A guide to solar lamp post lights and other great landscape lighting ideas.

Solar lamp post lights and lanterns have a charming old world feel, and add a real touch of character to your patio, garden walkway, deck, or even your driveway.

Solar landscape lighting fixtures come with a battery, which will store enough energy to generate up to 12 hours of light.

This means that even on cloudy or dark days, your solar lamp post light will still have energy stored to light up for a few hours in the evening.

Of course, the amount of energy the solar panel is able to collect will depend on your local climate, and the time of year. The more sun the solar panel gets the longer the lights will stay on.

Using solar powered lighting has several advantages:

They save energy, because all of the energy to power your light comes free from the sun. You save money and you also help to conserve precious environmental resources.

Solar outdoor lighting fixtures are designed to switch themselves on and off automatically in the evening, so you never waste energy by leaving the lights on all night.

They are easy to install, because solar lighting doesn’t need a power connection. Also, no unsightly wires to run and hide. Solar powered lamp post lights have the solar panel fixed to the top of the light casing.

Other clever solar powered landscape lighting ideas.

These days just about every type of decorative landscape lighting fixture comes in a solar version, including:

- Garden accent lights

- Floodlights

- Down lights and spotlights

- Recessed or surface mounted lights

- Pool and pond lights, which either float on the surface, or can be mounted to the bottom of the pond

- Pathway, walkway and driveway lights

- Motion sensor lighting

For more ideas on lighting your deck, please read this article on recessed deck lighting.

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