Increase Your Home’s Curb Appeal with Solar Walkway Lights

Providing light for a walkway at your home used to be a big project. You needed to install the lights themselves near the walkway and then connect them together with a long length of wire. Once they were all wired together, you still had to connect them to a transformer that supplied the power for the lights.

A project like this was beyond the skill of many homeowners and turned into an expensive and complicated event. All of these steps have been eliminated with solar walkway lights, which are self-contained and use the sun to provide the power they need for operation. They are easy to install, inexpensive and will operate all evening on a single charge from the sun.

No More Wires to Worry About

These solar walkway lights include a specialized solar module in their design that allows them to be charged by the sun. This solar module converts the sunlight that strikes its surface into a DC current that charges an internal battery. The battery is used as a power source for the solar lights later that evening and can typically supply enough power to keep the lights operating all night.

Most of these solar walkway lights also include a light sensor in their fixture that can turn the lights on at dusk and off again at dawn so that they operate automatically and are on when you need them to be. There are other models that can be used with a conventional wall switch so you have a more complete control over when the lights are in operation.

Because these lights provide their own power, you never have to worry about a larger electrical bill when using them. It also makes it easier to install these solar walkway lights since there is no wiring involved with their installation. You simply mount them where needed and enjoy the light they provide for your home.

Install As Many As You Need

Another big advantage to using solar walkway lights is that you can install as many of them as you need for your walkway. Conventional light kits are typically sold with a specific number of fixtures and if you had a longer or shorter walkway you might have needed to use several sets to cover the walkway with lighting. This made these larger installations even more expensive and complicated.

With the solar walkway lights you can use the exact right number of lights for your path. You can even move them if needed once they have been installed to accommodate changes in your landscaping over time. This flexibility makes them easy to install and the perfect choice for any walkway.

Solar Walkway LightsMix and Match Styles to Create the Perfect Amount of Light

One final advantage to using solar walkway lights on your home is that you are not restricted to a single style of light for your walkway. You can easily mix several styles of fixtures to give you the perfect amount and type of lighting for your needs.

You can use a set of stainless steel solar garden lights that are mounted at the edge of the path and mix in a  solar floodlight to highlight an interesting feature of your home or the landscaping.

The possibilities are endless and easy to accomplish with these modern solar walkway lights. Once they are installed, they will continue to provide all the lighting your walkway needs for many years to come.


Leo Bookham
