A beautiful garden pond adds a lot of atmosphere to the garden! The tranquil body of water invites contemplation and increases the diversity of plant and animal life. If you want to illuminate your pond, you have numerous options, from pond lamps grouped around the pond to atmospheric underwater lighting.
Pond Light: Safety First
The most popular pond lights include outdoor spotlights, ball lights that float on the water and underwater lamps. Safety is a fundamental aspect: all light sources must have the appropriate IP appliance class to ensure that they work in all weathers. Underwater lighting must of course have a particularly high level of protection. The cabling must also be protected from the weather; always use high-quality underground or underwater cables!
Pond Lighting: Create a Concept First
To ensure long-term satisfaction, a lighting concept should be drawn up before the pond lighting will be installed. It should be clear how many pond lamps you want to use and what type they should be. This not only avoids unnecessary hassle with the cabling, but socket outlet lamps or outdoor sockets are also a great help. As a rule, the cables have to be laid underground, which of course involves a certain amount of work.
The design is also a decisive factor in selecting the optimum lamps. If in doubt, seek advice from a competent dealer! Outdoor spotlights can be used to illuminate selected plants on the pond bank. Models that look like stones or other natural objects and therefore blend seamlessly into the surroundings are very popular. Floating ball lights create a beautiful shimmer on the surface of the water. The light from underwater lamps can have an almost magical effect.
Pond Lighting: Integrate Coloured Lighting
A particularly beautiful ambience is created with colourful light colours that blend discreetly into the natural night-time lighting scenario. Although this is also possible with incandescent light bulbs and colour filters, modern LED outdoor lighting offers much better options here. You can even vary the light colours of many models at the touch of a button, and the brightness can often also be adjusted.
Save Energy with Pond Lighting
The low power consumption is also a good argument in favour of LED pond lights, as the electricity costs are only around a tenth of those of incandescent light bulbs! If you want to install pond lighting without having to bear operating costs, you can opt for solar lights. These are also available in a wide variety and with different colours, whereby the light colour is usually created by the light sources cover and not by the bulbs or LEDs themselves. However, some innovative manufacturers are already combining the advantages of LED light and solar power. The great thing about solar lights is that they can recharge themselves during the day using the energy of the captured sunlight and release the stored energy in the form of atmospheric light. This eliminates the need for potentially time-consuming wiring. However, you would risk limited light during weeks with cloudy weather.
Conclusion: Stylish and environmentally friendly pond lighting
Improve the aesthetic of your garden with atmospheric pond lamps! Plan your pond lighting well and choose your lamps carefully to avoid frustration during the relatively complex installation process. Finally, a tip: Many fish and other pond dwellers can adapt to the lighting, but you should not overdo it by changing their natural living conditions by leaving the pond lighting switched on daily from dusk to dawn.
