120 volt landscape lighting for trees install#

Third, it is easier to install with little or no damage to your yard to bury wires and set fixtures. Second, a 12-volt landscape lighting system is more flexible for moving and adding fixtures in the future. What are the benefits of using a transformer to reduce the power to 12-volt for outdoor lighting? First and foremost, it is a safer and lower voltage to run in your yard to the landscape lighting. Our transformers perform a 10 to 1 reduction of power. 😉) Transformers reduce the power coming into the transformer (usually 120-volt) down to a desired lower voltage (usually 12-volt). Now we can talk about transformers! (No… we don’t mean Optimus Prime.

The only thing Mike’s Landscape Lighting will do with those systems is to disconnect the power from the source, remove the fixtures, and install a new low voltage landscape lighting system. These systems are not adjustable as the wires are in rigid pipes below the ground so you cannot move the fixtures very easily.

These older systems are usually controlled by a yellow dial timer in your basement or garage. I don’t know about you, but whenever I see 120-volt electric wires in the water it makes me leery. Let me explain, just about every system we have looked at has had water in the electrical boxes that hold the fixture. Most of them are old and a little dangerous. We have come across many 120-volt landscape lighting systems in our years in business. If you are looking to install a low voltage or 12-volt landscape lighting, then the answer is yes. To answer this question, we would need some additional information.

120 volt landscape lighting for trees