Step Lighting Guide
Determine your lighting requirements including the location, number of LED lights needed, and the load requirements for the Power Supply (Driver). Plan whether your lights will be run in Parallel or Series. (provide link to configurations) If you want dimming capabilities, make sure the LED lights you purchase can be dimmed with a standard in-line dimmer, or if you need a Power Supply with dimming capabilities. (Link to an order form with only power supplies?)
Estimate the amount of wire needed, and determine the required wire size and capabilities. If LEDs are going Outdoors, you will need the correctly sized and jacket outdoor wire. If indoors, a standard 18 AWG wire may suffice. Basic LED lighting will be a two-wire (Positive and Negative), while RGB will be a four-wire configuration (Red, Green, Blue, and Negative), and RGBW five wires (Red, Green, Blue, White, and Negative).
Check your regional electrical codes, and consult or hire an electrical contractor if unsure, or if hard-wiring is necessary.
Carefully plan and mark your LED lighting locations, paying specific attention to cut-out sizes, depths, and wire routing. If installing Power Supplies outdoors, they must be housed within regulation boxes, and wires installed underground must be run within appropriate conduit.
OUTDOOR STAIR LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS
Adding lighting to your outdoor stairs can provide illumination and decorative focal points to your decks, patios and garden stairways. Lighting requirements, such as local building codes and standards, provide rules that help people safely install outdoor lighting near their homes.
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS
Outdoor stair lights must be located in the vicinity of the stairs and be capable of illuminating or lighting up the entire stairwell, including the stair treads and the top and bottom landings. The lights may be turned on and off with remote controls, automatic or controlled with a central light switch. Central light switches must be indoors or accessible from a room near the outdoor stairs or located near an entryway near the stairs.
MOTION SENSOR OPTIONS
Continuously powered lights may be on a timer, a motion sensor, or photocell that will determine when it is dark and automatically turn connected lights on.
DIMMING OPTIONS
Continuously powered lights may be on a timer, a motion sensor, or photocell that will determine when it is dark and automatically turn connected lights on.
Dimmable Driver Installation