What is a Solar Lighting Bollard? A ‘bollard’ is a pole designed to be used in conjunction with other bollards to form a boundary, like the boundaries you see permanently blocking a street off from cars. A ‘solar lighting bollard’ is simply a bollard with added lights, used to illuminate landscaping, walkways, and other property. Solar lighting bollards are approximate 1m high, and because they’re solar and not connected to any electricity supply, they deliver substantial savings in installation costs. Solar lighting bollards automatically turn on at dusk and off at dawn, and operate using batteries and solar panels. Are Solar Bollard Lights Popular? More and more we’re seeing the use of solar bollard lights around retirement villages, council pathways, resorts, townhouse developments, and worker accommodation camps. This form of lighting is suitable in any situation where it’s logistically difficult or too expensive to connect to the electricity grid; ...
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