Best JB to bury - driveway lights

[westward10]

You can use junction hubs etc.

Not sure what a junction hub is but are these suitable for burial and how is the voltage relevant.

 

[DefyG]

Probably means those little T shaped connectors that come with the ELV 'Kits'.
I wouldn't have thought they should be buried though.

 

[mainline]

Not sure what a junction hub is but are these suitable for burial and how is the voltage relevant.

1. Safety – 12 volts is inherently safe for children and pets
2. A bigger range of good quality, smaller fittings to choose from.
3. Easier installation of cables in borders and planting – flexible cables to spike spotlights can be several times longer than to 240 volt garden lights and you can move them around more easily.
4. A better range of lamps to choose from which are brighter, whiter, more efficient and longer lasting than their 240 volt cousins. Some 12 volt lamps are twice as efficient as their 240 volt equivalents.
5. If you have an accident with a low voltage cable it is usually easier to fix.
6. Low voltage transformers and power supplies absorb transients such as those caused when a lamp blows and are, to a degree, tolerant of earth currents arising from a bit of damp in light fittings. A little bit of dampness might not affect a 12 volt circuit but it could render a 240 volt circuit unusable.

You can use flexible cables, HI-Tuffs of similar length for their installation rather than armoured, and you don’t need to bury the cables approximately 600mm, as you do with LV installations.

 

[westward10]

1. Safety – 12 volts is inherently safe for children and pets
2. A bigger range of good quality, smaller fittings to choose from.
3. Easier installation of cables in borders and planting – flexible cables to spike spotlights can be several times longer than to 240 volt garden lights and you can move them around more easily.
4. A better range of lamps to choose from which are brighter, whiter, more efficient and longer lasting than their 240 volt cousins. Some 12 volt lamps are twice as efficient as their 240 volt equivalents.
5. If you have an accident with a low voltage cable it is usually easier to fix.
6. Low voltage transformers and power supplies absorb transients such as those caused when a lamp blows and are, to a degree, tolerant of earth currents arising from a bit of damp in light fittings. A little bit of dampness might not affect a 12 volt circuit but it could render a 240 volt circuit unusable.

1. Regulations do not consider children or pets?
2. 12v have a larger range?
3. Why is installation easier, quote a Regulation.
5. 12v is not low voltage but 230v is??

 

[mainline]

1. Regulations do not consider children or pets?
2. 12v have a larger range?
3. Why is installation easier, quote a Regulation.
5. 12v is not low voltage but 230v is??

Low Voltage versus Mains Lighting in the Garden

www.lightingforgardens.com

And yes in some instances the term low voltage is wrong.

 

[westward10]

Low Voltage versus Mains Lighting in the Garden

www.lightingforgardens.com

And yes in some instances the term low voltage is wrong.

Well in all instances you are incorrect. It may be more professional if you quoted from personal knowledge and not some online resource.

 

[mainline]

Well in all instances you are incorrect.

I am incorrect or the site is incorrect ?

 

[westward10]

I am incorrect or the site is incorrect ?

If you are quoting the site then the site is incorrect, 12v is elv.

 

[mainline]

If you are quoting the site then the site is incorrect, 12v is elv.

As I said at #18

If the OP can use ELV that would imo be the way to go.

It's safer, easier, and he could probably do it himself.

 

[westward10]

As I said at #18

If the OP can use ELV that would imo be the way to go.

It's safer, easier, and he could probably do it himself.

How does using elv change the type of buried connection.