Nice! You can sit out on your deck in the evening and look at your trees.I recently wired my deck with low voltage wire and decided to run a second line to light up the garden and benches next to it. The yard and garden are still under a hard hat order due to ongoing demolition and construction... kinda... but it'll clean up just fine come spring.
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Honestly, I basically winged it and bought everything off Amazon, mainly based on reviews. I started with just enough to back light my deck, decided I wanted my front yard lit, then came back and added lights to the back yard and garden. I picked packs(4 to 6 but they come in larger quantities) of lights that I liked (or my wife, really), and have transformers in the back and front. Between the deck and the back garden, I'd say I spent less then $300. The front yard, with larger transformer, more lights and heavier gauge wire, was around $400. Most of the floods were made by Leonlite and I think they are a good value for the cost... but not brass. We do have 4 small brass lanterns that light the walk to the front entryway... they were about $100 for the pack.
I will preface my comments by stating that I am NOT a licensed electrician or landscape architect... and you get what you pay for
. With that said, the size of the transformer will be dictated by both the amount of wattage you're wanting to install. I would suspect a 300 watt transformer would be more then powerful enough for your needs, though the recommendation is to not exceed 80% of the maximum wattage. There are lots of different methods to run the wire and connect your lights and you should really research these before finalizing your design. I didn't have to split my main wire into separate runs., but I'm pretty sure that you can. I do advise heavier gauge wire for the main runs, particularly if you're going to have longer runs. I used 16 gauge wire for the deck lighting which was less then 75 ft and the transformer is located on the deck... but I used 12 gauge for the runs out into the yard where some of the lights were well over 100 ft from the transformer. I purchased a 100 and 200 watt Paradise by Sterno Home low voltage transformer through Amazon. All I can say is that the 100 watt has worked fine for a month and the 200 watt has worked fine for a week.
Apologies if you’ve posted before on this Sergio - are your trees strategically tucked under benches etc, or something with more protection? Similar climate to mine I believe, so particularly curious about your approach to sheltering refined JM.
Gorgeous and nearly professionally done! (Yes, I noticed the joint in your trellis
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