Low-voltage landscape lighting is a simple improvement that can make a huge
difference in how your home looks after dusk as well as in its safety and
security. 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. Landscape lighting is easy to install even
if you've never done any electrical wiring.
A transformer is used to step
down the 120-volt house current to just 12 volts. It should be plugged into a
GFCI-protected outdoor electrical outlet. This outlet should be fitted with a
“while-in-use” cover, which is an oversize plastic box that closes over and
around the power cord. The transformer needs to have enough capacity to support
the cumulative wattage of the lights in the system plus about 1watt for each
10feet in the total length of the run of lights. Between fixtures, the cable is
normally buried in a shallow trench about 3"-6" deep.
Unlike the
landscape lighting of old, today’s fixtures come in a wide range of shapes and
colors. As long as you have a nearby outlet, you’ll be able to give your home
and yard a welcoming glow when the sun goes down.
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' to
10ft apart. Any closer 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 give you the most dramatic effects of your landscape
lighting.
Our Professional Grade Lighting line includes a wide range of
specific purpose outdoor lighting fixtures, weatherproof transformers, specialty
insulated cables and a variety of landscape lighting accessories. All have the
latest and most advanced features.
When you are ready to make the step up
from Intermatic Malibu Lighting, then look to these fine Intermatic Light
Expression Professional Outdoor Lighting products.
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