Tips on installing security lighting
Security lighting begins in the home, with timed switches that keep the lights going on and off when you are not home. You do not need bright, glaring lights for outdoor security lighting. These lights may look intimidating, but they also create deep pools of relative shadow and make it harder for you to see an intruder, or much of anything else. Many weak lights work better. The key is to leave no area completely uncovered.
If you want good, strong security lighting that does not spoil the look of your landscape lighting, motion detectors and motion-activated light fixtures are a useful compromise. The extra light will not come on until there is someone in the yard who needs to be illuminated. Finally, make sure that all this light does not reveal any opportunities for thieves. Never leave ladders or household tools where someone venturing onto the grounds could access them. Make the burglars bring their own tools.
Get electricians to install your security cameras
You may be living in a part of Fort Mill, SC where there is an official neighborhood watch, or where the neighbors just happen to be particularly alert. If this is not the case — and with so many forms of entertainment readily available indoors, it seems unlikely that you will be able to count on your neighbors to keep an eye on the streets of a residential area after dark — then you may want to make use of security cameras. Installing these, and putting up some signs letting interested passers-by know you have installed them, will go a long way toward protecting your property when you are not home.
You should make a point of hiring a professional electrician to install the cameras. He or she will be able to find the best places to install them where they will have a good view of your grounds and be difficult to sabotage. Getting power to the cameras and video feed from them in such a way that both are secure and not easy to cut is also a job for an expert.
Security lighting services in Fort Mill, SC
Pyramid Electric Service are electrical contractors licensed in North and South Carolina and serving the greater Charlotte area, including Charlotte, Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Indian Land, Marvin, Weddington, Matthews and Waxhaw. We offer many interior and exterior lighting services with first-rate products, professional materials and expert installation and maintenance by master electricians, including security lighting and camera installation for your home. Expertise.com rated us one of the top 25 electrical contractors in the Charlotte area. We offer emergency service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call the electricians you can trust. We have been serving York, Lancaster, Mecklenburg and Union Counties since 1963.