Residential Security Lighting Guidelines

While most security experts will agree that outdoor lighting is part of a good home security, many homeowners may be taking the wrong approach. If you're using PIR (passive infrared) floodlights controlled by a motion sensor, you may want to take a look at this article on residential security lighting. It demonstrates some of the reasons PIR lighting might not be the best waya to deter buglars, and justifies its conclusion, that "the first choice in security lighting is the low energy photo-electric cell controlled light."

Comments

[Jerry Crosby]

This article was helpful. I've been using the low energy security lighting and was considering switching them out for the PIR lighting. I think I'll leave the existing lights and augment with a PIR that illuminates a much larger area.