Uses For Outdoor Fairy Lights
Twinkle, twinkle – outdoor fairy lights shine and shimmer in the darkness. Tiny points of light, these strings bring to mind Christmas, parties and celebrations! It is alomost like having Christmas tree lights outdoor in your garden. You might think that what you see around the holidays is what you get…but you’d be wrong! There are all shapes, colors, power sources and even how the light is emitted.
Around the holidays is when most people see these outdoor party lights, some houses lit up with a fantastic display. And when you go to the local department store or home center, you’ll see all kinds of strings available. However, for the truly unusual, you need to either visit a specialty shop, or look online in places such as Amazon.com.
Here’s an example; perhaps you need a longer than usual string of lights to maneuver around a particular place; you’ll probably not find it in a department store, who offer ordinary lights. Or maybe you need a special design. Yes, there are companies who specialize in these strands, curtains and nets of lights.
From the holidays and Winter, now let’s go to Summer and outdoor living. This is a wonderful time for outdoor garden lights! They are like stationary fireflies, illuminating your outside living spaces. Traditionally white in the summertime gardens, you can also sometimes find colorful strings to suit your decorative needs (not to mention set a mood). Some ideas include outlining gazebos, following the branches of trees and highlighting garden paths. And let’s not forget creating a light sculpture on your landscape!
Speaking of gardens, did you know there are solar powered fairy lights? Obviously these work best where there’s plenty of sunlight during the days, and they can provide lighting when you need it at night. How do they work? The solar panels collect energy from sunlight, and then convert that energy into electricity. The wonderful part is that you don’t have to worry about running power lines to where you need the lights! However, you do have to make sure that the solar panel portions of these outdoor string lights are exposed to the sun during the day.
What if you don’t have adequate sunlight, but you also don’t have an electrical source – must you sit in the dark? No indeed, you can take advantage of battery fairy lights. This kind of light string is most often used on tables or wreaths; wherever a traditional strand (with its accompanying power cord) isn’t practical. They do use batteries at a fairly good rate, and they don’t generally have many lights on a strand, but for setting a mood, they are invaluable!
So those are some of the uses; now let’s discuss what color of white light you want. What we traditionally know as “white” in incandescent lights is almost a blue in the LED (light emitting diode) versions of the outdoor fairy lights. The incandescent lights we’re so familiar with work with a filament. The LEDs operate with the effect of electroluminescence.
The biggest advantage to LED outdoor lights is that they use less energy. Advantage number two is that they tend to last a lot longer. Add in a smaller size and better reliability.
Outdoor fairy lights – they aren’t just for Christmas! You can enjoy them at any time of year.
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