Brinkmann 828-0300-6-6PK Spotlight LED Low Voltage Kit, 6 Pack

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002VRIYIK
• Item model number: 828-0300-6
  

By : Brinkmann
List Price : $69.95
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Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Brinkmann helps you make you outdoor settings as beautiful, livable and enjoyable as any room in your house. With the Brinkmann 6PK Spotlight LED Low Voltage Kit you can provide attractive ground level accent lighting for statues, fountains, foliage, and more along your garden, path or patio.
This 6-pack of LED low-voltage flood-spotlight has durable poly-resin construction, a black finish with clear lens, three .5 watt LED lights pre-wired with 10 foot cable and sure-lock connectors for quick install, and comes with a 20 watt transformer with digital time sensor and 70-feet of cable.

 

Brinkmann 828-0300-6-6PK Spotlight LED Low Voltage Kit, 6 Pack

 

Technical Details

• Black finish, durable poly-resin construction
• Floodlight function
• Focusing optic, 3.5 watt LED's
• Lights pre-wired with 10-foot cable and sure-lock connectors for quick installation
• Includes 20 watt transformer with digital time sensor

Customer Reviews

So each light has three .5 watt LED bulbs (= 1.5 watts, NOT 3.5w as stated in the description, I think they meant 3 [space] .5w bulbs) which is equivalent in brightness to somewhere around a 10w incandescent bulb. That being said they are very nice accent lights. I have them positioned as uplights on our fence, down lighting on a fountain, and as spot lights on some trees. You can use up to 15 lights per 20watt transformer (per the directions). I didn't read the description very well when I ordered and thought they came with the traditional landscape wire you bury and just plug into wherever you want to place a light. These actually come with an "easy" connection system which is basically a light with five feet of cord on each side (male connector on one side/female on the other) so once you plug them all together- there is a max of ten feet in between lights. They definitely have a very white/blue cast and I don't know how they would look if you mixed them with the yellow tinted normal low voltage landscape lights. So far I have three sets of these in the backyard and they look very modern and clean. The light is not "warm" but it is bright enough for our purposes.

These lights are brighter than what I had predicted...just what I needed to place alongside the front of my house. Each spotlight contains 3 (my estimation - 24 lumens) white led. They are easy to install without modification to the pre-wired 10-foot cable, extending the six lights to about 70 feet from the transformer. As long as all lights are installed in a single strum, starting at the transformer, the cables are just fine.
However, in my case, the installation required that the lights be connected going in two different directions...or left and right from the transformer. Also, because I'm using these lights for security (they are that bright), I wanted to install the transformer in a more secure area inside the house.
Here's my solution: I cut the wire about four inches from the transformer and also cut the input connector from one of the lights (left about three inches of wire on the connector and saved it just in case I needed later on). I set all the lights in position and ran the wire underground alongside the house. I then removed an electrical outlet from inside the home and drilled a hole from the inside wall to the outside. I then ran the wire that I had cut from the transformer and the wire from the light I had previously cut through the hole. Using two win nuts, I connected the two sets of wires straight to the transformer (make sure the polarity is correct or the lights won't work). I reinstalled the electrical outlet, making sure the two win nuts splicing the wires to the transformer were behind it and out of site, then installed the wall plate making sure it wasn't so tight as to pinch the wire from the transformer, and then connected the transformer to the wall outlet. Now, the wall outlet was next to a window, this is important to make sure the light sensor, which is attached with a three feet of wire to the transformer, can turn the lights off during the day.
Pease note: Cutting the wire may void the warranty of the transformer or the light you may choose to cut the connector from. But, at least in my case, it was worth it. Also, if you decide to go this route, make sure to connect all the lights and transformer first before cutting the wires. You don't want to cut the wires and then find out that either the light, transformer or both are defective.
12/09/11 Just bought another set of these light to light one side of the house that's unusually dark. I placed the lights facing the window of our master bedroom; this way we can see if anyone is trying to peep through the windows. These lights are an economical way to provide security around the house when the lights are properly placed.