Wiring Garden Lamp Post

How to wire your post light with a plug sensor and light topper.

Wiring garden lamp post.

The best option is to simply wire your lamp post to a nearby outlet. Another major defect of series lighting circuit is that as all lamps or bulbs are connected between line l and neutral n accordingly if one of the light bulb gets faulty the rest of the circuit will not work as the circuit will be open as shown in fig below. Use a gfci protected one mounted on a nearby deck patio or porch. For mains voltage garden or outdoor lighting you need to make sure you are staying within the building regulations.

Electrical wiring for outdoor post lights electrical question. Amazon link to great. If your outside lamp post was previously controlled by a wall switch leave the switch on all the time after installing a fixture with a built in light sensor. Some people will use a lamp post that may already be pre wired possibly even already having the lantern attached.

This wiring gets a little tricky but we will straighten it out for you. I just replaced the wiring to an outdoor lamp post with a plug in the base. Others may have chosen to create a more custom lamp post be choosing their own post and lantern combination. Our light post is partially preassembled before it s wired.

Wiring your lamp post can be done a few different ways depending on what type of post you are using. Wire the lamp post. Warning never connect a light sensor to a live circuit as it is not only dangerous for the individual but it could damage the sensitive circuitry of the sensor. The power feed comes from a junction box in the basement which supplies the other 2 outdoor plugs around the house.

Before you begin locate the outlet you want to connect to your lamp post. This applies to other outdoor electrical activities also such as putting a light or electric socket in the shed or supplying electricity to a pump in the fishpond. Figuring out how to wire a lamp post isn t difficult. Here you can see there is a cut in the line wire connected to lamp 3 so the bulb is switch off and the rest circuit is working.

It was wired with indoor 12 3 and no gfci. When you run the wire make sure to leave plenty of extra near the house so there s enough to snake through the wall and reach the circuit breaker panel inside the house. The boxes and the cable are protected by a wooden housing so standard metal or plastic electrical boxes and cable are all you need once the wire enters the.