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Are you looking for a way to accentuate the beauty of your property’s architectural features? Do you wish to highlight your well-planned landscape layout? Are you concerned about your home’s security? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these, you may wish to consider a low voltage outdoor lighting installation.

Let’s look at 10 things you should keep in mind when you install low voltage outdoor lighting:

Your first step is to get a clear picture of your goals. Walk around your property and make notes of the best locations where you can create a dramatic focal point or magically conjure up a romantic mood at night. This can be done by subtle lighting of pathways and adjacent trees and shrubs.

An entertainment area could also provide an excellent spot where outdoor low voltage lighting could enhance the mood as people are enjoying themselves. You can also note areas where there may be a security risk. Your Larson storm doors won’t be enough to keep intruders out.

With so many options available, you can then decide whether uplights, downlights, path lights or subterranean lighting would best achieve the mood that you want to create at the various landscape points in your garden or specific corners of your home. In terms of security, you may want to consider something like outdoor motion sensor lighting.

According to reviews, a low voltage outdoor lighting installation gives you a safe and energy efficient system. This should add value to your property.

Shop around on the internet to find outdoor lighting that suits your personal taste. Renowned suppliers of low voltage outdoor lighting installations like Quoizel and Hadco, will provide long lasting, state of the art and timeless landscape lighting ideas.

Solar powered outdoor lighting could also be considered as a preferred product range. It will keep providing lighting if there is a power failure. As a renewable energy resource, solar yard lights also qualify as a ‘green’ product.

Keep technical features of chosen outdoor lighting products in mind. Light output and beam spreads are important factors to establish the precise effect that you want for your outdoor areas. Choosing the right transformer is paramount. You should add up all the wattages of all the uplites, downlites etc. that you plan to buy and then choose a transformer that matches the total wattage of the lamps you intend to use.

Be practical! Put the outdoor lighting plug in a position where you don’t have to remove paving to lay out the cables to the various lamps. Should you want to highlight a tree with light bark and reflective leaves, much lower wattage is needed than when a very dark tree that reflects light is to be uplighted.

Low voltage outdoor lighting is easy and safe to install. This is a good choice if you have kids or pets. The transformer reduces the normal electrical load of a house to a safe low voltage load.

Timers can also be installed in order to have your outdoor lighting display coming to light at the chosen time and to be switched off when not needed.

Low voltage cables are weather resistant and self sealing.

You can become very innovative if you want to make the most of the architectural features of your house and the splendor of your landscaping. Low voltage outdoor lighting is one tool you can use. And, remember that you can also go for outdoor Christmas lights or other festive themes during the year. Just imagine the pictures you can take for your own, hand-made Christmas cards…

To be on the safe side, it is a good idea to consult a landscape lighting contractor.

We suggest that you take a slow stroll through your garden and around your house and start to visualize how low voltage outdoor lighting could help to bring new life to your property. Then get on the internet and discover what Quiozel, Hadco and all the other lighting suppliers can offer you!

From the home improvement review desk of Wim van der Walt.

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