Wiring Garden Lamp Post

Wiring your lamp post can be done a few different ways depending on what type of post you are using.

Wiring garden lamp post.

Some people will use a lamp post that may already be pre wired possibly even already having the lantern attached. I just replaced the wiring to an outdoor lamp post with a plug in the base. Amazon link to great. How to wire your post light with a plug sensor and light topper.

Electrical wiring for outdoor post lights electrical question. The best option is to simply wire your lamp post to a nearby outlet. This wiring gets a little tricky but we will straighten it out for you. Our light post is partially preassembled before it s wired.

Figuring out how to wire a lamp post isn t difficult. That s so you can stick it in the ground and have full access to the interior for stapling wires and making the hookups. Use a gfci protected one mounted on a nearby deck patio or porch. 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. Know how far apart these two points are. The lamp post is hollow to allow the wires to run without the conduit from the base to the lantern top. It was wired with indoor 12 3 and no gfci.

For mains voltage garden or outdoor lighting you need to make sure you are staying within the building regulations. 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. 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.

Wire the lamp post. 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. Before you begin locate the outlet you want to connect to your lamp post.