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Low voltage lighting - Is it safe? Yes.
12 Volt (low voltage) lighting is completely safe in the garden but outdoor transformers should be plugged into a weather proof AC 240 Volt socket.
Step By Step Lighting Guide:
1. Decide what you want to achieve and choose your lights:
Light at intervals along a pathway (Sevilla GLT-015)
Pick out an edge or step in decking or paving (Luna LED GLT-100 & GLT-105
Light around a pool or even under the water surface (Rock Light GLT-120)
Highlight a particular tree, shrub, feature or border (Napoli GLT-065, Rimini GLT-080 and Tripoli GLT-085)
2. Choose your transformer:
To work out what size transformer you will need, simply add up the wattage of the individual lights and make sure it does not exceed the wattage of the transformer.
For example:
4 x Sevilla post lights: 4 x 5 W = 20.0 W
1 x Tripoli 3 way spot: 1 x 60 W = 60.0 W
5 x Napoli spot: 5 x 20 W = 100.0 W
2 x Rimini spot: 2 x 20 W = 40.0 W
2 x Rock pond lights: 2 x 20 W = 60.0 W
8 x Luna LED markers: 8 x 0.3 W = 2.4 W
GRAND TOTAL 282.4 Watts
3. Kits:
For less ambitious projects, all of our Low Voltage lights are available as kits, which include a transformer, cable and connectors - check the supplied transformer wattage to see if extra lights can be added.
4. Select your Cable and Connectors:
Thick cable SPT-3 (GLT-030/GLT-035) will allow you to extend 50m/163’ from the transformer; with a recommended maximum of 150W per lighting run from each transformer socket.
Thin cable (GLT-040/GLT-045) will allow you to extend 30m/98’ from the transformer; with a recommended maximum of 75W per lighting run from each transformer socket.
150 W transformer GLT-001 has two outlet sockets allowing 50m/163’ per socket.
300 W transformer GLT-125 has three outlet sockets allowing 50m/163’ per socket.
Snap on connectors very easily allow you to join from the main cable be it thin (SPT-1) or thick (SPT-3), which plugs into the transformer, to extension cable(GLT-035 & GLT-045), and or to the short length of thin (SPT-1) fitted to all lights. Select the appropriate connector(s) depending on whether you are connecting thin to thin (GLT-025), thick to thick (GLT-020) or thick to thin (GLT-010).
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0.3W S/S Submersible Luna Marker LED White |
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from £11.95
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These inobtrusive, yet extremely robust brilliant white LED lights are ideal for edging a path or lining the edge of decking, they can be set into wood or stone to sit almost flush with the ground level, only protruding by 4mm. They are available in a Set of 2 or Set of 4 Kit which includes 10m of cable and and a 10W transformer (GLT-110).
Currently 20% Off Normal Prices |
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Set of 2, 0.3W S/S Submersible Luna Marker LED Blue |
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from £11.95
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These inobtrusive, yet extremely robust blue LED lights are ideal for edging a path or lining the edge of decking, they can be set into wood or stone to sit almost flush with the ground level, only protruding by 4mm. They are also available in a set of 4 Kit which includes 10m of cable and and a 10W transformer (GLT-115).
Currently 20% Off Normal Prices |
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60W Tripoli Cast Aluminium 3 Way Black Spotlight |
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£31.95
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The Tripoli has 3 fully adjustable spotlights mounted on the black, cast aluminium frame and are ideal for highlighting individual trees and shrubs or a section of border.
Currently 20% Off Normal Prices |
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Cables, Connectors and Brackets |
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from £2.50
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To give complete flexibility to the low voltage lighting range, we have numerous accessories available to extend your lighting system, either immediately or in the future. Full details on all these essential accessories are contained in our Step By Step Lighting Guide, located at the front of this section, and this advises best where to use the cables and connectors.
There are four main cables used to operate the low voltage lighting system; a thick main cable (GLT-030) measuring 15m and moulded to fit a transformer; a thick main cable extension (10m of plain cable - GLT-035; the thin main cable, 15m in length and ready to fit a transformer and the thin extension cable (10m plain cable GLT-045).
Also available for this system are three connectors; a thick cable to thin cable (GLT-010), thick to thick (GLT-020) and thin to thin (GLT-025).
Finally, you may wish to mount your lights - in which case, the Set of 2 Deck/Wall Mounts (suitable for all aluminium lights) is a must. |
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