Protect Your Home with Outdoor Security Lighting

By Mark J. Donovan

One of the best ways to keep thieves, burglars, and pranksters away from your home at night is to install outdoor security lights. Outdoor security lighting statistics have shown that a well outdoor lighted home is an excellent deterrent to home invasions and burglaries.

There are many outdoor security lighting options to choose from. There are halogen lights, High Intensity Discharge (HID) lights, and incandescent lights to name a few.

Outdoor security lights work best when mounted in an elevated position and directed downwards. They should also be located in a shield position. Positioning of outdoor security lights in this manner will enable homeowners within the home to identify and describe would be burglars and pranksters to the police.

Outdoor security lighting can be controlled via timers and motion sensors.