Street lamps for the garden: a review of models

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In the arrangement of a small country house, country house, town house, as well as the entire infield lighting plays a very important role. Electric lanterns in the dark light entrance doors, gates, driveways, garden paths, terraces, gazebo and facades of buildings. For these purposes, use special street lights for the garden. From ordinary household lighting, they differ in design features. In addition, they have high requirements in terms of protection from various environmental influences.

Outdoor lighting country houses

Varieties

By appointment all street lights for cottages and country houses are divided into three groups:

  • Decorative, which are designed to give the house and the surrounding area the most aesthetic (in the opinion of the landlord);
  • Duty (for example, automatic turn on the backlight of the entrance gate of the fence or door when motion is detected);
  • Working (included for required period of time).

According to the used power supply:

  • Powered from a household outlet voltage is 220 volts AC;
  • Solar batteries;
  • Rechargeable.

Functionality:

  • With the usual manual switch;
  • Motion sensor;
  • With ambient light sensor;
  • Remote control (usually this fixture complement the battery model).

Installation method:

  • Ground (sometimes still referred to as groundwater);
  • Wall;
  • Suspension;
  • Mounted in the surface of the road surface;
  • Embedded.

Requirements for street lamps

The Main requirements to the design features of street lamps for the garden are:

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  • The possibility of continuous operation in various weather conditions (rain, snow, frost, wind and so on), that is, the construction of the hull must be completely dustproof and waterproof;
  • Absolute security for the user;
  • Reliability and durability;
  • Easy installation and maintenance.

Major manufacturers of lighting fixtures for outdoor use

Today the most famous companies engaged in the development and production of street lamps for villas, cottages and country houses are:

  • Austria and Eglo Globo;
  • German MW-Light, Chiaro, Favourite, Maytoni and Brilliant;
  • Italian Arte Lamp Odeon Light and ST Luce;
  • Hungarian Novotech;
  • Russian Trif;
  • Swedish Markslojd;
  • Belgian Lucide;
  • Crystal Lux Spanish;
  • Chinese Feron and Electrostandard.

Selection Criteria

The Main criteria for choosing a particular model of the lighting device are: its purpose and location. Before you purchase a specific model, you need to clearly understand what area and with what intensity need to cover. For example, to illuminate garden paths or alleys is acceptable the use of low-power single fixtures, installed at a certain distance. And for lighting large covered gazebo you will need a very powerful pendant lamp.

Plays an Important role and appearance of the lighting device. It must be in harmony as to the style of the buildings and landscaping arrangement of the entire area.

Last but Not least, you should ask about the reputation of the manufacturer and the warranty period on the purchased product.

Wall street lights

Street wall light for garden designed for installation on a vertical surface. By design, they can be made in the form familiar to many room sconces and flat panels.

For Example, performed in classic style, the model Laterna 4 from the Austrian manufacturer Eglo brushed metal case with transparent glass shade is 1400-1500 rubles. It is possible to install a standard incandescent lamp with E27 and maximum power up to 100 watts (providing lighted space about 5 m²). A lighting device is very well suited, for example, for lighting the front door of the house.

Lamps Eglo Laterna 4

For fans of strict minimalism is better suited to a street lamp to give high-tech Street Pluto from the German manufacturer MW-Light with frosted acrylic cylindrical shade and a stainless steel case. Design designed specifically for the installation of one energy-saving lamps up to 40 watts (E27). Despite its modest size (8 X 33 X 14 cm), this “baby” with the success of lights up to 2 m². Today the price is about 1800 rubles.

Wall lamp MW-Light

Pendant lights

Hanging outdoor lights for the garden attached to the ceiling beams. They are used for lighting sheds, arbours, terraces, or other indoor places of recreation. By design, they are very diverse. So, for lighting gazebos large square fit model Rua Augusta from the famous German manufacturer Maytoni, which is a full-sized chandelier with three lamps60 watts and fastened to the ceiling by chains, for 15800-16100 rubles.

Lamp Maytoni Rua Augusta

And for lighting a small space under a canopy of rain is enough single hanging lamp Zagreb from the Italian manufacturer Arte Lamp with a conventional incandescent bulb power of 60 watts and cost 1000-1200 rubles.

Lamp Lamp Arte Zagreb

Street lights for the garden on posts

This is perhaps the most difficult for installation category of lighting devices and outdoor lighting suburban areas. For their construction we need not only safe to lay electric cables in the ground, but to build a Foundation to strengthen the basis (because of the lamps due to their design have a significant weight). For example, the total weight of the most popular models of street light to give (a ball on a pole) Aalborg from the German manufacturer Brilliant (post height-105 cm, the diameter of the ball – 20 cm) is more than 30 kg. a lamp you can install a lamp with E27 base (incandescent 60 W led power 5.8 W). The area of the illuminated surface is more than 3 m². To date, this lamp is 5400-5700 rubles.

Lamp Brilliant Aalborg

With the London lamp from the German manufacturer Favourite with three transparent shades in classical style (one incandescent bulb of 100 watts each) and a height of 2250 mm it is possible to create a well-lit area of about 15 m². The price of this model is 15300-15700 rubles.

Street lamp Favourite London

The Main advantage of such lighting is a significant illuminated area, due to the fact that they themselves are the emitters located high enough above the ground.

Disadvantages include:

  • High complexity of installation;
  • The inconvenience (albeit minor) with further services (e.g., bulb replacement will have to use a ladder).

Fixtures equipped with motion sensor

Additional convenience and comfort to the user deliver a “smart” lights that turn themselves on when a human approaches. In order to save energy, such devices have long been used in houses staircases in the city.

For garden street light with motion sensor is also very useful and practical. Because the light only turns on for a certain (pre-programmed) time, which is enough to go from one building to another or to travel from the porch to the summer gazebo.

Popular led spot light from Elektrostandard (power of 10 W and with a built in motion sensor in a metal housing) today is 1300-1500 rubles. Effective illuminated area is more than 5 m².

Lamp with motion sensor

Led lamps

Due to the high efficiency and economy, and in recent years, and a reasonable price, led street lighting for the garden began to enjoy a growing popularity among owners of suburban real estate. Among the varieties of lighting fixtures that use as emitters in an led, for summer residences and country houses now produce:

  • Solar-powered lights;
  • Products for the illumination of the facade or other architectural structures;
  • Lights embedded in the pavement and curbs.

In other products, a standard socket, the user will be able to set any lamp: incandescent, energy saving or led.

Working Principle and construction of solar-powered lights

The Basic principle of operation of such lamps-the conversion of solar energy into electrical energy. This light source consists of:

  • Housing;
  • Crystal photoelectric elements converts the energy of sunlight into electric;
  • Rechargeable battery for energy storage;
  • Multi-function controller that combines charger and automatic switch;
  • Light emitting devices (typically installed high-efficiency led emitters).

During the daylight hours the energy is stored in the battery. When darkness machine connects the battery to the radiating elements, and the lamp starts to work for its intended purpose – to illuminate the area around him.

Advantages and disadvantages of street lamps on solar batteries for garden

Such devices have a number of advantages (especially for suburban applications):

  • Full autonomy: no need to connect power sources, and as a result, the convenience and simplicity of installation (no wires to stretch is not necessary);
  • Safe operation (device used only low voltage, absolutely safe to human health);
  • Automatic mode: at the onset of the dark time – emits light when sufficient light entersthe mode of accumulation of energy;
  • A wide range of models available in current products.

Disadvantages:

  • Dependence on solar activity and the length of a day in a particular region;
  • The complexity of the repair (in case of failure of the device);
  • Outages battery at very low negative temperatures.

Popular models of solar-powered lights

One of the most popular kinds of street ground lamps for the garden is the so-called soil lamp. It is a ceiling, mounted on a metal rod. To install lamp you just need to stick the holder in the ceiling.

Very popular with owners of country plots are the lamps of this design from the well-known Austrian manufacturer Globo. Solar lamp with frosted shade in the form of a ball has the following specifications:

  • Diameter: from 150 to 500 mm;
  • The height adjusting rod: from 425 to 1100 mm;
  • Led lamp power: 0.6 W;
  • Area effectively illuminated by one lamp: 1 to 3 m²;
  • Number of bulbs in a single product: from 2 to 10 pieces (supplied);
  • Operating temperature range: -30 to +60 degree;
  • Battery type: Nickel cadmium;
  • Cost - from 1200 to 4000 rubles.
Globo Solar Lamps

The Undoubted advantage of such lighting fixtures are easy to install and dismantle. They can be quickly installed in the required places for the whole summer season and in winter (if necessary) to be stored where it is convenient to do so.

Decorative light sources on solar panels will not only create the necessary illumination of a certain area in the dark, but to make it truly unique. These products are presented in the form of butterflies, birds, gnomes, fairy tale characters or animals. For example, the price of a small glowing dwarf (height 345 mm) is 1850-1900 rubles, and peacock (height 640 mm) with luxurious tail is about 7500 rubles.

Decorative street lamp

Lights embedded in the pavement

Among the many led street lamps to give special focus products mount directly into the cover the garden alleys or car driveways (sometimes referred to sidewalk). These products present a maximum with increased protection from external influences.

Ice Model Gl 100 from the Russian manufacturer Trif with dimensions of 100 X 100 X 50 mm, lampshade made of high strength plexiglass (can withstand the load of the car, "wearing" studded tires) and led emitters (power of 1.2 W) is easy enough to install in the pavement of paving slabs or pavers. The price of such products is still quite high-from 12000 rubles. The manufacturer offers services in manufacturing these lamps in accordance with the customer's dimensions.

Sidewalk lamp Trif

Oval emitters of similar purpose from the Chinese manufacturer Feron, depending on the diameter (from 100 to 300 mm) and capacity (from 3 to 36 W), are to date from 980 to 7700 rubles.

Sidewalk lamp Feron

Important! Special attention is necessary to pay for the safety wires. For reliable protection of the usually used tubes of high-strength materials (metal or hard plastic).


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