| One of the most basic steps you can take when | | | | which makes a sound when the light comes on. You |
| building your home security set-up, is the installation | | | | can also have them send a signal to your main indoor |
| of garden security lighting. Garden security lighting is | | | | alarm system control box, which will beep and let you |
| also one of the most effectual methods of | | | | know where the light is that was triggered (front, |
| discouraging burglars and it is one of the cheapest | | | | rear or side of the house). |
| methods too. All in all the installation of garden | | | | Garden security lighting can also be solar powered. |
| security lighting is the most efficient and | | | | This makes them slightly more expensive to |
| cost-effective method of home security. | | | | purchase but very much cheaper to put in and to run. |
| Other outdoor security gadgets such as security | | | | Some of these lights are permanently fixed to the |
| cameras are much more expensive and only serve | | | | house's fascia boards while others are just pressed |
| one purpose, that is the security of your home. On | | | | into the ground. This latter sort are ideal for garden |
| the other hand, garden security lighting can be used | | | | parties that go on into the night, as long as you |
| to supply a welcoming light to guide the path to your | | | | remember to put them back where they belong |
| front door to your visitors or to light up your | | | | before going in. |
| backyard if you want to sit outside or admire a | | | | It is a good idea to aim the motion sensors of the |
| particularly beautiful group of flowers. They are also | | | | lights some four feet above ground level or they will |
| good for illuminating a fountain on a pond. | | | | be switched on by every cat that comes over your |
| Adding motion sensor lighting controls to your garden | | | | fence in the middle of the night. Likewise, you can |
| security lighting also increases its effectiveness. The | | | | turn down the sensitivity of the PIR or microwave |
| passive infra red motion sensors will pick up body | | | | sensors so that the sensors do not pick up birds like |
| heat automatically and switch the light on framing the | | | | pigeons. |
| moving object in a powerful floodlight. Microwave | | | | The lights have daylight sensors on them too so that |
| sensors provide a similar function but work on | | | | the motion sensors only activate the light at night. |
| motion. They prolong the length of time the bulb will | | | | Some of these sensors will still register movement in |
| last and reduce electrical consumption, while making | | | | the daytime and report it back to the main unit if |
| sure you get light when you need it. | | | | you want that. So, all in all, there are plenty of |
| However, if you sit behind closed curtains in your | | | | different alternatives when you are considering home |
| home at night, you may not see the warning of the | | | | security, but garden security lighting has to come at |
| lights coming on. Therefore, some of these garden | | | | the top of your list, if you want an effective, |
| security lighting units have a built-in bell or buzzer | | | | reassuring home security system. |