Bramblewick Surface Mounted Step Light Set of Twenty Four with Transformer and Cable

Surface mounted, for steps that are already built and that you are not going to chase out. Projects 22mm, which is little enough not to catch a foot.

Step and wall lighting is the part of a garden scheme that people leave out and then wish they had not, because it does the work that makes a garden usable after dark rather than merely pretty. The rule is to light the surface and never the eye. Every fitting in this group is shielded so that from a standing position you see lit stone and no source at all. Output is deliberately low, around 60 lumens per fitting, because a step light bright enough to read by will blind you on the way down.

Specification

• Dimensions: 80mm diameter, projects 22mm
• Materials: solid brass or 316 stainless body, toughened glass, silicone gasket
• Finish: unlacquered brass, stainless or powder coated black
• Light source: 2W integral LED module
• Light output: 24 fittings at 60 lumens each
• Colour temperature: 2700K very warm white
• Beam angle: shielded, downward or forward only
• Power: 12V SELV from a garden transformer, safe to cut and join outdoors
• Ingress protection: IP65, jet proof, suitable for open garden use
• Cable: 135m of 1.5mm low voltage cable, 1.5m tail on every fitting
• Warranty: 10 years on the brass body, 5 years on the LED and driver
• Set contains 24 fittings
• Transformer: 300W toroidal with a photocell and timer
• Recommended spacing: every step, or 1.5 metres along a wall
• Zero glare from standing height
• Weight: approximately 14.0 kilograms for the set

In the box

• 24 x surface mounted step light
• 24 x fixing plates
• 1 x toroidal transformer with a photocell and a seven day timer
• 135m of 1.5mm two core low voltage cable
• 28 x IP68 waterproof connectors
• Stainless fixings
• A setting out card for consistent height across a flight

Installation

This runs on 12V, which is the reason to choose a low voltage garden system in the first place. The cable can be laid in a shallow trench or clipped along a fence without armoured conduit, it can be cut and joined with waterproof connectors outdoors, and a spade through it is an inconvenience rather than an emergency. The transformer itself is the only part that touches mains, so that is the only part an electrician needs to look at. Bury cable at least 100mm deep, run it along a line you will remember, and leave a loop of slack at every fitting so you can move things next year when the planting has grown.

When to buy

Garden lighting is bought in spring and installed in a hurry. It is much easier to dig a cable run in February when the borders are bare and the ground is soft than in May when everything is in leaf and you are trying not to stand on it. Order in winter, get the cable in, and the first warm evening of the year is ready for you rather than a job list.