These are good for walkway and path lighting and also gardens, patios, driveways and also other spots that benefit from illumination yet don’t need floodlights or other bright lights.

The installation of low voltage lights is usually easy to complete even though you haven’t done any kind of electrical installation before. Low voltage-landscape lights use a transformer to step down the voltage, decreasing as it travels along wire.

Low voltage landscape lighting is more flexible for location simply because they don’t have to be in sunlight part of the day time throughout the year.  Outdoor low voltage lighting is now able to use LEDs for suprisingly low electricity charges.

Low Voltage Landscape Lights: Wiring and Spacing Questions?

I am installing low voltage lighting and have a couple of questions:   I’m working both with 4 watt and 11 watt tiered path lights.  I plan to use the 11 watt fixtures on corners and at steps.

How far apart should I space the 4 watt fixtures along the path?  Also, can I change out the 4 watt bulbs with 11 watt bulbs if some areas need extra lighting?

Is it true that I can pierce the low voltage cable and if I’m not happy with the location, that it is OK to remove the fixture and place it elsewhere (meaning the cable is really self sealing?)

I have about 240 watts of lights to be controlled by a 300 watt transformer, on 12 gu cable, and the run is approximately 150 feet.  Should I run two, 75 foot cables to the transformer, or have one long 150 foot cable to it?

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