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5 Simple Steps for Landscape Lighting Layout 
A good living place is one that has nice interior as well as a impressive outdoor layout. Just decorating 
your interior is the right way to create a quite intriguing living environment. But you need to do beyond 
this and make your outdoor space lively. And landscape lighting plays vital role in this regard. Here are 
some simple yet very important steps for create a sensational lighting layout. 
First step of starting your outdoor landscape lighting project is to draw a 
simple diagram of your property and mark spots where you want to 
place lighting fixtures. This will help you know how many fixtures you 
will need so that you can buy landscape light bulbs at wholesale exactly 
as many as you will require. Thus, this is the best way to avoid 
unnecessary purchase of fixtures. 
In the second step, you should place fixtures close together into groups 
or zones so that the fixtures can share a cable run. When doing so 
meaning creating zones, it is better to keep in mind the distance of the fixtures from the transformer. 
The first zone should include all landscape lighting fixtures closest to the transformer, then subsequent 
zones should follow. Each group or zone should have its own cable run to the respective transformer. 
Note that no lighting fixtures are placed withing 15 feet from a transformer on the same run. Follow 
the guidelines for outdoor low voltage LED landscape lighting to ensure that lighting fixtures do not 
get affected due to a voltage drop or damage. Reduce the number of runs, and manage voltage drops 
like the professionals with our Hub System. 
Your next should be adding up the total wattage of all the bulbs or fixtures 
that you will use. This is the best way to make the accurate estimate of 
correct size landscape lighting transformer required for layout. In addition 
to sum up of total wattage, you should figure out the cable gauge and 
length needed to reach the transformer. Generally, 100 feet of 12 cable 
gauge are required for every hundred watts. Thus, you can easily calculate 
the total length of cables needed for all zones or groups in landscape 
lighting layout. 
The fifth and last step is the purchasing of supplies including fixtures. 
Market is flooded with fixtures. When buying landscape lighting in USA, 
you should choose only the correct flood and well lights, path and area 
lights, and bulbs for the lighting effect that you want. It is better to purchase 30 percent more cable than 
estimated. In addition, you need to buy transformer. If you need fixtures of bulbs of 240 watts, you 
should buy a transformer of 300 watts. Note that it is it is better to buy two smaller transformers instead 
of a single large one.
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  • 1. 5 Simple Steps for Landscape Lighting Layout A good living place is one that has nice interior as well as a impressive outdoor layout. Just decorating your interior is the right way to create a quite intriguing living environment. But you need to do beyond this and make your outdoor space lively. And landscape lighting plays vital role in this regard. Here are some simple yet very important steps for create a sensational lighting layout. First step of starting your outdoor landscape lighting project is to draw a simple diagram of your property and mark spots where you want to place lighting fixtures. This will help you know how many fixtures you will need so that you can buy landscape light bulbs at wholesale exactly as many as you will require. Thus, this is the best way to avoid unnecessary purchase of fixtures. In the second step, you should place fixtures close together into groups or zones so that the fixtures can share a cable run. When doing so meaning creating zones, it is better to keep in mind the distance of the fixtures from the transformer. The first zone should include all landscape lighting fixtures closest to the transformer, then subsequent zones should follow. Each group or zone should have its own cable run to the respective transformer. Note that no lighting fixtures are placed withing 15 feet from a transformer on the same run. Follow the guidelines for outdoor low voltage LED landscape lighting to ensure that lighting fixtures do not get affected due to a voltage drop or damage. Reduce the number of runs, and manage voltage drops like the professionals with our Hub System. Your next should be adding up the total wattage of all the bulbs or fixtures that you will use. This is the best way to make the accurate estimate of correct size landscape lighting transformer required for layout. In addition to sum up of total wattage, you should figure out the cable gauge and length needed to reach the transformer. Generally, 100 feet of 12 cable gauge are required for every hundred watts. Thus, you can easily calculate the total length of cables needed for all zones or groups in landscape lighting layout. The fifth and last step is the purchasing of supplies including fixtures. Market is flooded with fixtures. When buying landscape lighting in USA, you should choose only the correct flood and well lights, path and area lights, and bulbs for the lighting effect that you want. It is better to purchase 30 percent more cable than estimated. In addition, you need to buy transformer. If you need fixtures of bulbs of 240 watts, you should buy a transformer of 300 watts. Note that it is it is better to buy two smaller transformers instead of a single large one.
  • 2. Reference Url - http://buyriteelectric.livejournal.com/732.html