Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Pathway Lights

[Cheron Dudley (cherondudley]

I agree with Edwin.
I tried solar lights in my previous home here in town and found them to be
practically unusable.
Our lights are low to the ground, on a post about 2 feet. The light is
directed DOWN to light the path and does a good job. They come on when it’s
dark and shut off in the morning automatically.

On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 1:35 PM Edwin Simmers <edwinsimmers [at] bellcoho.com>
wrote:

> Here at Bellingham Cohousing in Washington we found that solar-powered
> path lights just aren’t practical long-term. There’s not enough light to
> keep the batteries fully charged and the batteries themselves are very
> high-maintenance. We now have 12-volt LED path lights that draw very little
> power, found at Lowe’s and mounted on wooden posts. The lights are powered
> by a transformer with a photocell and timer to adjust how long they’re on.
> Because the lights are low-voltage 12 volts, there’s no chance of anyone
> getting hurt from the electricity in the wires that we run between the
> lights and the transformer. We hide the wires under a bit of dirt or mulch.
> Very reliable.
>
>
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:19:45 +0000 (UTC)
> > From: Martha <marthasadler [at] yahoo.com>
> > To: Cohousing-L Mailing List <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> > Subject: [C-L]_ Pathway lights
> > Message-ID: <333337876.3283162.1674076785410 [at] mail.yahoo.com>
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> > I'm at River Song Cohousing in Eugene, Oregon and wonder if anybody's
> found pathway lighting that is:
> > solar-powered,?dark-sky friendly,?infrared/motion
> activated,?waterproof,?capable of fully charging in overcast
> conditions,?and poweful/effective enough for people who don't feel safe on
> unlit walkways.
> >
> > Have looked at several promising makes and models but haven't seen them
> in person, and don't know how they actually work out in PNW. ?We are a
> newly built community without a lot of foliage yet. Thanks! Martha
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Cheron