Wiring Garden Lamp Post

The lamp post is hollow to allow the wires to run without the conduit from the base to the lantern top.

Wiring garden lamp post.

It was wired with indoor 12 3 and no gfci. The boxes and the cable are protected by a wooden housing so standard metal or plastic electrical boxes and cable are all you need once the wire enters the. Others may have chosen to create a more custom lamp post be choosing their own post and lantern combination. Amazon link to great.

Use a gfci protected one mounted on a nearby deck patio or porch. The best option is to simply wire your lamp post to a nearby outlet. Another major defect of series lighting circuit is that as all lamps or bulbs are connected between line l and neutral n accordingly if one of the light bulb gets faulty the rest of the circuit will not work as the circuit will be open as shown in fig below. Some people will use a lamp post that may already be pre wired possibly even already having the lantern attached.

Figuring out how to wire a lamp post isn t difficult. When you run the wire make sure to leave plenty of extra near the house so there s enough to snake through the wall and reach the circuit breaker panel inside the house. I just replaced the wiring to an outdoor lamp post with a plug in the base. If your outside lamp post was previously controlled by a wall switch leave the switch on all the time after installing a fixture with a built in light sensor.

Here you can see there is a cut in the line wire connected to lamp 3 so the bulb is switch off and the rest circuit is working. That s so you can stick it in the ground and have full access to the interior for stapling wires and making the hookups. Wire the lamp post. Our light post is partially preassembled before it s wired.

Warning never connect a light sensor to a live circuit as it is not only dangerous for the individual but it could damage the sensitive circuitry of the sensor. The power feed comes from a junction box in the basement which supplies the other 2 outdoor plugs around the house. This wiring gets a little tricky but we will straighten it out for you. Electrical wiring for outdoor post lights electrical question.

How to wire your post light with a plug sensor and light topper. This applies to other outdoor electrical activities also such as putting a light or electric socket in the shed or supplying electricity to a pump in the fishpond. Before you begin locate the outlet you want to connect to your lamp post.