Solar post lamps

Our house has a lamp post out in the front yard. It was wired with all new wire up until the line ran under the house, at which point someone taped (yes, taped) the wires from the new cable to an old one coming from the switch box. I suppose I could have put a junction box there and run a new cable from the switch box, but that seemed sloppy, as did digging a new trench for one cable for one light.

So I started doing research on solar post lamps. On at night, off in the daytime.. extra bonus that the power doesn't have to be ON at the house for the light to come on. They were all very pricey ($100 and up, before shipping), and I was beginning to despair of finding one to even begin to match the style I was looking for at any kind of reasonable price point.

Then I found DM Solar.

They only had one lamp, but it was within my budget and it was the sort of style I was looking for. I ordered 2, as I also have a lamp post in the back yard that may be difficult to wire. Both of them with shipping wound up costing me just about $98 - less than any other single lamp I'd been able to find before, not even including shipping.

We installed one, and it looks great and it works beautifully.

I like this view the best, with the wall and the bushes.

This one puts it more in context with the house. Sorry about the vertigo-inducing angle.

 It doesn't light up the whole yard, but I didn't want that anyway. I'm very pleased.