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Looking to add some lighting to my back garden and wondered if anyone has experience with led floodlights?
Am thinking of getting one of these -
http://www.ledhut.co.uk/led-flood-security-lights/new-50-watt-led-floodlight.html And swapping the cable for a longer one, fitting a plug and using an outside socket that isn't in use.
May also look at the remote controlled one they do.
The light is for letting the dog out / feeding pets ect so will be mounted no more than 7-8ft probably.
how bigs your garden - how close are your rear neighbours ?
i have 2 of their 20watt LEDS - one to the front one to the rear.
i replaced 2 x 500 watt halogens with them.
more than adaquate to light up my garden front and back without pissing folk off.
one of mine had a dead PIR out the box , LEDHUT changed it quick (even after i had a quick squizz inside to check it wasnt just a bad connection - although i didnt actually mess with anything - it looked reasonably well put together)
they have now been up for 6 months in an exposed hill top location and battered with high winds and rain - still working well.
i also got a LAP led bulkhead pir for the front door and its working well also and is very bright with a good spread from the difuser lense
at £73 quid, I reckon it would take a long time for the LED to deliver any benefit over a halogen one that could be had for thirty quid.
About 250 hours by my quick calc. That's not including replacing the bulb in the halogen or electricity going up, both of which are likely.at £73 quid, I reckon it would take a long time for the LED to deliver any benefit over a halogen one that could be had for thirty quid.
my point is that unless your trying to light the grounds of your mansion you would likely be fine with a less powerful cheaper one 😉
my halogens were more than 30 quid - and despite being supposed quality ones they would still eat bulbs at an alarming rate. The fox and next doors cats kept setting them off frequently . i find the LEDs are set off less often - although the boiler plume does set off the back door one.
I bought 10 of these off ebay for £55:
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Added a £20 transformer in an £8 box:
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7536/15310908184_288096a7ec.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7536/15310908184_288096a7ec.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/pjYpzA ]12v PSU in IP65 box[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/75003318@N00/ ]brf[/url], on Flickr
And now have:
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7579/15713717708_4eb7be7686.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7579/15713717708_4eb7be7686.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/pWyUPo ]12v 10W LED flood lights[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/75003318@N00/ ]brf[/url], on Flickr
Works really well...
[i]my halogens were more than 30 quid - and despite being supposed quality ones they would still eat bulbs at an alarming rate.[/i]
Ive had a 500w halogen sensor light at the front of my house for 10 years and its never had a replacement bulb. Amazing eh? I think it might be because it stays on for 2mins a time so warms up properly. It doesn't have an adjustment.
**** knows how much its cost me over the years! 😕
I don't have anyone backed onto my garden, and it's about 75m long.
Keen not to pay for a sparky so was thinking of running the cable into an ip65/66 junction box the run a length of cable to a plug socket. Looks fairly similar to footflaps daisy chaining.
Do the seals come with the junction boxes or do you buy them as extras?
Long term, I'll probably run an armoured cable down the garden for lighting but that's a way down the list
My work had them installed to light the car park.
They're OK. Don't expect halogen brightness though.
Do the seals come with the junction boxes or do you buy them as extras?
I bought the junction boxes with seals [url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-Small-Round-Electric-Junction-Box-Grommets-Waterproof-to-IP44-80-x-40mm-/271696756771? ]here[/url]
The lights [url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-Small-Round-Electric-Junction-Box-Grommets-Waterproof-to-IP44-80-x-40mm-/271696756771? ]here[/url].
12v Transformer [url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151123354933?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT ]here[/url].
Long term, I'll probably run an armoured cable down the garden for lighting but that's a way down the list
If it's just 12v lights then no need, you can just tack the mains cable to the fence etc (which is what I did).
My 10 watt units with PIR's were only about £10 from ebay and seem to be identical to the much more expensive ones. I went for the cool white ones but in hindsight I should have gone for the warm version as they are a bit clinical but they are okay for what I wanted (lighting up the drive while I back the car in for example).
I bought four from B@Q which replaced various halogen and normal bulb holder type outside lights.
Not sure the wattage but plenty powerful albiet very white harsh light, about a tenner each from memory.
I think the combined usage cost per year came to about a fiver!
My 10 watt units with PIR's were only about £10 from ebay and seem to be identical to the much more expensive ones. I went for the cool white ones but in hindsight I should have gone for the warm version as they are a bit clinical but they are okay for what I wanted (lighting up the drive while I back the car in for example).
I went for warm white and got ten 10W units for £55 off Ebay. They're exactly the same as the ones LedHut / Screwfix sell....