Landscape lighting and other outdoor lighting can turn your yard into an oasis

 With the proper landscape lighting, you can literally turn your backyard into paradise.  Outdoor lighting is an excellent way to extend your living space outside.  The right lighting can create the mood that is perfect for evening entertaining without your guests feeling like they are under spot lights.  Landscape lighting can also accent your yard's features such as ponds, hot tubs, foliage and more.  Be sure to purchase quality lighting packages so that once installed they will provide years of enjoyment.  Some outdoor lighting is more difficult to install than others.  If you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself, we recommend getting a qualified electrician to do it for you.

Here are some tips to keep in mind regarding landscape lighting:

• Low voltage systems are very easy to install.  It can be installed in a small trench or actually run on the surface.  No conduit is required.
• Low voltage systems remove the risk of an electrical shock.
• Line voltage systems are more complicated and again, we recommend using an electrician for installation.

When evaluating your outdoor lighting requirements, here are additional tips:

• Transformer size is determined by 2 things, quantity of lights used and their wattage.
• Multiply the number of lights by the watts to determine total wattage.  If for example the total came to 280, you would need a 300 watt transformer.
• Remember, always use a transformer that has more wattage than you need.

If you follow these straight forward guidelines for your landscape lighting, you will have problems.  Outdoor lighting is an excellent way to be able to use your yard anytime especially at night.  It is always nice to be able to spend as much time outdoors as possible. Other items you may consider for your backyard include outdoor ceiling fans.  They are excellent at circulating the air to create a soft, cool breeze.  This air movement is also effective at keep the bugs away.  You can choose from bamboo ceiling fans or a number of other tropical ceiling fan designs to turn your patio into an oasis.  Be sure to check out the merchants below for some excellent options in outdoor lighting and ceiling fans.

Landscape and Outdoor Lighting Merchants

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