^^^^^   Thank you. That's a thought.

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Edited 10 November, 20205 yr by Paul52
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5 hours ago, oldstan said:

There are PIR lights in place, as was mentioned earlier, but I might review them to see if they can be improved on.

 

Depending on how long you have had you PIR lights this might be a good option. I've just this week put up a new PIR security light to cover a dark area in the garden behind my garage. (It's only taken me 35 years to get round to it). Deliberated for ages on which solar power one to buy before - doh, I've got power in the garage the other side of a 4" brick wall right where I wanted the light! I bought a NightSearcher Fast Star from the local hardware shop for about £20. It's 10W LED, gives 800 lumens, guaranteed three years and is ideal for what I wanted easily covering the whole area (around 4m*4m) with a clear but soft light more than sufficient to see anything going on and to stop me walking into things on the way to the compost bins but without it looking like a prison. The range includes lights in higher wattages if needed.

I mention this modest DIY accomplishment only because I was amazed at how these small LED lights have come on in just a few years. (Tip: If you decide to buy the one I bought the sensitivity, time and dusk/dawn adjustments are in a panel on the back behind four screws, presumably to keep everything watertight. It will be easier to make any adjustments before you mount the light; I adjusted the dusk to dawn to minimum and the time to it's maximum of 5 minutes as with the  default settings the light came on pretty much throughout the day and night but only stayed on a few seconds each time.