IP Rating |
First Digit |
Second Digit |
Protection Description |
IP00 |
0 |
0 |
No protection against solids or liquids |
IP23 |
2 |
3 |
Protection against solid objects > 12.5 mm and vertically falling raindrops at up to a 60° angle |
IP44 |
4 |
4 |
Protection against solid objects > 1 mm and splashing water from all directions |
IP55 |
5 |
5 |
Dust-protected and protection against water jets from all directions |
IP65 |
6 |
5 |
Dust-tight and protection against low-pressure jets of water from all directions |
IP66 |
6 |
6 |
Dust-tight and protection against powerful jets of water, making it suitable for ship decks or environments with heavy water exposure |
IP68 |
6 |
8 |
Dust-tight and protection against continuous immersion in water under specified conditions |
How To Choose An Outdoor Light
Like many choices for your home, pendant lights are highly reflective of your personal style. Look for cues within your interior design that help guide your selection. Surface finishes, textures and material choices throughout your home can often help narrow down your selection. Finding a pendant that talks back to these details ensures constancy within a space and helps create a cohesive interior design.
Transform the exterior spaces of your home with outdoor lighting that creates a welcoming ambience and adds a sense of security to your home.
When planning your outdoor lighting, think about how you want to use your outdoor space, identifying all the areas you’d like to illuminate. Do you entertain a lot and need to light up your pool, BBQ, and alfresco dining area? Perhaps you’d like to showcase your landscape design and highlight sculptures, trees, fountains, or an architectural feature in your garden. Or, are you just after essentials for security lighting?
Whatever you decide, you have plenty of outdoor light fittings to choose from – deck lights, outdoor wall sconces, strip lighting, downlights, spike spots, bollards, step lights, and much more.
Like many choices for your home, pendant lights are highly reflective of your personal style. Look for cues within your interior design that help guide your selection.
Material Suitability
When selecting outdoor and garden lighting, it's crucial to factor in your environment, especially in coastal areas, as salty sea air and high humidity can accelerate corrosion and wear on lighting fixtures. A coastal rating typically considers factors like the type of materials used, protective coatings, and overall construction of the fixture to ensure that it can withstand the challenges posed by coastal conditions. Selecting coastal-rated lighting, like our Made by Mayfair Seaside range, ensures that your fixtures are specially designed to withstand these harsh conditions, maintaining their functionality and aesthetics.
All of our coastal-rated lights are backed by a 5 year-warranty.
When planning your outdoor lighting, think about how you want to use your outdoor space and identify all the areas you’d like to illuminate. Do you entertain a lot and need to light up your pool, BBQ and alfresco dining area? Or perhaps, you’d like to showcase your landscape design and highlight sculptures, trees, fountains, or an architectural feature in your garden. Or are you just after essentials for security lighting?
Explore the different types of outdoor lighting options in more detail below.
Types of Outdoor Lighting
Different areas of your exterior need different kinds of lights. Consider wall brackets and sconces for your home's exterior to illuminate key architectural features and add ambience. For your garden lighting, think about showcasing your landscape design with bollards and spikes. Lastly, ensure security lighting in critical areas around your property.
Explore the different types of outdoor lighting options in more detail below.
HOUSE
The front façade is the face of your home and the first opportunity to make a big impression on your visitors and the rest of the world passing by. While choosing lighting for your façade, think of both the decorative and practical aspects. Wall sconces and ceiling lights outside the front door are perfect for creating a welcoming look and for providing illumination when you’re entering your home at night. An outdoor pendant light will infuse an alfresco dining area with a blend of style and warmth.
GARDEN
Just like the interior of your home, getting the lighting right in your garden or courtyard can mean the difference between average and spectacular. When you know all the tricks, you can use a variety of lights to give your home street appeal and add an extra element of safety and security. What’s more, you can do it all by yourself with our DIY Quick Connect System which is safe, durable, easy to install, and flexible. Choose from two voltage ranges of garden lighting: 12V and 24V or go wireless with solar!
SOLAR LIGHTING
Let the sun continue to shine around your home even at night with our range of solar-powered garden lights. Equipped with rechargeable batteries that power up under sunlight all day, they let you enjoy hours of light after the sun goes down. Choose between bollards, wall brackets and sconces to suit the style of your outdoor area. Plus, installation is so easy – no wires! Just pop the light where you want it and let the sun do the rest.
FLOOD LIGHTS
Flood lighting involves the use of powerful, broad-beamed lights to illuminate a large garden or specific architectural features. These fixtures emit a wide and intense beam of light, mimicking natural daylight and providing ample illumination for various purposes. Commonly used for security, flood lighting ensures a well-lit and safe environment around the home, deterring intruders and helping you rest easy.
SMART LIGHTING
Lucci Connect Gecko Smart outdoor lighting makes it easy to enhance your home's curb appeal and improve security while also helping you save energy and money. Lucci Connect Gecko allows you to enjoy total control of your garden by setting the mood with a spectrum of colours, dimming the lights to create ambience and customising a lighting network specific to you, straight from your phone. For ultimate control with voice, you can simply connect your lights to a Smart home hub.
How To Install Garden Lighting
SECURITY
Enhance your safety and peace of mind with motion-activated security lights that deter intruders and illuminate critical areas like entrances and dark corners. For safe movement around your property at night, pathway lights and step lights guide your way and prevent accidents, all while maintaining an aesthetically pleasing appearance. Choose security lighting that suits your needs and provides lasting protection throughout the night.
SENSORS
Motion sensor lighting stands out as the most effective home security lighting method, activating automatically upon motion detection to discourage potential intruders and signal the presence of visitors or animals.
Strategic placement, such as near gates, garage doors, and both front and back entrances, is crucial for maximising their effectiveness.
SECURITY
Enhance your safety and peace of mind with motion-activated security lights that deter intruders and illuminate critical areas like entrances and dark corners. For safe movement around your property at night, pathway lights and step lights guide your way and prevent accidents, all while maintaining an aesthetically pleasing appearance. Choose security lighting that suits your needs and provides lasting protection throughout the night.
SENSORS
Motion sensor lighting stands out as the most effective home security lighting method, activating automatically upon motion detection to discourage potential intruders and signal the presence of visitors or animals. Strategic placement, such as near gates, garage doors, and both front and back entrances, is crucial for maximising their effectiveness.
How To Create An Outdoor Room
Elevate your outdoor experience by creating a captivating 'room' in the open air. Just like indoors, your outdoor space can become an extension of your home, where you can relax and entertain, all year round. To achieve this, consider the right outdoor lighting. Whether it's string lights to set a cosy mood, wall sconces for added elegance, or deck lighting for safety and style, the right illumination can turn your outdoor area into a functional and enchanting 'room'. Explore our lighting solutions to craft your dream outdoor sanctuary.
OUTDOOR HEATING
Outdoor heaters are essential additions to an outdoor room, ensuring the space can be used throughout the year, including those cooler months. Radiant-style heaters transfer heat directly to objects through infrared waves, making them more effective within an outdoor or uninsulated indoor area because they provide targeted warmth directly to the people and objects in their path.
OUTDOOR FANS
Outdoor ceiling fans are invaluable for creating a comfortable environment in outdoor spaces. They provide a refreshing breeze, making warm summer days more enjoyable and evenings more pleasant. Additionally, they serve as natural insect deterrents, keeping pesky bugs at bay while you relax or entertain. With their stylish designs and practical benefits, outdoor ceiling fans are a must-have addition to any patio, deck, or outdoor living area, ensuring you can make the most of your outdoor space year-round.
FESTOON AND PARTY LIGHTS
Festoon lights are a delightful addition to any outdoor space, lending a warm, inviting glow to gatherings and events. Consisting of a string of evenly spaced bulbs, they create a whimsical atmosphere that's perfect for both intimate gatherings and larger celebrations. Festoon lights come in various styles and can be hung across gardens, patios, or fences to add a touch of magic to your outdoor setting.
DOWNLIGHTS
Ideal for illuminating verandas, alfresco dining areas, and architectural features, outdoor downlights create a captivating ambiance while offering functional lighting for safe navigation. Their robust construction ensures durability against the elements, making them perfect for both residential and commercial outdoor settings. With energy-efficient options and stylish designs, outdoor downlights effortlessly blend form and function.
Quick Tips & FAQs
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Disclaimer
*For professional installation advice, please speak to your local licenced electrician.
Need Help Creating An Outdoor Lighting Plan?
You’ll be amazed by the difference the right lighting design and placement can make to the look and feel of your home, but achieving the ideal balance between the aesthetic and the functional can be very tricky. So why not call in the professionals?
As lighting specialists, Beacon Lighting gives you the choice of three design services that will transform your home into a designer dream.
Perfect for a home makeover, renovation or new build, check out our inspiring lighting design services.
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