersMost landscape lighting systems now use a lighting controller with a timer that shuts your garden lights off at night (to save power and avoid disturbing neighbors). Some systems will also let you select an option to maintain your lights at a reduced power setting, so you have a soft glow rather than full illumination. Many systems also include a motion sensor in the control system. When the motion sensor is activated, it fully illuminates the lights for a pre-selected amount of time. This performs 2 functions: It either advises you that there is someone on your property. In this situation the motion sensor fully illuminates the lights to alert
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