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Any good online source for wholesale (or cheap) ground lighting?
We finally saw our new house (it arrived yesterday, and the other half
actually saw it on the road on the way to a white water rafting trip), and I
was wondering if anyone knows of a online source for ground lighting cheap,
and with a good selection.
My basic current plans are for corner lighting, but if the waterfall thing
pans out, I want to light that as well, and might want to get some
underwater lights for the backyard pond.
There's always Lowes, Home Depot, and Wal-mart locally, but sometimes
selection is lacking.
I'd want the corner lights to be at least 25 watt, and some spotlight
options would be nice.
I think I want to stay away mostly from those little 4 watt bulbs, except
for some low light walk way and path lights, but those will be put in down
the road once I get the yard seeded, grassed and setup.
I'm also going to have the block n stucco guys run some outdoor electric
extension cords and run them to each of the house's 4 corners.. from
experience, you really want power at the corners, if nothing else then for
christmas lights. Having it available at those points also helps for running
power to planter, ponds, spotlights for trees and such.
So is there a place that most people recommend here? |
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-I think you would be much better off doing the electrical work, to code,
rather than plastering in some extension cords.
Much safer, and far less likely to cause problems with your homeowners
policy claim, after the place burns down.
Of course, it is your life, and that of your family your gambling with. -also you might have problems getting the inspectors OK, see if you can
get an electrician out there while thy are blocking (easyer to leave
spaces to run conduit between blocks if they know hes comming) -Aren't you being a little extreme? I've used outdoor heavy duty extension
cords for many, many YEARS without any problems at all (10-12). I'm not
talking that cheap Wal-Mart indoor stuff, but the heavy stuff you use for
outdoor weed whackers n such. The only electrical connections are the plug
on the side of the house, a heavy duty splitter, and then either the
Christmas lights, or a outdoor timer and then.ground spots.
So when you put up your Christmas lights, do you hire an electrician to come
out and set them up for you professionally?
If not, how do YOU connect them to power? |
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