Landscape Lighting Maintenance in Orlando
Often times, landscapers can install an outdoor landscape lighting system, but they don’t have the time or interest to deal with the maintenance. We are experts at landscape lighting maintenance for your Orlando, Florida home or business.
Once you’ve made an investment in outdoor landscape lighting, don’t just forget about it! All electrical systems need regular upkeep to ensure peak performance and your peace of mind. If you find a landscape contractor that doesn’t not want to maintain their own installations, then you could end up with a real problem later on. It is important to deal with contractors who believe in landscape lighting maintenance.
When you don’t regularly maintain your outdoor lighting system, you could wind up paying huge out-of-pocket fees to deal with problems such as:
– Fixture corrosion from Florida’s heat and humidity.
– Shifting light position and performance due to tree growth.
– Damaged bulbs, cut lines, or broken fixtures as a result of yard maintenance
Elegant Custom Images includes landscape lighting maintenance in the first year after we install your outdoor lights
• If a bulb goes out, call us.
• If a line is cut and the landscaper has marked it, call us.
• If you need to re-aim the system to accommodate an event, call us.
• If anything is going on with your outdoor landscape lighting system, call us!
We will stop by several times a year just to amp the system. If the amps are greater than when the system was put into service, there is likely a cut line somewhere or a bad bulb.
At Elegant Custom Images, we want to know what is going on, so we can keep on top of things and get your Orlando outdoor lighting system repaired, if needed, right away. Remember, if there are any issues relating to the landscape lighting system, the first year is the time to catch them and deal with them quickly. After the first year, Elegant Custom Images offers landscape lighting maintenance agreements to fill any need for your Orlando, Florida home or business. We maintain anything from large estates to small lighting projects. Our aim is to have every outdoor lighting Installation. running correctly, and without problems. Maintenance agreements can save you hundreds or thousands of dollars over the lifetime of the system. Our maintenance programs include all light bulbs and general service. They also include reduced labor rates on trouble-shooting, if any issues come up.
You pay for insurance to protect your Orlando area property. Doesn’t your lighting system deserve the same treatment?
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Landscape Lighting Fixtures
Elegant Custom Images carries a variety of landscape lighting fixtures to suit your needs, depending on your budget and style preferences. Our Heavy Brass lighting fixtures are top of the line in terms of both quality and durability. We get our solid brass fixtures from a manufacturer that has years of experience, and is well known as an industry leader in landscape lighting fixtures. Milled Brass fixtures are another option for your landscape lighting needs. These fixtures are second to none in terms of quality, with a price tag that falls midway between the cheapest and most expensive lighting fixtures. Milled brass fixtures are heavy duty and come with a full 25-year warranty. Some landscape lighting firms promote low-cost aluminum lighting fixtures. But, there’s a big trade-off when it comes to durability, particularly in Florida. Aluminum fixtures may be cheaper than brass, but they don’t fare well in our heat and humidity. They rust and corrode prematurely. Powder coated products fade quickly too. And most take a lesser wattage bulb as a maximum size, compared to other metal fixtures. Aluminum lighting fixtures are also more susceptible to damage from landscapers. These fixtures typically don’t last more than 2-3 years, compared to brass, which will last for decades. Investing a little more today in a brass fixture will pay dividends for years to come.
Transformers
We use only stainless steel, 25-year transformers. The cores have been wrapped in silicone to prevent corrosion here in Florida. The products are very good quality and have capacities ranging from 300 watts to 1500 watts. The transformers all are multi-tapped, which enable us to design a landscape lighting system that has the exact voltage requirements at every location on your property. This is an important piece as the bulbs are halogen gas bulbs. They require heat to light the bulb. Voltage provides the heat. If the voltage is too high or low, then the bulbs will burn at a faster rate. Too high on the voltage very well could destroy the lighting fixture on top of everything else. So the proper amount of voltage is an absolute must. They all have multiple commons, which allow us to spread the amp loads out across the transformer and keep the system running as cool as possible.Remember, the cooler things run, the longer they last!
Lighting Wire
On all home runs, we use nothing but high quality 12 gauge wire, all UL approved, underground burial wire. The lighting wire is guaranteed for the life of the system.
Landscape Lighting Bulbs
We use 75,000 hour rated LED lights in our outdoor landscape lighting fixtures. The LED’s come in various colors such as warm white (most commonly used), standard white and cool white. When the landscape lighting system is designed correctly, with the proper voltage maintained at each fixture, then the system will run a very long time.
Connections
At Elegant Custom Images, we solder all of our connections at the hubs, so the wiring cannot pull apart; we include brass crimping and place the connections in long, heavy duty grease tubes, and then place them in a main hub. In this way, we can certify that the connections will stay waterproof and have good connectivity. The tubes also keep the connection steady, which is so important in Florida. If a contractor uses wire nuts or clamp type connections, the integrity of the landscape lighting system will be compromised as the life span is shortened considerably.