The lighting in the garden

The garden lighting
Illuminate your garden; it is both useful and enjoyable.  Markup of the entrance to the illumination of the pool, learn some important rules on this vast subject. 

     Introduction
Lighting the garden is both the useful and pleasant.  By illuminating, we extend the time you can spend in the garden or around the house when the nights are mild.  But it's also a way to create a second garden, full of poetry, which reveals itself only at night.
 The subject is vast, here first a brief introduction to different types of lighting available...
 

     Markup The aim is to enlighten the markup, just enough, the traffic areas.  Road entrance driveway leading to garage, stairs leading down to a gate... 

 The advent of "solar terminals, without consumption, low cost, has clearly revived this aspect of the illumination.
 

Turn anyway to sources of low power: the objective here is to report outlines with discretion, with a view to securing.
 

Go for bright spots of low height, if not outright on the ground, rather than for large candelabra lights too.

       Balcony, terrace  Being close to home lighting requires thinking of these two areas very thoughtful.
       •  It will set the lighting according to the expected usage.  Soft light for the development, suspension for

          a well-lit table, and floor lamp for reading corner ...  Generally, balconies and terraces are best to have

          multiple independent electrical circuits.
      •  The type of fixture chosen to be compatible with the style of the building.  Applique front with an old

          stone wall, stainless steel terminals for a more modern architecture ...
      

       Massive Without falling into kitsch and aim for a "little Versailles", it may be interesting to illuminate a remarkable mass of your garden.  It's a way to rediscover.
 Take spots (terminals lack of light and height).  Not too strong, however: the bulbs could burn out the most delicate foliage.
 Make a simple install and unobtrusive, which is not detrimental to the aesthetics in broad daylight and does not run your gardening.
 At first, choose mobile products (on stakes or with pliers): this allows you to easily perform several tests and to "follow" the evolution of vegetation during the season.  The following year, with clearer ideas, you can enter "hard". 

       Trees and shrubs Install a projector beneath a shrub or in the branches of a large tree can create spectacular scenes without much complication.

The floodlights or spotlights to be powerful: pairing them with a timer to avoid unnecessary spending by illuminating the night.  You will place either to the ground or among the branches.

Caution: the heat can severely damage the leaves of trees, choose great subjects to open branches and do not place your lights in conifers.
 

       Minimum Security The electrical safety of electrical equipment is defined by a number called Dimensions. The higher it is, the more the element is isolated.  For the garden, choose only the material with an index greater than or equal to 44. 

 

      Pool, pool If your house has a water point, it is wise to enlighten.
      •  What's prettier than a basin spreading a soft glow at night?
      •  The edge of a pool shall be reported in the darkness for security reasons, and the illumination

         of swimming pool will night!
 

Attention, strict compliance with electrical standards alone can guarantee your safety: it is especially imperative to use only equipment with very low voltage. 

If you do not want to get into the great work, do not hesitate to use the lamps surface: there are now solar lights floating, you can also have some candles in cups: the candles are full of romance ...
 

       Coming soon...  We will soon be following the more technical aspects: installation, safety, solar lighting, low voltage...