Tag: outdoor lighting
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Uplighting vs Downlighting What is Best For Hardscapes?
To create the best outdoor lighting effects, you need to understanding what uplighting and downlighting are and how to apply them correctly. An outdoor layered lighting system is the best way to enhance your home’s exterior. Uplighting and downlighting are explanatory names in their own right. Uplighting refers to the light pointing upwards and
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How Many Lumens Do We Need in the Yard?
When it comes to lighting the exterior of your home there are 3 main benefits you will want from it. General illuminance, allowing you to see clearly reducing the risk for accidents, security lighting; for protecting the home and landscape lighting; making the outside of your home more aesthetic and attractive. Each area of the yard and outside of
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The Best Outdoor Lights For Christmas 2020
This year has been maybe the most unusual years to date. So why not try to go all out this year on the exterior of your home for Christmas decorations and lights. With the holiday season underway now and Christmas coming in fast you’re going to need to be quick! So we’re going to point out some of the fastest, simplest, and most effective ways
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What is Dusk to Dawn Mode & How Do D2D Photocells Work?
Many outdoor motion sensor security floodlights now have a dusk to dawn feature, and although the name is relatively self-explanatory it may be useful to know how your security light actually does this. Outdoor wall lights, motion sensor security lights, or smart security lights with cameras may be the most common type of lights that contain
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How to choose and install motion sensor security lights?
Security lighting is essential to the home and having a reactionary motion sensor light is one more layer of added security. Knowing more about motion sensors and being able to utilize them will make your light more effective and give you better peace of mind. So let’s outline the features and how security light motion sensors work, so we can
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3 Types of security lighting
The various types of security lighting each have their use and add more dimensions to your home. In order to find the most effective and secure lighting for your home, you need to know the different types to protect your home better. It would be no use having a floodlight outside your home if you’re looking for a reactionary light. So we’re
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How to Choose An Outdoor Security Light？
There are multiple ways of lighting the exterior of your home for security. The most optimal way in terms of performance and aesthetics will be layered security lighting. This means using different types, small and large in order to create the safest and best-looking environment. However, when it comes to finding the best individual security light
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How Many Lumens Do Outdoor LED Floodlights Need?
The number of lumens you need from your floodlight Is determined by what you are using your floodlight for and where it is situated. LED floodlights come in a range of powers and lumens. Ranging from 10watts, 30 watts all the way to 100watts. The best way to discover how many lumens you need is to look at lumens themselves and color temperature to
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Outdoor Spotlights VS Outdoor Floodlights Which Is Better?
Landscape gardening lighting is going to require all different types of lighting. Layered, security, accent, wall washing, etc. The two most common types of lights used for garden lighting are floodlights and spotlights. To create the best effect in your garden, you’re going to need both, and the look you want in your garden will determine the
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Top 5 Benefits of Outdoor LED Floodlights
LED Floodlights are great outdoor lighting solutions with many benefits. By adopting LED Floodlights, you will be saving energy, money while getting a brighter beam. As outdoor lights, they can be applied to a number of scenarios including security, events or accent lighting your home. LED floodlights to have a host of benefits making them a better
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