Outdoor Security Lighting, Why Brighter Is Not Safer|Does Security Lighting Work?|Security Lighting That Actually Helps: Coverage Beats Brightness

What most people install first

The standard response to feeling exposed at night is one very bright fixture on a bracket. The instinct makes sense and does not hold up. A single harsh source carves the yard into a bright patch and a black rim, and those shadows are worse than the original dark.Put all of that together and it looks different from a floodlight on a bracket. It is several modest sources rather than one strong one, aimed at the places that need it. It costs about what people were going to spend anyway, and the result is genuinely better.

Coverage, rather than wattage

What you want is coverage, not output. Several modest fixtures beat one aggressive one every time. Even coverage takes away the dark edges, which is what you were actually after.

Permanent lighting as security lighting

The roofline run doubles as security lighting. Light coming down the wall covers the approaches without glare. And because it runs on a schedule, it is on every night without anybody deciding to turn it on.

Where the gaps actually are

Most people have never looked at their https://evercrestlighting.com/permanent-lighting/ own property after dark with any intent. Walk the perimeter at eleven o'clock, once. The gaps are usually the side yard, the gate, the area behind the garage, the spot where the fence meets the house. Ten minutes outside makes the plan obvious.

Where sensors fit

Sensors work well somewhere specific. The good use is somewhere nobody goes most nights. Set too sensitive, they train everyone to ignore them, which removes whatever value they had. The reliable base is steady, low level light, with motion as a supplement rather than the whole plan.

Aiming, and being a good neighbor

Light that spills next door is a problem you will hear about. Light that overshoots your yard is both a nuisance and a waste. Shielding and aim keep the light where you paid to put it. It is a design question, not a compromise. Light that lands where it was meant to does more, since nothing is wasted on ground that is not yours.

Cameras need light too

Plenty of properties are covered by cameras and still dark. Even coverage is what makes footage usable. One harsh source produces glare and shadow, which is the worst case. Good security lighting and good camera lighting are the same thing.A schedule is part of the plan. Run it at a useful level when people are up, dimmer after.

Where to start

Security lighting is site specific in a way catalogs cannot be. EverCrest Lighting does security lighting alongside landscape, accent and permanent roofline systems for residential and commercial properties across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, from Greenville. The consultation is free. Call (864) 252-1732 or email [email protected].

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