Getting your backyard ready for a barbecue or party can be a tall task. Mowing the lawn, weeding, sweeping the patio and cleaning the pool are common ways to get your backyard presentable for company. How about going one step further?
Landscape lighting is perfect for illuminating your patio, pathways, driveways, flower beds, dark zones and much more. Whether it’s out of necessity or just for aesthetics, installing landscape lighting is an artful alternative to powerful floodlights.
Imperial Wire & Cable Co., the leading provider of landscape lighting supplies, will provide you with high-quality landscape lighting wire to make this installation happen. Here are the materials you need and the steps you need to take for landscape lighting installation.
Cables
Outdoor lighting needs low-voltage cables. We offer a wide variety of different styles of wires and sizes. Our flat parallel underground lighting cables are perfect for wiring low voltage outdoor lighting circuits and are great for direct burial into the ground. We have this style of cable available in the 6-to-18 AWG range.
Transformers
A transformer will supply the power for your landscape lighting system. You will need to plug it into a GFCI-protector outdoor electrical outlet. You can count how many light fixtures and see how many watts they use to determine what type of transformer you should get. Transformers also come with a timer to allows you to schedule when your lights are powered on and off so you can conserve energy.
Mounts
You will have to find a mount that is suitable for your landscape lighting fixtures. There are mounts that are used for various tasks. You have to find the mount that suits your system. Non-metallic stakes are used for ground lights, tree mount brackets are used for trees and surface mount canopies for decks.
Lights
Just like the mounts, you will need to find lights that fit your needs. You can use pathway lights for walkways and driveways and accent lights for highlighting different trees, flower, beds, ponds, etc. Make sure that your fixtures are colored with an earthy tone so that they blend and aren’t sticking out from the rest of your backyard.
To learn more about our wire and cable for landscape lighting or our welding cable for sale, you can call us at 215-364-4545 or visit our website.