Install outdoor lighting, garden

To install an outdoor lighting you must: provide for the location of terminals, make a trench for the cables if your device is not attached to the house, put up your electrical circuit.Without forgetting to meet safety standards.

Prepare outdoor lighting

Making a drawing of her house, her garden is the best way to start the installation.Determine the location of the terminals (in the garden, driveway leading to the house).List them in the drawing. Mention also the area where you will do your trench, taking account of any obstacles (arbres. ..). Measure the distance between the location of fixtures and general electrical panel. You can then calculate the lengths of cable, wire and sheath warning necessary. See the drawing.

Exterior lighting: the trench

Digging in the space provided on your drawing, a trench 25 cm wide and 60 cm deep.Dig up to 85 cm for a roadway. Place a 15 cm bed of sand at the bottom of this trench.You will get a maximum security. Your cables are not interfered with by subsequent work (eg tree planting).

The wiring of your garden éclairagede

Then put the protective sleeve at the bottom of the trench. Pass the cable inside the sheath with the pull-son. Pull up the other end. Then cover the sheath 15 to 20 cm of sand. Install a fence above warning buried electrical cable. Cover with sand and earth.Tamp until a flat surface at ground level.

Outdoor lighting: installation of terminals

The terminals chosen to make your garden lighting must be firmly established on the ground. If you pour concrete to lay the terminals (in an alley, for example) out of the ground before the duct and cable.

The circuit design of outdoor lighting

Disconnect all power before working. Place the top circuit, from the general picture, a GFCI. Protect then install your garden lighting with one or more circuit breakers equipped with suitable amperage fuses. The garden lights are connected to many?Feel free to divide the power supply circuits to avoid overloading the system. Make the electrical connections within equipment or in a sealed junction box. Your garden lighting is powered from your electricity at 220 V: You must use a security cable for this purpose. If your devices are low voltage, connect them to a processor. You install it conveniently close to your power supply.