Driveway Lights

[Anonymous Poster]

I have 17 lights along my driveway that I would like to remove and replace with new lights. Does anyone know of some plans or designs that I could use so I can build them myself? I would prefer to use wood but I don't know where to get the internals. I'm thinking of a bollard design using 120v.

 

[MossRoad]

Have you looked into low voltage? They are pretty easy to retrofit into just about anything that already exists. If you are building new, they should work fine as well.

 

[ChuckinVA]

Many lighting manufacturers make an enclosed and gasketed globe fixture that would work well for a bollard application. You could build a wooden base and then mount this on top of it. I have seen some of the globes sandblasted on the inside to diffuse the light.

Stonco VK1GC with a 75D surface box. WWW.stonco lighting.com

 

[Green_in_MI]

Do you guys plow snow? I would like driveway lights but around here they would not last into late fall before they got in the way of the snowplow.

 

[webbmeister]

If you do a search at woodmagazine.com, you will come up with the issue that has some really nice louvered driveway/walkway lights. I am very respectful of electricity - if 12V instead of 120V will do it - less chance of a very unpleasant surprise over time.