Adding Some Light To A Dim Corner: Garden Water Features With Lights

By now we all know that adding a water feature to our gardens dramatically enhances the overall look and feel of the garden. Now many water features are coming with built in lights. Simply by placing one or two LED lights inside the water feature offer you a new world of exciting shadows and reflections from a once dim and glum corner of your garden.

   Garden water features with lights are a perfect addition to an area of your  garden that tends to lack a little light at night. Simply by placing the water  feature in the desired corner will dramatically enhance the effect the water  feature has on your garden. Most lit water features are provided with a low  voltage LED or hologen bulbs that offer the perfect amount of light to bounce off  the shimmering water to create a very unique effect.

 What is the difference between LED and Halogen bulbs?

 In all fairness there is not that much of a difference between the two. LED (light  emmiting diode) lights produce light when an electrical current is run in an arc  pattern between two electrodes. Halogen lights produce light by heating up a  tungsten filament. That is probably the bigest difference between the two. LED  lights will gernerally last much longer than halogen lights. Halogen lights typically last for anywhere between 2,000 and 6,000 hours. Finally, halogen bulbs tend to be a little less expensive. Something to consider when deciding on which of the two.

All water features are child safe so there is no need to worry about the little ones. If you are sat there thinking that the addition of all this lighting to a water feature must mean that the install is going to be a nightmare..well no, not really. The install is so simple and in fact is no different to a regular watefeature without any lights. You simply unpack the water feature, remove the packaging, place it where you feel you will get the most satisfaction or where you feel that it will complement your garden the most, run a wire to the mains, plug in and enjoy a beautifully lit garden water feature.

Some of the more popular garden water features with interior lights are the Friendship Fountain, the Harmony Fountain and the Arched column Bowls all by Kelkay. These water features offer the perfect amount of light to complement any garden.

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