Landscape Lighting Help
Hey everyone — we’re redoing our backyard and planning to trench for a sprinkler system next month, so I figured now is the perfect time to also run conduit/wire for future low voltage landscape lighting.
Current plan:
- Path lighting along the walkway to the shed
- Uplighting for trees/privacy shrubs along the fence
- Lighting around raised flower beds
- Maybe some lighting around the future swingset area
- Warm white lighting only (nothing too bright)
A few questions for those who’ve done this before:
- Should I run extra conduit everywhere while trenches are open?
- Is 12-gauge wire the standard recommendation?
- Better to do one transformer or multiple zones?
- Any brands you’d recommend or avoid?
- Anything you wish you had done before the trench was closed?
- Best way to avoid voltage drop in a medium-sized backyard?
- Are smart/app-controlled systems worth it?
Trying to future-proof as much as possible while the yard is torn up anyway.
Would love to see:
- Your layouts
- Nighttime photos
- Wiring diagrams
- Mistakes/regrets
- Favorite fixtures
u/Ok-Hat8131 — 4 days ago