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04-22-2015, 08:57 AM | #16 |
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| Bf installed ours, but it's been awhile. It was our old house. There's one transformer box. But that house was a new build so at the design center they had an option of a switch in the garage to operate outside lights/xmas lights. There was an outside outlet to plug in all in.
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04-22-2015, 09:34 AM | #17 |
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| Hi Wylie's Mom, my husband owns a landscape business. He does it all-landscape design, hard scapes, and landscape lighting. My suggestion to you would be steer clear of solar, they are not near as bright and you are not getting the lighting bang for your buck. I think you could probably do hard wire yourself with some research and patience. If you have a local nursery or irrigation supply that retails the lighting they will have a display and/or catalog that you can look through. Much better quality than big box store such as lowes and Home Depot, these lights are a little more pricey BUT will last you many many years. You are going to want the warm white LEDs, they do not project the blue hue. Also hard wire puts off quite a bit more light for up-lighting trees or architectural details of your home. You want something that has a strong casing made of copper or another hard material that will take weather conditions. Hope that helps, I will go to the office in a bit and see if I can put my hands on some of our brochures and give you the names of manufactures my husband uses.
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04-22-2015, 10:18 AM | #18 | |
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You will want to make sure to get metal fixtures, not plastic which will get brittle and break in Arizona sun.
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04-22-2015, 12:20 PM | #19 |
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| We have both a hard wire back yard, 120 watt PS and solar front yard. The problem with the solar is the stock battery, Hampton Bay, Home Depot, when they go out (6 months to 1 year) replace with energizer recharge and they will really last all night. We also have solar and hard wire security lights those both work great. Solar is a great option if digging, routing will be a pain and the newer LED's are getting really good. For us the biggest benefit of Hard Wire is a easy on/off switch, you can turn of most solar but you have to get to location. |
04-22-2015, 01:22 PM | #20 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | Ann . . .. We started looking for the same thing. . . We did find out that solar lights are still not as good as hard wired. It is going to take a little more but it will be worth it. Now to find fixtures that will work with a 18th century house lol
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04-22-2015, 07:25 PM | #21 |
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| Hi, the names of some good manufactures are Unique Lighting, FX Luminare & Kichler, hope this helps Verbena I am absolutely jealous and would love to have your problem to find anything for an 18th century house! It is my dream to one day own an old beauty, so much character and charm!
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04-22-2015, 07:56 PM | #22 |
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| 18th c house? Where do you live? Paul Revere's old house? LOL
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