Comment installer des lampes solaires extérieures?

6 Conseils pour l'installation d'un éclairage solaire extérieur

1. Locate to Highlight Garden Features

Before you install your solar lighting, Décidez ce que vous voulez éclairer. Est-ce un chemin ou un objet dans le jardin? Si c'est l'ancien, les lumières doivent être installées relativement proches les unes des autres pour indiquer le sens du chemin, especially if the path winds.

2. Avoid Obstructions

One thing to be careful about when installing outdoor solar lighting is not to place the units in the path of lawn mowers or edgers. Likewise, placing the units too close to a driveway could result in your lighting being run over by a car.

3. Maximum available sunlight

One vital thing to remember when installing outdoor solar lighting is that the units will need direct access to sunlight. This means placing them where they will absorb the maximum hours of sunlight each day. Make sure that branches and overhangs don’t shade the small solar panel on the light unit.

4. Solar Panel Placement

When installing solar outdoor lighting that requires its own larger solar panel, placement is especially important. In these units, a cable attaches the solar panel to the fixture. You’ll need to position the panel so that it receives ample sunlight, which might limit your options. When you’re burying the cable, you’ll need to dig down at least 6 inches into the ground for optimum protection from rainfall and moisture. The use of plastic tubes can provide further protection if required.

5. Charging Before Installing

Make sure you fully charge your outdoor solar lighting before you install it. Make sure each of the fixtures receives 12 à 14 hours of full sunlight before installation to charge the batteries within the light; this period can extend over two days. Clean the panel before you install the fixture to make sure it charges more easily.

6. Prepare the soil

When you’re installing outdoor solar lighting in hard or dry soil, water the soil several hours beforehand to make the installation easier. You can also break up the ground lightly with a shovel or a fork. Don’t force the stake of a solar light in too hard as excess force can break the stake.