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Where can I get low voltage landscaping light fixtures that can be screwed off (removed) for the winter?


thanks, but the two websites provided are solar lighting only, i need low voltage. i was hoping there is something out there that can be removed in winter as the house is in Maine, and they would be run over by snowmobiles under the snow


check at home depot or lowe's. but those light fixtures are meant to stay out in the weather year round

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I am looking for Christmas bulbs covers for landscaping lights?

These look like large christmas bulbs, but they are covers that go over you r landscaping walkway light, I think.


I've been checking websites & it looks like this is not yet a common item. Your best bet is to contact a speciality store like http://www.countrychristmasonline.com/ which has an in-house designer. They take phone orders (888) 314-0173 so you can call & ask if they have these Christmas landscaping light covers.

I am wanting to purchase landscaping lights, but would like to buy some good quality ones. Any advice?

I would like to buy landscaping lights that put out some good lighting. I prefer the solar but I have seen them in action and they have very poor lighting. Does anyone know of a good quality landscaping lighting? Thank you for your answers.


To my way of thinking, low voltage and solar lighting should be called luminous markers, not lights. I've given mine away in favor of 115V exterior PAR floods and spots connected to dimmers, photocells and GFIs. More light and more control. I've used a few CFLs, but make sure you get those that can be dimmed. RScott

Why are my landscape lights producing a dull light?

I just installed 7 landscape lights and 2 spotlights this weekend and the light is very dull. I am using a 300 watt box and I ran about 250 feet of cable. the landscape lights are 10 watt and I believe the spotlights are 50 watt. Thanks!


Either your run is too long or the gauge of wire that you've used for the length of run is too small. 250 feet is a pretty long run. If you can make two runs of 125 feet you may see quite an improvement.

In terms of light out-put,how do solar landscape lights compare to low voltage lights?

I have been looking at Malibu Solar landscape lights and notice that they post no information as to how much light they put out. They have some solar lights that have two LEDs and some with three LEDs. How do these compare with the standard 4 watt low voltage lights?


About the same but more importantly for solar non-wired lights, what is the average run time? Some cheap ones will last only 4 hours while others can make it all night.


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Patch.com - Mar 10, 2011

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Baltimore Sun (blog) - Mar 09, 2011

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WGME - Mar 10, 2011

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Water district offers free gardening classes

Agoura Hills Acorn - Mar 10, 2011

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Norwich Evening News - Mar 09, 2011

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Insider Media - Mar 09, 2011

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A greener path to God

Trinidad Tobago Express - Mar 10, 2011

“I was landscaping the California Hindu Temple and after doing that and while at university, I began to research why I actually put down some of the plants around the temple. That#39;s how it developed. Besides the flowers, I then researched the entire