Point of view
Mar. 9th, 2007 12:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threemonkeysThe path up to my front door is not very well lit at night nor is it very even. It has a couple of small steps and other discontinuities which potentially make it a bit unsafe. So I have been experimenting with solar powered lights to cast a bit of illumination on the path in question. The standard type of self contained cell and light units don't suit the layout very well but I now have a unit where the solar cell is separate from the lights. The cells are in a fake rock type thing and a cable with a dozen lights on it stretches about 10 metres. I have trialled it with a temporary fitting and the little lights along the cable give enough light and just nicely reach along the troublesome stretch of path.
Now that the trial is successful the time has come to fix the little lights more securely. This gives me a dilemma. You see the lights can be fitted horizontally pointing across the path or vertically pointing up in the air. Horizontal give much better illumination of the path but vertical just looks so much cooler. Common sense says mount them horizontally for safety but I have this strong urge to go with the pretty and mount them pointing upwards. A really strong urge. I like to think of myself as a fairly practical common sense person. This screws with my self image just a little bit.
Now that the trial is successful the time has come to fix the little lights more securely. This gives me a dilemma. You see the lights can be fitted horizontally pointing across the path or vertically pointing up in the air. Horizontal give much better illumination of the path but vertical just looks so much cooler. Common sense says mount them horizontally for safety but I have this strong urge to go with the pretty and mount them pointing upwards. A really strong urge. I like to think of myself as a fairly practical common sense person. This screws with my self image just a little bit.