I've just finished relandscaping the front garden and I'm looking for some lights. We have a tree as a feature in the middle of a large gravelled area and want to light it up from below. The only thing I can find that's suitable is a spiked housing for a PAR38 type spotlight (Screwfix/QVS). Trouble is it will probably need three lights to look right and I'm not keen to have 3x80Watts burning away every evening ! Can anybody suggest a low energy alternative for this application ?
thanks Chris
"Chris and Patsy >.plus.com>" lights. We have a tree as a feature in the middle of a large gravelled area
Nor will anyone with a telescope near you either... Low energy alternative = Don't bother.... keep light pollution under control
Steve
Flood lights mounted on concerete slabs, you can get the very low wattage ones from screwfix.
Rick
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So we've got to move around our garden in the dark have we ?, the street lights out on the road will be producing far more light pollution than the sort of lights I want to use. (I guess you believe driving at speed is OK though ?)
Anybody got a helpful response ?!
Chris
Have a look at the Ring Astrica range 75W - they give off a nice subdued light and claim to be Light Pollution friendly ! B&Q do them. I've used them round the outside of the house and they seem OK to me. Tim.
(Screwfix/QVS).
How about a halogen type flood light body with a spiral type low energy fluorescent lamp fitted in. Bit of a bodge but so far I have not found a ready made solution.
Regards
Bob
[T] Funnily I bought a motion detection 'Light pollution friendly' 150W one from B&Q today. I think the 'Light pollution friendly' assumes you are going to be generally pointing them at the ground (as street and car headlamps do).
I think the OP's first post suggested he wanted to illuminate the tree as a 'feature' rather than illuminate the area around the tree to see where he was going.
If energy efficiency is required then a lamp enclosure that would take a low energy bulb (or 3 lamps) could be used (would be much cheaper than a floodlight to run) and potentially cause less 'pollution' than a floodlight?
All the best ..
T i m
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