Security lights

Don´t just install lights!   I fitted lights plus camera and caught my racist neighbour attacking my property.  He would not have been found guilty without!    Find them on ebay, they are cheap and discreet.  The pictures are held on a sim card, only download when you have  problem.

Richard in Crevillent

Use LED lights!

Richard

Hi thanks, 

I’ve bought a number of solar lights ( mid range) and just seen them go off very impressive so another measure done 

Ian 

I would go with the advice given by Richard.mains powered  L.E.D. lamps are most definitely  the way forward.  These lamps do seem to be a bit more expensive in Spain than in the U.K. but they pay for themselves over and over again due to the length of time they last ( anything up to 40,000 hrs ), plus the enormous cost savings in energy usage.They also give the added advantage of choice of wattage .

Solar powered lamps usually have a set wattage lamp and  have limited usefulness if intensity of light output is an issue , but do come into their own for decorative effect lighting ,e.g. around garden plants etc . Another disadvantage of Solar powered is their unsuitability in out of the way shaded areas if enough daylight is unable to fall upon their solar charging cells.

Hope that advice helps.

Leckyles.

The camera idea (for me is the best). Movement activated. pan tilt, IR, face detection, and all whilst I´m sitting in a bar in town. I can watch the cats, foxes, pals calling round, burglars ( sound included). All info goes to the "cloud" so no space on your phone! I don´t however have a "Racist" detection device. Lol.

Villas

Ha ha very good as I’ve said taken most of what’s been said here on board with some additional measures 

Cheers

Ian 

Thank you for the advice much appreciated 

Cheers

Ian 

We use dusk  till dawn with a sensor not expensive  to run we all so have Amazon blink which tells me if any one comes through my gate and comes up on my phone a good systerm no hard wireing. I can sit in Norwich and see my terrece in Playa Flamenca