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Solar can be an easy option if you can't run power. I have brick walls
at the end of my driveway and there are no street lights, so I added a
pair of solar lights four years ago and they still work. This is the
model:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Nature-Power-Bayport-16-in-Outdoor-Black-Solar-Lamp-with-Super-Bright-Natural-White-LED-and-3-Mounting-Options-23206/204866812
or if the link doesn't work, search for 204866812 at HomeDepot.com.
There are plenty of other options. I just tried this one because it was
one of their special buys of the day. This model has a high and low
setting. When the battery gets low, the light drops to the low setting
automatically. In the winter (in Southern CA), the light will often
still be on in the morning when I leave for work.
You can also pick up solar path light set at a reasonable price. I
have not had as much luck with them, so don't have a recommendation.
They should be ok to light a path for walking and are very easy to
install. It is cheap enough to pickup a set and try.
If concerned about solar and you have power nearby, look at a low
voltage setup. It is a direct bury cable and relatively easy as well.
Because it is low voltage, you don't have the requirement you would have
with a 110V circuit.
On my front stairs where I do have power available, I replaced a giant
security light with a light sensing 7W LED light. 7 watts of LED
lighting is plenty to light the stairs for walking.
Brian
On 9/29/2019 6:23 AM, Jim Franklin via Shop-talk wrote:
> I have a steep one lane driveway that flattens out and also widens to 2 car +
> parking at the top, so that when backing down it, you can't see where you're
> going until the car gets off the flat part and the surface is now in your
> mirror. Additionally, there is no ambient light and it's blacktop, so at
> night all you have are reverse lights which mostly do nothing.
>
> I need lights that will allow one to see where they're backing, and ideally
> something to guide them before the car is on the incline but that's
> secondary. Maybe the illumination lights can also serve as side-view mirror
> guide lights.
>
> One side gets sun most of the day but the other is only morning sun, but
> maybe enough to do solar, if solar has come far enough that the lights will
> work for more than a few months.
>
> I could also just run a circuit underground which would also give me nice
> options for a lamp post at the bottom, and some footpath lighting in the
> stone wall at the top.
>
> Have any of your done this with reasonable success (or, of course, horror
> stories :-) )?
>
> thanks,
> jim
>
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Solar can be an easy option if you can't run power. I have brick
walls at the end of my driveway and there are no street lights, so I
added a pair of solar lights four years ago and they still work.
This is the model:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.homedepot.com/p/Nature-Power-Bayport-16-in-Outdoor-Black-Solar-Lamp-with-Super-Bright-Natural-White-LED-and-3-Mounting-Options-23206/204866812";>https://www.homedepot.com/p/Nature-Power-Bayport-16-in-Outdoor-Black-Solar-Lamp-with-Super-Bright-Natural-White-LED-and-3-Mounting-Options-23206/204866812</a>
or if the link doesn't work, search for 204866812 at HomeDepot.com.
There are plenty of other options. I just tried this one because it
was one of their special buys of the day. This model has a high and
low setting. When the battery gets low, the light drops to the low
setting automatically. In the winter (in Southern CA), the light
will often still be on in the morning when I leave for work.<br>
<br>
You can also pick up solar path light set at a reasonable price. I
have not had as much luck with them, so don't have a
recommendation. They should be ok to light a path for walking and
are very easy to install. It is cheap enough to pickup a set and
try.<br>
<br>
If concerned about solar and you have power nearby, look at a low
voltage setup. It is a direct bury cable and relatively easy as
well. Because it is low voltage, you don't have the requirement you
would have with a 110V circuit.<br>
<br>
On my front stairs where I do have power available, I replaced a
giant security light with a light sensing 7W LED light. 7 watts of
LED lighting is plenty to light the stairs for walking. <br>
<br>
Brian<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/29/2019 6:23 AM, Jim Franklin via
Shop-talk wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I have a steep one lane driveway that
flattens out and also widens to 2 car + parking at the top, so that when
backing down it, you can't see where you're going until the car gets off the
flat part and the surface is now in your mirror. Additionally, there is no
ambient light and it's blacktop, so at night all you have are reverse lights
which mostly do nothing.
I need lights that will allow one to see where they're backing, and ideally
something to guide them before the car is on the incline but that's secondary.
Maybe the illumination lights can also serve as side-view mirror guide lights.
One side gets sun most of the day but the other is only morning sun, but maybe
enough to do solar, if solar has come far enough that the lights will work for
more than a few months.
I could also just run a circuit underground which would also give me nice
options for a lamp post at the bottom, and some footpath lighting in the stone
wall at the top.
Have any of your done this with reasonable success (or, of course, horror
stories :-) )?
thanks,
jim</pre>
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