Thornbury Brass Pentire 400mm Copper Path Light on a Ground Spike

Supplied with a 250mm stainless ground spike, which is right in a border and wrong in a lawn.

Sold singly for people extending a run or replacing one that a car reversed into. Solid brass throughout, including the shield, because a brass body with a plated steel shield is a fitting that looks fine for two years and then does not. Every one is fully shielded with zero upward light, which is what a dark sky area requires and what a considerate garden should do anyway.

Specification

• Dimensions: 400mm tall, 80mm diameter
• Materials: solid brass body and shield, toughened glass, stainless fixings
• Finish: unlacquered brass, copper or powder coated black
• Light source: 6W integral LED module, replaceable
• Light output: 280 lumens
• Colour temperature: 2700K very warm white
• Beam angle: shielded downward, zero upward spill
• Power: 12V SELV from a garden transformer, safe to cut and join outdoors
• Ingress protection: IP65, jet proof, suitable for open garden use
• Cable: 2m tail with bare ends, ready for a waterproof connector
• Warranty: 10 years on the brass body, 5 years on the LED and driver
• Load: 6W, allow for this on your transformer
• Mounting: supplied with a 250mm stainless ground spike, which is right in a border and wrong in a lawn
• Recommended spacing: 3 metres along a path
• Dark sky friendly
• Weight: approximately 1.9 kilograms
• Sold singly

In the box

• 1 x 400mm copper path light
• 1 x 250mm stainless ground spike
• 1 x spare gasket
• 1 x spanner for the head

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.