Outdoor Security Lighting: What Actually Deters Someone|How Should Security Lighting Be Done?|Security Lighting That Actually Helps: Coverage Beats Brightness
The default answer, and its problem Almost everybody starts with a floodlight. The instinct makes sense and does not hold up. One bright light gives you glare and deep shadow, and everything past the beam is harder to see than before.Put all of that together and the picture is not what most people install. It is several modest sources rather than one strong one, covering the approaches rather than blasting the yard. It costs about what people were going to spend anyway, and