[Shop-talk] Solar driveway runway lights?

[neiljsherry at talktalk.net]

Maybe just white painted posts would be enough. Where I reverse park my car I have a white plant pot which makes it easier to spot where the edge is.

On 17 September 2020 16:02:00 BST, Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:
>I did the lollipop snowplow reflectors and they kept twisting in the
>wind so I'd need to go correct them every once in a while, plus they
>looked hokey. But, they worked. A reflector post, like on roadsides, on
>a 4x4, now you have me thinking. One issue that comes to mind is,
>people walking up the driveway could trip on them, especially when the
>garage carriage lights are relatively bright compared to everything
>else in their field of view and would blind them to ground based
>obstacles. 
>
>Maybe I need some kind of top reflector as well. Hmm. 
>
>> On Sep 17, 2020, at 9:53 AM, Donald H Locker <dhlocker at comcast.net>
>wrote:
>> 
>> Would reflector posts work for you? Good reflectors would be very
>> visible, cost less, and require less maintenance than lighted
>markers.
>> <https://www.trafficsafetystore.com/road-markers/set-of-ten> As long
>as
>> your reversing lamps work and the snow is not _too_ high, these will
>be
>> visible.
>> 
>> To make them directional, paint the side you don't want visible.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> Donald.
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>> On 2020-09-17 9:31 a.m., Jim Franklin wrote:
>>> It's impossible to back down my driveway at night because of the
>lack of light, so I need to add something. Ideally I'd have something
>like this; double ideally they'd be directional so they were only
>visible to someone backing down the driveway. And they'd need to be
>somewhat stout to deal with weather, errant feet, etc., but I think
>that's mostly an installation issue. Have any of you done anything like
>this? 
>>> 
>>> The project in the link below is a bit more complex than I want to
>get into but it gives you an idea. I'd like solar powered with a
>daylight sensor. I don't have an easy way to run power to the driveway.
>The bulky pathway lights at $30 apiece is way out of budget. 
>>> 
>>> https://www.pinterest.com/pin/14847873742968238/
>>> 
>>> thanks,
>>> jim
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