Sheldon wrote:
On Oct 20, 1:53?pm, calberto22 wrote:
hi i thought maybe someone on this group could help. i have an
aluminum gate that surrounds my house, with several concrete columns
every 15 feet. . they are about 150 to 200 feet away from my house.
i would lvoe to put some lights on the outside of them, however, i've
called several electricians and have been told it's extremely
complicated and expensive, especially since we have to pull permits.
i was thinkng the ideal situation would be to simply place a wireless
wall sconce on the columns, then i wouldn't ahve to deal with
electrical wiring. Maybe something solar, or possibly flourescent
lighting of some kind that does not need a lot of power, but that is
wireless. i've looked EVERYWHERE on line and cannot find any decent
looking exterior wireless wall lights for sconces. any ideas?

Gas lights.



That'd be even more expensive, and more permits.


My two cents is to do low voltage lighting. You won't need permits and
heck, you can pretty well do it yourself or hire a general handyman to
install it.

There is a down side that the cable can only be ran a certain length and
150-200 foot may be well outside that range.

However an electrical line could be ran that 150-200' and an exterior
"in use" outlet could be installed to handle the 12 volt lighting at the
fence. That way the only major expense would be that initial run that
an electrician would have to do, cutting the costs greatly.

Once you have power at the column (most likely the center of where you'd
like to start) you can then run your 12 volt along the fence and install
lights on each column.

You'd have to know how far of a distance you'd need to cover to make
sure that 12 volt lighting would even work from the center column. You
might need to have more than one electrical box installed, which may
mean trenches being dug 18" deep from your house in several directions.

At any rate, just my two cents for an option.