| Security lights are fixed outside the home on walls or | | | | the wall lights outside. This are fixed on the eaves or |
| posts. This are in various shapes and sizes. These can | | | | on the beams. The level of fixing the lights should be |
| be ordinary bulbs, energy savers or flood lights. They | | | | on the beam or eaves on the ground floor. When a |
| can be controlled using switches in the house, motion | | | | light is to use a sensor it should be located on the roof |
| sensors or detectors or photo cells. The home needs | | | | level. This will give a larger area to be illuminated. The |
| illumination as one walks around the compound or | | | | garden security lights should be located in open |
| approaching the gate at night. The system of putting | | | | spaces. They should not have any hedge or shrub |
| them on can be made into different sections and | | | | obstructing because of the arising shadows. |
| integrated with sensors and the photo cell. | | | | When fixing gate security lights, two systems are |
| The security lights can also be fixed on the gardens, | | | | used. There should be two fixed on the columns |
| boundary walls and driveways. If the home has a large | | | | supporting the gate. This can be on through the night. |
| compound, the system should be made automatic. This | | | | Another set is mounted higher but connected to |
| is by using a photo cell. This is a sensor that turns on | | | | motion sensor. This are turned on when a car or |
| the system using the day light. As the day dims out | | | | anything moves towards the gate from inside or |
| towards the evening, the system turns on the lights | | | | outside. This are brighter and more powerful. Along the |
| and vice versa towards the morning. Each home has | | | | boundary wall, similar lights as the gate permanent |
| diverse needs for illumination and therefore a survey is | | | | ones are installed. This are also backed up with a flood |
| necessary before embarking on any system. | | | | light connected to a motion detector around the wall. |
| When fixing security lights around the home, start with | | | | |