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re: Solar landscape lights for flower beds
Posted on 10/14/23 at 7:49 pm to PenguinPubes
Posted on 10/14/23 at 7:49 pm to PenguinPubes
Solar will be no where near as bright as wired. I have solar in my backyard on my pathway lights going to my dock and some solar RGB lights on a couple trees and in a flower garden. Not very bright but nice subtle accent lights
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Posted on 10/14/23 at 9:54 pm to Sir Saint
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For anyone following this thread. The Volt kit from Costco I posted above is going on sale starting 10/23/23 for $449.99 ($150 off).
Damn. I just purchased it this past week. Wonder if I can get adjustment once goes on sale.
Posted on 10/15/23 at 8:43 am to Shotgun Willie
Yea I think as long as you’re within a 30 day window, they’ll do price adjustment.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 3:03 am to LifeTimeTiger2
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The solar lights are all crap. Hire an electrician and get proper lighting.
I must disagree.
Ive had these for a year.
LEREKAM 40 LEDs Spotlights,IP65 Waterproof Solar Powered Landscape Spotlights 2-in-1 Wall Light, Outdoor Landscaping Lights Auto On/Off for Yard Garden 2Pack Warm-White amazon
I have two pointed at every large liveoak.
You charge them once inside and then they are good to. Two brightness levels.
I can see my liveoaks lit from 400ish yards on the brighter setting.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 8:34 am to PenguinPubes
If you get solar they won't look like that pic.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 8:35 am to LifeTimeTiger2
quote:Unless you have zero handyman skill you don't need an electrician for low voltage lighting.
Hire an electrician and get proper lighting.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 8:37 am to Bayou
quote:He also asked for something like this (the pic) and no solar will be like that.
OP never stated anything of the kind that solar is better than wired. He simply asks for the best solar.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 10:24 pm to PenguinPubes
We recently asked the same thing. We already had the wire run and the box (whatever it’s called — My husband is in charge of that lol).
Anyway we found pretty led lights at lowes .. didn’t want to spend a fortune and they look great. Didn’t take long since the set up was basically there .. think he had to run some new wire to the outlet/box/whatever it is.
I’m super happy with it. Even our neighbors commented good things.
Anyway we found pretty led lights at lowes .. didn’t want to spend a fortune and they look great. Didn’t take long since the set up was basically there .. think he had to run some new wire to the outlet/box/whatever it is.
I’m super happy with it. Even our neighbors commented good things.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 11:04 pm to Tigers4Lyfe
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Unless you have zero handyman skill you don't need an electrician for low voltage lighting.
Put a light on every “upright” tree (like a pine or most crepe myrtles) at the base
For a tree that “sprawls” like a live oak, put at least two on opposite sides (or four) and one (or two on opposite sides) on the “main mast”
For sidewalk/path- both staggered and parallel can look good. 6ish foot spacing works well. Your fixtures will give you an estimated spread. Just barely overlap them.
For house lighting:
One per column
One on each side of a window
If you have a large flat wall without windows, make it symmetrical with the sides with windows
I’ve made a particularly long thread about RGBing your yard. It’s probably not worth it.
Volt lights are intriguing. But I had a bunch of FX RS spots in my yard (most weren’t working, some were replaced with LED fixtures that were crappy and burned, most still had halogen bulbs. Several had wires that had been cut at some point). When I expanded, I got more of these so they were all the same fixture. These accept MR16 bulbs, and replacing the receptacle inside them is easy and cheap when it goes bad. There are a ton of LED bulbs in the MR16 form factor available, including colors and a variety of color temps and brightnesses.
Integrated LED give quite a bit less flexibility, but there are fewer points of failure. The bulbs aren’t designed to be replaced, so the fixtures are typically better at being weatherproof. These bulbs are long lasting, but the advantages didn’t win me over (a failure cost as much as replacing the whole fixture instead of a $3-30 bulb (and I’m not buying $30 bulbs, but a guy I know who does this for a living swears the high-end bulbs are much better).
Here’s my backyard. My path lights are some integrated LED lights that my father in law replaced and was getting rid of.
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