Screw in light bulbs should be mostly compact fluorescent lights using about one quarter the power of regular bulbs while giving the same brightness and color. Timer light switches are great for lights turned on and often forgotten, as in children s rooms, closets, stairwells, and particularly basement and outdoor lights. Timers keep the peace when lights are frequently forgotten. The tap of a electronic timer button or a wind up light switch timer starts the light and sets the run time you choose from a few seconds to an hour, after which the light goes out. Windup light switch timers are in the lighting section of the catalog.
Motion sensing lights outdoors are great for arrival and departure.
An AC motion detector will not turn lights on when needed unless you force your inverter to run full time. A 12 volt DC powered motion sensor in this catalog is the answer. It's on duty all night with almost no power use. With solar electric powered homes, it is not practical to use a standard electric refrigerator or freezer. Super efficient refrigerators designed and tested for solar power, listed in Backwoods catalog, operate on less than half the usual power.