Yard light, not a floodlight

[Stuart J]

Good morning.

I'm looking to install a yard light on a photo cell to come on and stay on all night.
I dont want a floodlight, just something to light up slightly more than dimly, so I can see what's going on if I looked out my window.
What kind of thing would you suggest?

 

[milkloss]

Depends how big the yard is I suppose! I still like the old sodium floods for a more yellow and acceptable light at night..... everything else seems so harsh.

if it's a small yard then an led bulb would do I guess, a good shade would be good so you don't get dazzled by the bulb directly.

 

[chickens and wheat]

Several 10w leds,

Or a dimmable 30w
they do colour change leds, you use a little remote control to choose a less harsh tone, or colour

 

[harrow]

You can get the lamps with a built in photocell or use separate photocell.
Some of the standalone sensors have replaceable heads.

 

[JD6920s]

Surprising how much light these give off,

9w LED Black Bulkhead with Night & Day Photocell

Suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, our 9W Bulkhead Standard and PIR Bulkheads are a unique lighting system for your home or business. With an IP65 rating, our product is waterproof and dustproof. The polycarbonate body and flame-retardant diffuser have high mechanical strength...

www.signatureledlighting.co.uk

 

[DaveGrohl]

We've got lots of high pressure sodium bulkhead lights dotted around the farm. All connected to a seperate photocell rather than an inbuilt photocell. Photocells go fut quite often, at least you can replace the head for a fiver when it happens this way rather than have to replace the whole unit for tens of pounds. I loathe LED lights for night time ambient lighting, the colour temp is horrible and cold. Same with LED street lighting, they don't put out anything like the light of the sodiums they've replaced. Nothing like seeing a frosty/snowy yard bathed in an orange warming glow.

Don't get me wrong, LEDs are the way to go for inside lighting. Also the old 70W sodium bulkheads give out 6000 lumens, I haven't seen an LED bulkhead get close to that, they're pitiful, typically stretching to 2-3000 lumens.

 

[DaveGrohl]

Surprising how much light these give off,

9w LED Black Bulkhead with Night & Day Photocell

Suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, our 9W Bulkhead Standard and PIR Bulkheads are a unique lighting system for your home or business. With an IP65 rating, our product is waterproof and dustproof. The polycarbonate body and flame-retardant diffuser have high mechanical strength...

www.signatureledlighting.co.uk

Is 700 lumens surprising? Hmmmm.