Installing outdoor low voltage lighting fixtures is a quick and easy process. While you should never attempt to work with electricity if you aren’t comfortable with it, most people can complete the entire process, from choosing their outdoor lighting fixtures to installing them over a weekend, without much time or effort invested.
Here are the steps that you’ll need to perform to install your lights.
After you’ve decided where you want to place your outdoor low voltage lighting fixtures, the first thing that you will have to do is find out how many landscape lighting transformers you will need. Do this by adding the wattage of all your lights together. The transformer should have a capacity of at least 75 to one hundred percent of the wattage. If the wattage is too high or they’re spaced really far apart, you may be better off installing multiple transformers.
After you’ve found out how many transformers you need, it’s time to install them. Find appropriate grounded outlets outside your home and plug in the transformer. Either mount it on the side of the house or place it on a wooden spike to keep it off the ground. This will ensure that it is never in standing water and will help prevent water damage.
Next, you need to place and install the lights and run the cables. Once the outdoor low voltage lighting fixtures are in their proper locations hook them into the system and give everything a test run. Make any adjustments that you need to with the position and aim of the lights. Once you’re happy with everything, all that’s left to do with either bury or hide the cables so that no one trips over them.
While installing this type of lights should not be complicated it still involves using electricity, if you really want to feel like a Garden Lights Guru you might look at outdoor LED lighting for your patio or garden lighting needs.
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