4 Springtime Tips from an Outdoor Lighting Company

Will Congress enact the Sunshine Protection Act and save us from the trauma of clock changes and daylight savings time? We don’t know, but that one extra hour of daylight late in the day won’t get you out of maintaining your landscape lighting! It’s spring, everything is blooming, and it’s also time to get your outdoor lighting ship-shape for the season. 

Outdoor lighting should be part and parcel of your overall landscape. As you and your landscaper clear out weeds, leaves, and old mulch from beds to get ready for flowers, annuals, and fresh plants, don’t ignore the lighting. It usually needs a little help too. Here are four tips from an outdoor lighting company to get your outdoor illumination spring-ready in Alpharetta, GA.

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Inspect for Damaged Fixtures

Sometimes lights get damaged. It might be from garden tools like shovels or rakes, and it could be from the weather. Sometimes lenses get cracked. All too often, water from rain or snow seeps into electrical connections and corrodes them. It’s a great idea to do a light check after the landscape is cleaned up.

Clean Fixtures

Your fixtures are outside, so they will get dirty. If they’re covered up with leaves, mulch, dirt from rain runoff, or the sap from trees, you'll want to clean them up. Lenses should be cleaned, too, so your lights shine as brightly as they're supposed to. If you have embedded lights in paths, make sure overgrown grass or plants didn’t engulf them. 

Align Lights

Do you have bullets or similar lights that are aimed at something? Typically, they’re directed toward trees or some other highlighted feature. Downlights in trees also get misaligned by wind and weather or the occasional critter malfeasance. Sometimes they get loose over time and flop or sag. You'll want to check the targeting for all your spots and similar lights. 

Set Your Landscape Timer

Remember that annoying daylight savings time change? If you’re using a mechanical or standalone light timer, you’ll need to fiddle with it to get your lights to come on at the right time. But if you’re tired of doing that, we have a solution for you – lighting control with schedules that adjust automatically to the seasons. 

Now for Our Last Tip, a Bonus!

If you're looking to step up your landscape lighting game this spring, call an outdoor lighting company like GHT Group. We’ll work with you to enhance your outdoor lighting for curb appeal, safety, and pure enjoyment. We install superior products from premier companies like Coastal Source, so you’ll worry less about things like broken and corroded wiring with their robust Coastal Connector. And we install the latest lighting automation technology to make your outdoor lighting a set-and-forget affair. 

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