In addition to lower installation and maintenance costs spread over five years, fiber optic outdoor lighting offers the added benefit of being able to change colors in an instant. Most are tested in extreme hot and cold weather and can provide lighting options usually not available in some areas of your outdoor entertaining areas.

Lighting a water fountain in an outdoor pond or the spray from a vertical pump is simpler with fiber optic outdoor lighting and the color choice can easily be made and can change with the seasons. Imagine being able to change the color of your fountain to an alternating red and green for Christmas and to a red, white and blue theme for the Fourth of July. Your home can be the envy of the neighborhood with the options available with fiber optic outdoor lighting.

One of the biggest advantages of fiber optic outdoor lighting is the lack of electricity running through the house. Fiber optics are run from the light source to the end of the run. There is no electric power to create the potential for short circuits or fire and no heat involved, which is especially safe when running the optical cable through wall or under water.

Features Affect Satisfaction With Fiber Optics

Installation of fiber optic outdoor lighting should be well thought out as placement near bright sunlight or ambient lighting from other sources can make the light appear washed out and nearly invisible. The color of the light you choose can also help with it visibility and the length of different cables running from the same light source can affect the brightness of each strand.

Compared to neon lighting, it can cost as much as $1700 more for neon for a standard installation for outdoor light compared to fiber optic outdoor lighting. There is also the cost of electricity, which neon will use about three times as much as fiber optics on a monthly basis. Additionally, fiber optic outdoor lighting can be used around water and has the capability of changing colors, features lacking in neon light installations.

Powering neon systems also requires a run of electrical wiring that emits heat and electricity in the run, not present in fiber optic systems. Fiber optics also has no high voltage in the system and no liability issues in the even of a break. Neon lights can leave broken glass on surfaces in addition to the release of the inside glass. That problem does not exist with fiber optic outdoor lighting.

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