Why your landscape lighting has to be low voltage LED or halogen landscape lighting

Why your landscape lighting has to be low voltage LED or halogen landscape lighting

By Mike Gambino

There are many reasons to choose Landscape Lighting, some of which has been previously covered on this blog.  First, it adds safety to the building or home. Outdoor lighting specifically provides safety for steps when walking around elevated properties. Spread lights around pool decks may define the pathway while making the pathway clear of any obstacles that may be otherwise invisible at night.

Outdoor lighting adds time outdoors by providing advantages to your Landscape investment when you choose to stay longer outdoors to relax. Outdoor lights such as patio lights, path lights and garden lights are few examples of exterior lights that create calmness and relaxation.

Outside lighting brings security against burglars because it gives an impression that someone is home. The Landscape lighting system like garden lighting, patio lighting and path lighting functions as your house guard especially when you are out of town. Moreover, for this purpose, low voltage lighting is highly recommended because it is most economical and safe to operate.

Decorative lighting signifies pride and provides beauty to homes and offices. Decorative lighting for Residential Outdoor Lighting and Commercial Outdoor lighting provide the aesthetic effects at night. Simply put, outdoor lighting creates mood and safety of the surrounding as it brings out the beauty of the property.

Landscape Lighting should be low voltage lighting for several good reasons.

Low voltage lights are safe particularly around water features like the deck lights around pools or inside the fountains or water features that are featured in better landscapes.

Low Voltage outdoor lighting is energy-efficient since it produces more light for every watt consumed.

Low voltage outdoor lights have less potential to damage root systems because conduit that houses cable is buried to a 6” depth as opposed to 18” for high voltage lighting.

Low voltage fixtures that are small and concealable can easily fit within the landscape.

Landscape lighting that uses low voltage light fixtures are more accurate when aimed towards lighting subjects.

Outdoor lighting fixtures are flexible for positioning and offer freedom to move and relocate especially when landscape matures. Indeed, Landscape Lighting is truly cost effective to operate particularly when using Low voltage LED outdoor lighting fixtures.

LED low voltage Garden lights such as Gambino professional low voltage landscape lighting fixtures, are among the popular types of lighting we sell today. LED accent lights give off a soft glow to accentuate whatever they are aimed at.

Before deciding between LED or halogen low voltage garden lighting, consider the operation time of the system. Dusk to dawn operation lends itself to faster return on investment regarding electrical savings over the initially higher cost for the LED lighting system.

Another factor to consider in choosing LED or halogen low voltage outdoor lighting for Landscape Lighting is the type of bulb used. For two major reasons, LED lights are recommended. First, LED lights emit the brightest light per wattage used. Second, the light it gives off is the most efficient among the types of bulbs. Most accent lights should be off white/ amber lights because it produces softer glow and is most flattering for use in landscape lighting situations. Therefore warm white LED is the choice over cool white LED lamps.

The last factor to consider in lights for Landscape Lighting are their effectiveness with your outdoor lighting theme. If you have large trees then halogen will probably be the way to go so don’t rule out the use of halogen lamps when higher powered, higher brightness lamps are needed to do the job.

This landscape lighting blog is published by Mike Gambino of Gambino landscape lighting inc. all rights reserved. Mike is a professional landscape lighting system designer/ builder and has been designing, installing and maintaining landscape lighting systems for more than 20 years. Mike resides in the Los Angeles area with his wife and 2 sons. To visit his website go to www.gambinolighting.com . To inquire about hiring Mike please click here .

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4 Comments
  • Terry Lawrence
    Posted at 03:28h, 01 March Reply

    Excellent article Mike. You have outlined the benefits of low-voltage landscape lighting in a way that everyone can easily understand and help homeowners make an educated decision on their lighting options. You obviously focus on the same attributes we look for in a good landscape lighting professional… quality, quality, quality.
    Terry Lawrence

    • Mike Gambino
      Posted at 03:47h, 01 March Reply

      Thank you Terry your kind words are appreciated. Best regards Mike Gambino

  • Steve
    Posted at 17:43h, 01 July Reply

    Mike – always enjoy reading your blog – you are always dead-on and we utilize your same quality tips/steps in our installations too! Thank you for such a wonderful website to eduacate people regarding LED low voltage landscape lighting!

    Steve Crouch
    Just Landscape Lighting, LLC
    St. Louis, MO

    • Mike Gambino
      Posted at 18:12h, 01 July Reply

      Thank you for your comments Steve they are greatly appreciated.

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