Porch Lights And Insects

By Author: Tom Buchanan
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Have you noticed the swarm of insects that are lurking around your porch lights especially in summer? This can be a problem because some of these insects can even make their way into your house. Although this is a common phenomenon, there might be something you didn’t know about it. For instance, not all porch lights can attract these annoying insects. You might want to ask your residential electrician about this and arrange a change of porch lights after reading this article.

Insects hanging around your porch lights can be really irritating. Not only do they dim the lights, sometimes they make annoying sounds too and would even land on you. It might be relieving to know that they do not thrive in all types of porch lights. Knowing which type of light bulbs and fixtures are attractive to these bugs will help you decide better on which to use before your Calgary electrician will start the installations.

Insects are usually guided by the light of the sun and moon and when your porch light comes on, they get confused, thinking it’s the sun or the moon. This causes ...
... them to circle the porch lights in that really annoying manner of theirs. What you can do to prevent this from happening is to install lighting fixtures that do not seem like the sun. A LED light is an example of this. Not all bugs are attracted to it.

What type of lighting fixture should you go for when you choose your porch lights with your residential electrician?

1. Low heat – warmer types of lighting fixtures can confuse insects more. They will believe that your porch light is the sun, so they will hover more around it.

2. Avoid Cool lighting fixtures – cool lighting actually attracts more insects, ironically. It is better to go for low-heat lighting fixtures. Lights that look cool such as ones with bluish or purplish tone will attract more insects so go for lights with warmer tones in reds and yellows.

3. Choose LED – LED will always be the better choice over incandescent lighting. The best choice for porch lights if you do not want insect infestation would be LED lights that give off a yellowish or reddish glow. There might still be some insects that would fly around your lighting fixture on the porch but for sure it won’t be the annoying swarm that you find so irritating.

There are many light bulbs that are advertised as bug-free when you cruise down the aisles of your local hardware stores. You may have to pay a higher price for those. A better option would be to consult your trusted residential electrician. He can advise you properly on which lighting fixtures you should use for your porch to achieve the goals that you have for a bug-free, beautifully lit porch. Since you will also need the assistance of your Calgary electrician in installing your porch lights right, you can just buy the normal but right type of lighting fixtures so that you won’t have to pay extra fees for those advertised as ‘bug-free’ lighting.