Outdoor Lighting Tips

Garden Amp Outdoor Lighting

May 22nd, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

Your Garden Amp outdoor lighting, is there any risk of Injury?

There is a common belief about electricity that says that it is the amp that can cause real injuries and not the volts. While this is not entirely true it is not false either. You see the truth is that it’s actually a combination of the two that can cause serious damage. So in your outdoor garden, amp outdoor lighting rating is something to consider carefully when safety is concerned. If you don’t know what I am talking about, here is a simple example that should bring you up to speed. Let’s imagine we have water running through a garden hose, then the voltage would be the force that pushes water through the hose, the flow rate of the current would be the amps and the hose would represent the resistance.

With low voltage systems used in the garden, amp outdoor lighting ratings are too low to cause any serious problems. Another way to look at it would be a car battery with 12 Volts and a 12 Volt flashlight battery delivers only 12 Volts of power. You can touch them both and not feel a shock as the amperage rating being delivered is only going to be about 12 micro amps, due to the resistance of the body. Although many car batteries can provide close to 750 amps when the car’s starter is engaged there is more resistance increasing the current flow.

In the garden, amp rating for outdoor lighting will usually be in the extremely low milliamp range as the resistance in the bulbs is very low, similar to the bulbs in the lights of a car. The low voltage, under 50 in low voltage systems, do not have the amps available to cause any physical harm.

Low Voltage Lights Safer For Surroundings

Many use low voltage garden, amp outdoor lighting ratings to help reduce the cost of operation on a daily basis. Others, with children and pets that think the lights are toys, use them to eliminate the risk of injury. Additionally, high higher voltage systems, the potential for sparks and fire is always present, especially if used near water or other areas prone to heavy moisture.

These are things you really need to consider when designing your lighting scheme for the garden area of your home. Do you need bright lights or could low voltage lights do the same job done? In your design just make sure the garden amp outdoor lighting rating are low. The only exception would be a need for brightness and still this can be limited to a specific and limited area. Keep in mind that higher voltage system will almost always need to be placed in conduit, on the other hand low voltage system will only need to have waterproofed wires and buried in a small trench.

If you really feel concerned by the potential risks involved with electrical systems, you should look at solar power systems. They require no wiring and the garden amp outdoor lighting is bound to be insignificant eliminating the risk of damage or injury.