Outdoor Landscape Lighting
Low-voltage landscape lighting is a simple cost effective improvement
that can make a fantastic difference in the safety and security of your
home.
Electrician:
Exterior Low Voltage Lighting
Landscape Lighting
is usually installed along walkways, steps, and driveways,
pointing up at trees, walls, and fences. The typical low-voltage lighting
system requires just three components: a transformer, low-voltage electrical
cable, and the fixtures
The transformer is used to step down the 240-volt house voltage to just 12 volts. It should be plugged into a Weather-protected outdoor electrical outlet. This outlet should be fitted within a Weather-proof enclosure, which is an oversized plastic box that closes over and around the power cord. The transformer needs to have enough capacity to support the total wattage of all the lights in the system plus about 1 watt for each 3 meters of cable in the total length of the run of lights. Between fixtures
Pathway or Walk lights
come in dozens of styles at a wide range of prices. Pathway lights are designed to light a specific area that is directly underneath and within a few feet of the light fixture, like a driveway or walkway. These are usually spaced 6-10 feet apart. Place them any closer together and your walkway may look like a landing strip.
Area lights
sometimes called spot, wash, flood, or up lights – spread the illumination
over a specific item or larger areas. These are used to highlight walls,
trees, shrubs, statues, etc. Creative use of these lights can usually
provide the most dramatic effects of your landscape lighting.