Landscape & Urban Design Issue 36 2019 | Página 10

LIGHT YOUR LANDSCAPE THE EASY WAY WITH PLUG & PLAY For Landscapers and Designers being any location. In the past, Plug & Play conditions. Often, cold weather and asked to provide garden lighting, there systems were limited, mainly consisting heat produced by bulbs can cause is a fantastic starting point and a great of smaller, lower quality decking lights. condensation to occur in outdoor way to expand their services. This is by Now, the extensive variety of Plug & lights. With 240v mains fittings, this offering Low voltage (12v) ‘Plug & Play’ Play fittings such as those offered by commonly results in the circuit tripping lighting systems, by far the easiest to Lumena Lights include in-ground and or shorting, however 12v fittings understand and install. step lights, spikelights, path lights, wall withstand the effects of condensation washers, rock lights and more. and will continue to work perfectly. The ‘Plug & Play’ concept is as easy as The lights use 12v power rather than mains 240v electricity, which Durable and desirable materials the installation! Lights use a two-pin immediately eliminates the need such as Marine Grade 316 Stainless plug located at the end of attached by law, for a separate electrician Steel, Natural Copper, Solid Brass cable lengths. This two-pin plug simply to manage all lighting on a project. and Anodised Aluminium are used. pushes into a Connector or Splitter, or Obviously, electricians are likely to be These materials stand the test of indeed directly into the power source involved with certain installations, but time, but also look fantastic during - a Transformer. Once plugged in, a Landscaper who can offer a client a daylight hours, often adding to their the cable connector is secured by a choice of professional outdoor lights, location. For example, solid brass threaded cap. ultimately extends their own creativity lights look beautiful outside rustic, and professionalism. Add visual impact traditional buildings.  This means no need for fiddly wiring at all - if an installer wishes to ‘hardwire’ to feature walls, water features, decked areas, one-off sculptures and large 12v or ‘Low Voltage’ garden lighting is in the traditional way the two-pin plug trees by knowing how to illuminate extremely adaptable. It is powered by a can be cut off and the wires stripped. them easily. plug-in transformer that converts 240v Lumena’s Versa range includes various mains voltage down to a much safer sizes of transformer, cable lengths, and In 2019 12v lights are built to last 12v. It can be installed by anybody and multi-splitters, enabling the circuit to and ready for professional use in is very resistant to outdoor weather be as long as required, and allowing numerous lights to be fitted. We encourage you to have a go with this simplified lighting system and do it the easy way – Plug & Play ! See the ‘Versa’ Plug & Play range now at: www.lumenalights.com 10 Landscape & Urban Design Issue 36 2019