Halogen lights suck up energy and can use between 10 and 50 watts of power each, and sometimes much more. LED lighting fixtures require roughly 80% less voltage, which means lower energy costs, longer lamp life, and better environmental impact.

Traditional outdoor lighting required multiple wires to each set of lights to ensure all lights are outputting the same level of illumination. Making it a complex and time-consuming process. With LED lighting, an integrated power driver takes all the energy it receives and delivers it to each LED individualy so they are always at the same light level, regardless of the voltage supplied.

As their watt consumption is significantly higher, traditional fixtures become very hot, so much so they cannot be touched after running for only a few minutes. LEDs create heat as well, but far less than traditional lighting. This results in a longer lamp and fixture life. To ensure our products live as long as possible, FX LED feature heat sinks, as well as temperature sensors. If a fixture is getting too hot, the FX board will automatically pull back current which will actively cool the fixture down.

Depending on the application for your outdoor lights, LEDs can last 50,000 hours or more. At the end of their life, they don’t just burn out like traditional landscape lights. Outdoor LEDs slowly dim over time and at very low levels, so even after 50,000 hours of use in most situations, LEDs will continue to illuminate sufficiently.

Landscape Lighting is an art, and just like an irrigation system, it requires a professional to plan, install, and maintain your set up. In order to achieve safe, optimal, and long life from an outdoor lighting plan, a qualified installer should always be consulted to create the functions that an end user is looking to get from a lighting plan.