How to get yard lighting?
Our backyard has gorgeous trees and plants but since there is no electricity back there it is very dark at night and can't see anything.. How do we bring in electricity ? We have outside of the lanai power from the pool..
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You can use solar lighting or low voltage lighting.
You could try using some solar powered lights. I bet those would look lovely!
Call your electrician. That's the best and safest way, as electricity is nothing to fool with. If installed correctly, it can short out, start a fire, etc.
If you do not have an electrician, get at least three written bids. Here is how to hire any contractor you will ever need.
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0242-hiring-contractor
The best bet is to call an electrician that knows the codes and how to bury electrical lines to get you lights where you want them. I can tell you from experience solar lighting just doesn't work well, especially if there are lots of trees. Most stand alone lighting stores have landscaping architects on staff that can work within a budget. Usually are free with purchase of the fixtures. We did that and love it.
If you don't want to hire an electrician, there are string lights and more that run off of solar panels. You can move the panel away from the lights to get it more in the sun.
We have a box set of solar lights from Walmart that were amazingly well. The only problem with the lights if they don’t function quite as efficiently during winter time when the days are shorter. Most times they do throw a nice spotlight on the house and our walkway and exceeded our expectations.
I have a solar light on my front yard tree. It cost less than $8. My back yard has low voltage wire running to a water proof timer (even though I have it inside the shed). It needs 100 VAC power, but puts out 12 VDC for the LED spot light. This wire can be buried shallowly or just under my mulch.
re: Joy's comment
The cost of purchasing a solar panel, requisite hardware, and installation, may be more expensive than hiring an electrician to bury the electrical lines to the portion of the yard that you would like lit after dark.
Hi Debby, you sound like you may be in Hawaii, you get 12 hours of sun a day, get yourself some solar fairy lights and solar path lights and stick those in where you want to walk at night, they charge really quite well and they last several hours once it gets dark out, the other option is battery operated ones, available online and in stores. Hope this helps you our. You may also want to try using tiki torches for night.