Lighting In and Around Backyard Waterfall
Well-planned lighting in and around your waterfall can make a backyard area come alive and extends your enjoyment. You can choose high-intensity halogen lights, or you prefer subtle, low-voltage lighting that adds mystery to backyard. A hanging light make visible an otherwise unseen places of backyard. Soft pathway lights help guide visitors around an area. Make the perimeter with gentle lights that reflect off the water’s surface of a waterfall. Create a lively area by using colored lenses, use color sparingly to prevent garishness. Illuminate a waterfall with an inner glow by using submersible lighting. Submersible lights come with their own platform so that they can be moved around the bottom of waterfall. They work better when the water is clear, because lighting will show that water is not clear. After planning what you want to create with lighting, you have two choices for powering it: low- voltage or line-voltage (12O-volt) outdoor lighting. Low voltage systems A low-voltage system, which uses a transformer to reduce line voltage (120) to 12 volts, is usually used outdoors because it save more energy, and easier to install than a standard 120-volt system. Low-v more...