Thread: Lights in Decking

Burnsy.... You might be able to get away with the BD flood lights... try to get 500watts ones if you can.
I have 2 x 1500watt.... I got the from a garage sale for $10 a few years ago. (BARGAIN)
I was told by the sparkie that they are available from any good industrial lighting store... (TLE or simular ) they use them as security lights on buildings at night.

Mine sends back a reflection over my pool that gives a million dollar image of the trees over the water.
I will take some pics and post them soon.

Thanks Freeplay, I think I have a 150watt B&D somewhere in the shed so might give that a go before looking into something similar to yours, the reflection you talk of sounds fantastic.

Originally Posted by oohsam

The Lights I have bought (found none different) plug into a power point....Could not find any that are wired like downlights for example..not that you'd want them in ur decking.

He can still hard wire them by cutting the plug off and connecting it in a J box, or a dedicated socket under the floor.
They won't let you wire up a power point to a light circuit though. Someone might come along and plug in a heater or a welder or something that it's not rated to carry. Also the fact that when you switch off the power circuit, but leave the light circuit on, some dimwit DIYer who's doing the wrong thing, might blast himself believing that there's no power to the point. A decent sparky would never assume that everything is wired up properly when his life may depend on it.

I see what you're saying pawnhead. As long as its doable, i can get it done, The advantage of screwing down your deck boards...Lift em when you need, put em back down ina few mins..

ahh the life.

Anything's doable...

Where'd you find those lights? May I asked what they set you back?

Are they pre-wired to a small transformer that plugs in or do they hook up to a separate transformer?

On my last pergola I ran some fairy lights around the perimeter with the wiring running through the fascia to the transformer in the eaves. This was plugged into a 240V socket base mounted to a rafter, and the wiring went down the wall to the light switch in the family room for the outside lights.

I'm going to do a similar thing to my current deck and pergola. I'm looking into the availability of these...
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView...=&SUBCATID=271

OK So I got the lights from www.lightinggallery.com.au
They were 90 bux for 10, I bought 2 sets, plus 15 delivery. Not a bad price for the LED's.
I did alot of shopping around and these were the cheapest.

They all plug into a transformer and then into a power point, 1 powerpoint per transformer, 10 lights per transformer.

The jaycar ones dont have the hook bits in them so they can lift up.

Peice of cake.

Originally Posted by freeplay

Burnsy.... You might be able to get away with the BD flood lights... try to get 500watts ones if you can.
I have 2 x 1500watt.... I got the from a garage sale for $10 a few years ago. (BARGAIN)

Just remember how much power they will consume - 1500w is 30 halogen globes. To run two, you're effectively running 60 halogen globes. That's a lot of power. Surely flouros would also work...

Trav