Driveway Lights

[richo106]

Hi All

 

We are going to be designing and hopefully doing our driveway in the new year. We are going to go block paving and now we are just looking at lighting as its very dark on my driveway area

 

One option we were looking at is the drive over spot lights, has any body got these and happy with them? Or would a bollard type light be better?

 

Could any recommend any driveway lights they have used at all?

 

Speaking to the driveway guy (not an electrician) as there is soft dig either side of the edge of my driveway he said on some previous jobs the electrician has ran SWA between the lights in a wiska JB with magic gel and then flexed out the light. Then buried the JB and cables adjacent to the light in the driveway. Is this the standard way of doing it? best install method?

 

Any advice/information greatly appreciated on this as obviously its not an easy/cheap fix if you want to change it

 

Many Thanks

[joe90]

My drive is very dark (till you enter it and a little floodlight comes on). Seeing the gateposts was the biggest problem when reversing out (yes I know but it was like this when I bought it) so I put vertical LEDS on the gateposts which activate when the electric gate is open and also controlled by a light/dark sensor so no operation during the day.

[Originaltwist]

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[joe90]

32 minutes ago, Originaltwist said:

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Edited December 28, 2024 by joe90

[Originaltwist]

Nice one Joe.

Sorry @richo106 for the brief hi-jack.  I know nothing about driveway lights so that makes me qualified to comment. In-drive spots shine upwards so are only effective if there is stuff nearby to be illuminated. Pillars shine to side and down and must be more effective, also the cable terminations can be safely elevated.