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Get To The Point With Spike Lights

admin — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:00:46 +0000

Add a comfortable feeling to your outdoor space with strategically placed spike lights along a garden path or border, or along a main pathway to your home. Not only does this type of lighting provide safety for family members and visitors, it also enhances the evening appearance of your property. Choose from halogen or LED technology for this special style of illumination. LED lights have become quite popular as companies have used this source of light in interesting ways. They are energy efficient and can give your outdoor space a great look.

As you shop for the right spike lights for your property, be sure to understand the different types available. Choose from 12 volt or 240 volt fixtures and coordinate your choice with the mains voltage of your location. This type of lighting is available in stainless steel/silver finish as well as black finish. Lights are made from quality steel designed to provide maintenance-free use for many years. Spike lights come with a length of connection cord that allows homeowners to locate them almost anywhere on the property. However, it will be necessary to provide electrical service to lights that are located some distance from the source.

LED spike lights are perfect for pathways and walkways but may also be used as wall mounted lighting (with proper brackets). Some styles have 360-degree rotation capability to make them even more useful for outdoor illumination. Plan to include spike lights in your outdoor lighting plan. It’s a great way to enhance the appearance of your property.

Spike Lights: the Garden Lighting that you can Move to Suit Your Mood

deslamps — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:00:48 +0000

If you’re looking for simple, no-fuss garden lighting, spike lights are for you. Quite simply, the lamp is fixed to a long spike that can be pushed into the ground to provide light wherever you want it. If you change your mind, you simply pull up the spike and stab it into another part of the garden.

The simplicity of spike lights means they can be moved to highlight various garden features we all know that our latest purchase is the current favourite or you can move them around the garden as the seasons roll by. Enhance the texture of bare bark in the winter, pick out the fresh greens of spring, and illuminate the fiery foliage of autumn.

Use this type of lighting to demarcate pathways and drives, illuminate garden steps, in fact, use them anywhere that a pool of light would be useful or attractive.

The cabling that comes with spike lights is rubber sheathed and very flexible – and doesn’t have to be buried deeply, just lay it under mulch or topsoil, you can even hide it amongst the shrubs!

If your garden doesn’t have an external source of electricity, a linkable spike system or a waterproof junction box will be necessary, as will a waterproof transformer. A transformer that has a dimming facility will increase your lighting possibilities, as well lights that have tiltable heads.

So there you are, spike lights, garden lighting designed for no-fuss, simple installation.

Garden Spike Lights: The quick and easy way to decorative garden lighting

ICG — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:18:30 +0000

Garden spike lights are ideally suited to illuminating specimen plants or statues, as well as ensuring safe use of walkways and paths. As the name suggests, spike lights come mounted on a spike which is pushed into the ground to hold the lamp firmly in place. They generally come with around 3 meters of cable, which should be buried beneath the soil. As the lights are powered by a low voltage transformer, there is no danger of electrocution.

These garden lights are available in a myriad of styles and colours, as well as in halogen and LED so you will be able to achieve whatever lighting effect you have planned for your garden.

Whether you want to highlight a much loved plant, or simply make your garden a safer place, start the design process now, by looking at our range of garden spike lights.