Outdoor landscape lighting can be a very decorative addition to any garden. But what about the additional benefits of the security and safety that it can also provide.
What about security?
Outdoor landscape lighting is considered as one of the best security systems you can install. Used as a deterrent to residential crime is landscape lighting. Correct proportions of outdoor landscape lighting surrounding your home, has been shown to minimize crimes by as much as fifty percent. Landscape lighting has two great uses to aid in the security of your home. With lighting, possible intruders can be intimidated and this can help avoid trespassing on to your property. In case this fails, then the illuminated areas will also make it possible for you or your neighbor's to see any intruders as they trespass.
Not only will they light an intruder visually, but they will also create shadows. When vision is limited at night, a moving shadow is easy to see. It's true that you probably won't clearly make out the intruder in the darkness but even so, your eye will be drawn to the movement straight away which will put you on alert immediately.
When designing your landscape lighting it is a good idea to light the pathways separately as to lighting individual garden features. By using separate wiring circuits, this can be done. To save power the feature lighting can be turned off very late at night, say after 1.30 am and the pathway lighting can remain on for safety and security.
Also remember when wiring your outdoor landscape lighting, make sure to bury the wiring. For intruders, it is common to for them to see this wiring an cut it knowing that it will blow the lighting fuse which will turn off all of your lights.
Safety Tips
For outdoor landscape lighting around the home, low voltage lighting systems are typically used. The preferred light fittings used to create outdoor landscape lighting, are low voltage, weather resistant fixtures. The risk of electrocution if live wiring or terminals are touched are reduced if low voltage are used. Also, by using power supply transformers in order to reduce voltage, then they would also isolate the low voltage system from the mains voltage which increases safety.
Low voltage lighting outdoor systems around the home garden also use low wattage lamps. These do not heat up as much as the larger sized lamps commonly used inside the home. The risk of burning anyone is reduced. Not to mention that the risk of burning and damaging plants by the directed light is also greatly reduced.
Tips for Maintenance
Checking your low voltage landscape lighting regularly is a must. Say once every week. Lamps would require replacement regularly since they will eventually burn out. There is another problem and that is that plants outgrow their original shape and form and you will also need to re-aim the lighting again to suit. The neighbor's cat or dog may also knock your lighting over if it is loosely installed.
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