How to Choose LED Post Lights
You can find LED post lights used nearly anywhere, including residential, commercial, and public properties. In parks, they illuminate the parking lots, pathways, playgrounds, and fields. At homes, they illuminate the landscape, driveway, sidewalk, or outdoor seating areas. Commercial properties use them in a combination of these areas, including outdoor seating at restaurants and in parking lots.
1. Controls and Photocells
You will want to start by thinking about how you want to control the LED post lights. Do you want to turn them on and off manually? Do you want them set to a timer? Do you prefer a light with photocell sensors that turn on and off automatically based on light levels? Any of these options are available.
2. Find the Perfect Style
As mentioned, post lights come in a vast array of colors, sizes, materials, and designs. You will have to consider which of the available designs is right for you and your space. You likely want to choose something that fits the rest of your décor.
This is also when you will choose from the various types of post lights mentioned above.
3. Consider Placement
Think about where you will put the post light as you decide which one you want. For example, if you want the light to go close to a front door, it should complement the style of the door.
Or, if the light is going to be close to the edge of the property, you may want a shorter post instead of a longer one, so it doesn’t annoy neighbors.
Generally, you will want to choose a shorter post if you plan on placing it in a garden and a taller one if you want to place the light by a walkway or driveway, but this is your decision.
4. Material
You will want to consider the materials you want for your lights. The most common options for the post include copper, wood, and aluminum. If you opt for wood, you should make sure it is painted and sealed, as this protects it from the elements.
5. Weatherproofing
Because your LED post lights will be outside, you need to make sure you choose weatherproof lights. They should be able to resist weather conditions, debris, and dust.
6. Installation
You may also want to consider the difficulty of the installation process for the light, including whether you can do it yourself.