Many choices are available to consumers when shopping for exterior home lighting. Indeed, whether it is choices in finish, material, size, or shape of the exterior home lighting, choices are plentiful. One type of application of exterior home lighting is pathway lighting. Similar to choices in the broader category of exterior home lighting, pathway lighting is available in different designs, whether considering the design from an aesthetic perspective, or whether considering the design of the lighting from the power source design perspective. While some homeowners initially focus on the aesthetics of the pathway lighting, they may also want to consider the power source the lighting uses to illuminate. This article briefly discusses solar pathway lights.

Solar pathway lights operate by utilizing the sun’s energy to provide illumination. The solar component of these lights is designed to harness the sun’s energy during the day and emit it at night. Thus, no electricity is used in this design. However, in order for these lights to function as designed, the solar panel component of the lighting fixture must be placed in the sunlight, so that they harness the sun’s energy. If solar pathway lights, specifically the solar panel component of the lighting, are installed in locations that are not sunny, or blocked from the sun by objects, this type of lighting will not work well with current solar pathway technology. These lights are designed to be installed in sunny locations.

Therefore, if consumers are considering installing pathway lighting on the walkways of their property, and the lights will be installed in sunny locations, solar pathway lighting may be a good option for them. Benefits of solar pathway lighting include that they tend to be easy to install, are ecologically friendly, given they use no electricity in their design, and because they use no electricity in their design, they do not add to the electricity bill.

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