Installing Exterior Lights

Whether you choose path lights well lights or directional lights you can easily install the right landscape lighting wiring to support the lights that brighten and highlight your exterior decor.

Installing exterior lights. Outdoor lighting from flood lights to motion sensor lights to simple landscape lighting is a popular method of increasing lawn security and establishing mood and atmosphere in the evenings. Using both hands push the fixture and its stake into the ground until the top of the stake is flush with the ground. We are using a lighting kit that comes with all the necessary components but if you are building your own or adding to. He has authored technical articles for various online and print publications and consulted for several major tech companies.

Or the type we are installing today is low voltage lighting which plugs into any outdoor gcfi outlet and works great as a decorative touch or to illuminate a path. Step 8 install the light fixtures photo by mark roskams. A fixture or junction box is essentially the housing unit for an electrical device such as a light. If you don t have an outdoor box to tap in to consider installing one on your house.

If none of the bulbs lights up you may have a faulty transformer or outdoor electrical outlet. The outlet is always hot and the switch controls only the light. The process of installing outdoor lighting can. If you want to add a new light or change the current exterior lighting then a fixture box may need to be installed.

Installing an outdoor light fixture on a wall josh hulbert based near seattle josh hulbert has been working in technical and leadership roles since 1998. Hulbert holds a b a. Learning how to install outdoor lighting can be a great home improvement project for any time of year. In our project we run a line from an existing outdoor outlet on the house to a light and receptacle at the edge of a garden path.

The only difference between installing interior and exterior lights is that exterior lights as well as all the wiring to which they are connected need protection against moisture. Insert the light fixture into its metal ground stake. Many electrical jobs require the aid of an electrician but replacing or adding a fixture box is not that difficult of a job to complete.