Lighting the garden can be called a young direction of landscape design, but this does not prevent the direction of rapid development. A complete dissatisfaction with the lighting of the garden and the plot with a single bulb gave rise to a violent and fascinating passion for bright lighting. Now garden lighting is a symbiosis of the achievements of LED technology and the possibilities of plastic bottles and containers. The original, and most importantly accessible possibility of using and applying a variety of highlights prolongs the delight of communicating with nature at any time of the day.
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Ways of lighting the garden
A successful layout of the plot and the garden can and should be emphasized by properly selected lighting. The original and safe illumination will give a splendor and festivity to the facade of the house, and the decorative lighting of the garden will transform and allocate picturesque plots.
The task of creating illumination with its own hands is available to many people, because classical electrical wiring and receptions will be applied. Therefore, the popularity of landscape lighting is popular. In addition, the implementation and implementation of lighting systems is possible with the use of functional and decorative design.
However, when designing lighting, remember that:
• lighting equipment should assume all-season operation and be simple
• Design and create lighting of individual landscape objects is recommended evenly, accentuating only certain expressive objects or vegetation.
And then the available methods and methods of creating lighting come to the aid, having learned that from an ordinary garland of colored light bulbs to create an original system with the illumination of plants.
The project of the garden power supply system
Any power supply system involves drawing up certain technical documents. The design of the garden's electrical supply includes:
• circuit diagram
• single-line scheme with a plan of traces
• layout of lighting equipment
• specification of electrical equipment
The system of electricity supply to the garden and lighting in the winter garden is built on a similar principle.
The power supply system is developed for the following groups:
• facade lighting
• ground lighting
• lighting of various sections (paths, ponds).
The garden lighting plan includes a breakdown of the lighting into groups, as well as the configuration of contours and embedded elements - street and ground luminaires.
Elements of garden lighting
The basic lighting devices for creating a garden lighting design are ground lighting.
For landscape lighting, special respect is given to ground-based LED lamps in a metal casing, with IP65 protection degree, working voltage DC12V and power consumption 2 W.
The versatility of the construction of garden luminaires for the garden allows them to be installed simply in the ground, in paving slabs, paving blocks, in the walls and facades of houses and illuminate individual plants. You can implement this type of track illumination or illumination with your own hands, observing certain technical aspects, namely: selection of supply voltage, laying of low-voltage cable and mounting in a recess or trench.
Luminaries ground can be placed in the ground and highlight the desired object vertically or place the lamp from several angles. For bushes or flower gardens, it is better to use indoor lamps up to 40 cm high with soft diffusing light.
Ground garden lighting by own hands
we compose the circuit and calculate the line parameters
Ground LED lights are designed for 12V supply voltage, therefore, it is necessary initially to ensure safe operation of low-voltage equipment. The requirements for laying low-voltage cables are simpler, compared with the installation of a 220 V cable.
To lay a low-voltage cable, it is enough to dig a trench up to 30 cm deep. A trench of such depth will eliminate the possibility of cable damage and ensure the operation of the lighting system. In addition, it is necessary to install a step-down transformer in a dust-proof enclosure with a total power greater than the consumed power of the luminaires calculated according to the scheme.
It is also necessary to take into account the fact of voltage drop over an extended linear section.
If the distance between the luminaires is insignificant, the transformer should be placed near the power source and the switchboard or on the DIN-rail in the switchboard.
installation of LED lighting fixtures in the ground
Installation of ground luminaires is carried out using boxes in prepared grooves. In the ground or in the cover, a hole with a diameter larger than the diameter of the installation box is digged. Installation wires, incoming and outgoing, are pre-wired before the installation.
After agreeing the general design of the ground lighting, the cable is laid in a corrugated or polyethylene pipe.
Then low-voltage wires are connected in a shoe according to the scheme. The glass of the luminaire is closed with a protective lid and placed in a recess.
For greater stability, the bottom of the box and the bottom of the lamp are fixed with cement mortar.
Waterproof components and connectors are laid in a trench and covered with a layer of sand and gravel.
Make a control switch on the lamp and the entire line.
But the owners of private houses and plots enjoy special popularity with solar-powered lighting fixtures, which are charged in the daytime, providing in the darkness of the day with a soft but sufficiently expressive illumination of the courtyard sections or plant lighting. Lamps on the batteries turn on automatically, thanks to the provision of sensors and LEDs.
The mobility of devices and the lack of the need to connect to the power grid allow using this type of luminaires seasonally, namely in the warm time of day and year.
In addition to the rapid application of LED lighting fixtures, illumination and illumination of garden areas can be done with garlands and LED ribbons or flexible neon bands.
Illumination of plants using garlands and LED strips
Create an original highlight of plants can be using garlands Clip Light (Clip Light). Garlands LED Light Clip is a tape with bulbs located at a distance of 10 cm, connected to a two-wire wire and connected to the 220 V / 12 V network with a step-down transformer.
The total power is about 700 watts. Garland is conveniently placed and fixed on the crowns and trunks of trees.
The installation of garlands and LED strips is simple and does not require the cost or skills of electrical work. Adhesive basis and flexibility of LED strips RT 2-5000 12 V (3528, 300LED, LUX) allow you to install tapes in stairs, borders, slopes and any parts of the garden and its interior.
Fresh ideas of garden lighting
Ideas of garden lighting with their own hands allow using simple objects: corrugated plastic pipes, bottles and containers, garlands. For example, a corrugated pipe made of plastic can simply be transformed into a shell in the shape of a shell.
The light source is a light-cord installed inside. The originality of the light decoration of trees or shrubs will provide the simplest garland, twisted into wreaths or balls. Any idea of lighting is like a moth flying into a bright light.
The main thing is not to scorch the wings.
How to install the ground and street lamps with your own hand will help video.
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