yard light - don't they make an LED ?

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They make all kinds of LED landscape lights, floods, (which are really powerful), walkway lights, etc. Surely they make LED yard post lights.. But I am not finding any. Thanks
 
Just putting an LED bulb inside an Edison base post light is not an option for you?
Or are you looking specifically for an integrated solar powered unit?
 
I may have found one, but it may not be bright enough...




Hinkley Porter Collection One Light 12V 3.50W LED Low Voltage Outdoor Medium Post Top or Pier Mount Lantern, Aged Zin​

 
Duke Energy has five across the street from me in our subdivision common area. I'd say they illuminate about a 70-100 ft circle from about 15-20 ft AGL. One of our utility (calling @Hv&Lv) members should be able to suggest a supplier.
 
There used to be a lot of low voltage LED retrofits for gas yard lights. I wonder if you could install one of those into any yard light that has a tube, pipe, or conduit.
 
I have never tried a 12 v bulb. To get enough light for a yard light to cover a large area, I suppose a 75 w bulb at least. But what does that do to the amps? It would be 6 amps as opposed to less than one amp with 120v. Am I right ? Which may not be an issue. I just haven't used these yet.
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Stevenfyeager said:
I have never tried a 12 v bulb. To get enough light for a yard light to cover a large area, I suppose a 75 w bulb at least. But what does that do to the amps? It would be 6 amps as opposed to less than one amp with 120v. Am I right ? Which may not be an issue. I just haven't used these yet.
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When you say, "yard", do you mean something residential?
 
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When you say, "yard", do you mean something residential?
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Yes, a yard post light we usually see in the front yard of a house. (I may not be calling it by the right name) The only option I have seen is the Hinkley brand as our friend Fred B found above. But they are EXPENSIVE. My link has one for $349, I think the link above for that brand was even higher, $389.
 
Stevenfyeager said:
Yes, a yard post light we usually see in the front yard of a house. (I may not be calling it by the right name) The only option I have seen is the Hinkley brand as our friend Fred B found above. But they are EXPENSIVE. My link has one for $349, I think the link above for that brand was even higher, $389.
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Is it to replace existing, or all new? If new, maybe it's more cost effective to run the 120 line and use a standard post with an Edison-base LED.
 
It's not for a customer, it's for a 66 year old electrician who laid down a 3/4 " pvc just 2 " deep beside the sidewalk he poured in the 2x4 form area 15 years ago in case he wanted to run a low voltage line later. No trench digging necessary. Then last week he, "I" hired one of his guys to dig across the driveway and continue that pvc into a driveway circle that is dark for my relatives when they visit. So it was for my laziness that I didn't want to dig deep enough for 120 v beside the sidewalk or under the driveway. I just assumed it would be easy to find landscape type LED post lights by now. Boy was I wrong.
 
I just heard back from my supplier and she discounted the $349 down to $289 including tax. That is still more than I was hoping for but I'm ordering it. 1080 lumens, not bad, it should help my very dark driveway circle. (uses 3.5 watts, If that's not enough, I'm leaving a section of wire accessible in case I want to add more landscape lights out there. ) Thanks for your help.
 
Well, after all this time, the fixture ($275) came in and it is just a normal 120 volt fixture. :( I'm contacting my supplier. Its obvious not the 12 volt fixture on the website. https://www.hinkley.com/2361oz-lv.html However, what is the problem with using this 120 v fixture (for my home) and running 12 v AC to it ? I have to order the LV 12 volt bulbs but maybe I don't have to change fixtures....?
 
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Well, after all this time, the fixture ($275) came in and it is just a normal 120 volt fixture. :( I'm contacting my supplier. Its obvious not the 12 volt fixture on the website. https://www.hinkley.com/2361oz-lv.html However, what is the problem with using this 120 v fixture (for my home) and running 12 v AC to it ? I have to order the LV 12 volt bulbs but maybe I don't have to change fixtures....?
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Do the 12VDC bulbs come with a standard Edison base?
 
If you want to get creative, you could use a 120v-to-12v transformer in reverse to receive 120v at the light.

But, as you mentioned, the current at 12v will be 10x that at 120v, so you might want to use heavy LV wire.
 
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