Bulkhead Lights: the Ideal Security Light
Home security should be the number one priority in any garden lighting scheme and bulkhead lights are ideal for fixing into porches, cupboards, and other areas of restricted access. And did you know that some of these ‘cheap and cheerful’ lights are now considered design classics?
If you think that ‘bulkhead’ has the sound of ships and seas about it, you’d be right: bulkheads are upright partition dividing a ship into compartments; once you know that you can see quite clearly where the traditional bulkhead light design came from.
But, as with everything else, things have moved on and bulkhead light design is no longer restricted to that circular glass shade held in by white cross bars, although admittedly most of them are still round. The circular shape makes sense; it is far easier to fit a circle into a small space than something with corners.
No matter where the bulkhead light came from, it makes for excellent security and emergency lighting. As an example: put a bulkhead light on the wall by the shed door, fit it with a PIR sensor, and you can approach your garden shed in the middle of the night if necessary, confident in the fact that your path will be illuminated and there will be no nasty surprises or accidents under cover of the darkness.
Do the same by the wheelie bins it might help you to avoid prosecution for putting waste in the grey bin instead of the green bin
Wherever and however you live, there is room in your life for a bulkhead light!
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