Grade Level Lights & Well Lights

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Grade Level Lights Well Lights

• Well lights are concealed fixtures partially
  mounted within the ground that provide a
  distinctive form of up lighting that creates the
  optical effect of light emanating upward from the
  earth itself.  Grade level well lights can accent
  both landscape and architectural feature,
  providing ambient and accent lighting for trees,
  monumentation, gardens, atriums, and foliage. 
  Whenever there is a need to accent any outdoor
  feature with an element of mystery, a well
  lighting fixture is almost universally the right
  choice for the task. 

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• While well lights are primarily accent lights,
  there are some functional benefits certain types
  of lamps offer. In the commercial arena, business
  owners almost always prefer high voltage well
  lighting due to the exceptionally bright
  luminance produced by HID floodlights. 
  Floodlights are either mercury vapor or metal
  halide fixtures.  Metal halide typically forms a
  perimeter of light that encircles the property. 
  Mercury vapor lights are more commonly used to up
  light trees from the ground up, although in many
  cases when the tree line is close to the property
  line the two types of fixtures can be used in
  tandem for even greater security and aesthetic. 

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• Residential clients tend to gravitate more toward
  low voltage well lights or a hybridization of low
  voltage and high voltage fixtures.  If a yard is
  big enough that it requires flood lighting, one
  can configure the system with floodlights in
  either corner of the yard to keep the property
  safe, then install low voltage lights throughout
  the interior landscape to showcase trees,
  ornamentation, foliage, gardens, and flower
  beds. 

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• Even though well lights lie partially buried in
  the ground, the moisture content and saline
  content of the atmosphere can have an effect on
  them.  It is important to consider ones
  geography and local weather conditions when
  choosing well lighting fixtures.  Residential
  Landscape Lighting and Design organizes the major
  lamping options for well lights under fixture
  category build so clients and design firms can
  quickly find the light source they require by
  simply going to the fixture material category and
  browsing through the options contained therein. 
  The following is a general breakdown of what we
  offer

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• Aluminum well lights offer the benefit of a very
  durable and cost effective fixture material
  source. Both large and small companies can take
  advantage of the savings offered by aluminum well
  lights.  Smaller single site companies can invest
  more in a designers creative services and less
  in the equipment itself---provided they are in a
  geography with low levels of salt content in the
  atmosphere. 

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• RLLD provides halogen lighting kits in the
  category that are designed to illuminate specimen
  trees, plants in the garden, or architectural
  details of a home or office building.  For a more
  standard, warm, and general white light, we
  also provide incandescent lights in this
  grouping.  These well lights can be configured
  with timers and dimmer switches to both control
  power on/power off during nighttime operating
  hours and also to set lighting levels as well for
  various moods and effects.

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• Low Voltage Aluminum well lights also provide the
  residential homeowner with an ideal cost-savings
  option in equipment purchases.  As we do in our
  commercial, high-voltage well lights, we also
  provide halogen and incandescent well lights that
  operate at 12 volts and minimize both power
  consumption and the risk of accidental
  electrocution.  Halogen well lights in this
  category make for ideal garden lights

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• If a home has flower beds around large trees, or
  near a wall of either the home or the property
  boundary itself, halogen lights can up light both
  the foliage and surrounding structure with an
  apparently sourceless light that adds a slightly
  golden aura to its subject.  Incandescents can be
  used to light shrubbery and smaller trees, and
  like their high voltage equivalents, are both
  dimmable and timer-friendly.

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• Because RLLD has so many clients in coastal areas
  with high saline content in the atmosphere, we
  also provide identical lamping options in brass
  and copper well light fixtures.  Brass well
  lights and copper well lights offer an
  exceptional resiliency to both humidity and salt
  air, and clients living near beaches can light
  their weekend properties with the same lighting
  designs as inland companies and homeowners. 

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• We also recommend considering investing in LED
  lighting for additional cost savings in this
  area.  Beach homes are by no means inexpensive,
  and the power saving benefits of LED well lights
  offer a substantial reduction in operating costs
  in popular coastal resort areas.