Decide where to put your solar house numbers and which are best to buy.

Staked or Wall Mounted.

First, you will want to find a location for your solar house number sign and decide if you want a model that stakes into the ground or solar house numbers that will be mounted on a wall, gate, or fence. Look for a spot where the solar address sign will be easily visible from the front, facing the street. Choose a location for the solar house numbers so they are clearly associated with your house or building. If you have someone to help you position your solar address sign, have the person hold your solar house numbers up in the desired spot by hand, preferably after dark, so you can go to the sidewalk or street and see if the solar address sign can be easily seen and read from the street.

If you are going to purchase a solar house number that is mounted on a stake of some type, then you need to make sure of a few things. One that the solar address sign is in a convenient location that will not be hit by anything nearby, such as a lawnmower, yard tools or a vehicle. You don’t want your solar house numbers to get knocked down or damaged. Obviously, this is where a wall mounted solar house numbers are more beneficial.

Once you have identified a good possible spot for your solar house numbers, check the location to see how much sun it gets. Look for objects, overhangs, downspouts, tree branches or anything that might cast shade on your solar address sign. Check the spot for your solar house numbers many times throughout a sunny day, to see if the sun will shine on your solar address sign as much as possible each day. Your solar address sign should get as many possible hours of sun per day so that its batteries will be fully recharged each day.

Now that you have found a good location for your solar address sign, if you are going to mount it staked, then attach the stakes to the solar house numbers and push them into the ground. Try to make sure that the solar address sign’s stakes are vertical, so that the solar house numbers are level, easily visible and facing the street. Push the solar address sign’s stakes into the ground by holding onto the stakes, not the sign.

The easiest way and you will find more obvious on the street, is to put up your solar house numbers  on a wall or fence.

If you have decided to mount your solar address sign above ground instead, then make holes for the screws in the wall, fence or gate, making sure the solar house numbers are level and so that the solar address sign won’t jut out where you don’t want it to. Place the screws and securely mount your solar house numbers.

Congratulations ! You have now made it easier for people visiting your house or emergency services, to identify your house number, since it has a bright, visible solar address sign on it ! Best of all, your solar house numbers don't require any wiring at all and are powered for free from the sun.

Another clear bonus of using solar house numbers that are a decent size, even during the day, your house number is clearly seen rather than a small petite number.

Nite-Glow have wall mounted solar house numbers that are easy to install and weatherproof.