How to Install Low Voltage Landscape Lighting | Complete Step-by-Step Video | Costco Lighting Kit

29 Comments

1. Web Crawler 4 years ago

   Did you use the 14/2 for the feeder line to all the fixtures?

2. RolexDSSD 4 years ago

   That kit was on sale for 399$.

3. Raul Hernandez 4 years ago

   Why don’t you wire the ground? Great video, thanks

4. Joshua Jones 4 years ago

   “Good luck Isaac.” 😂😂 Been there Isaac #trenchbrothers

5. Pickleman 4 years ago

   Great videos! I would love it if you would come back at night and show what these systems look like when they are illuminated!

6. Refresh Landscape & Lighting 3 years ago

   Great video Adam. I watched it for the third time now

7. Jan Faccone 3 years ago

   Hi! I assume you start closest to to the transformer and work your way to the end?

8. Dave Colelli 3 years ago

   Great video. Very informative and well done.

9. J 3 years ago

   You should show how looks all light up at night

10. Kandres027 3 years ago

    What’s your opinion on intermatic/malibu? My full metal cl191 set has lasted for years but as a professional where do you rank these?

11. Gil gomez 3 years ago

    Can you ignore the included photocell in the Costco kit? I want to plug the transformer into a wifi plug (wet rated outdoor wifi plug)?

12. Gentle Teeth & Braces 3 years ago

    Hi do u like amp lighting better?

13. Suzi Que 3 years ago

    I did it! Thanks to you Adam! I watched ur videos and ordered one of your resource documents. After a test run, I asked a friend to inspect and he gave me a gold star. I’m a single woman in her 50’s and felt overwhelmed until I discovered ur channel. Purchased the Costco kit and called Volt w/ a few questions… and voilà! I’ll email you a couple pics but I’m super duper pleased! Thanks again

14. Kenneth Payne 3 years ago

    To light up a 4 foot area between windows , how far from the wall should you place the Costco light fixture ? I enjoy watching your videos

15. Alan Brynjolfsson 3 years ago

    VOLT here, first thank you for the review/video. You do a great job of explaining and demonstrating how to set up a. landscape lighting system.
    I wanted to make a few notes.

    1. LED bulbs are constant current (unlike halogen/incandescent where you need to get the input voltage between 10.5 – 12 volts). The VOLT LED lamps in this kit (and all VOLT LED bulbs) will operate the exact same with voltage inputs anywhere from 9 -22 volts. That is the reason the transformer has a 15V tap. If we had a 12V tap then it couldnt do longer runs. With 15V tap you can do long runs yet you are never "over-volting." Most LED manu's recommend using the 15V tap as there is less in-rush current (higher Volts= lower Amps).
    2. The transformers now come with a bracket for wall mounting as well. The purpose of the pedestal mount is for DIYers who dont want to drill into their house or dont have a drill + concrete bit + screw with plastic expansion sleeve. The pedestal also acts a UL listed conduit as you need to have the wire from the transformer to ground in conduit. This saves a DIYer from having to buy conduit, cut it, glue threaded coupling, and conduit lockwasher to install.
    3. The hubs make it easy for DIYers to make easy, yet secure connections, all in one place and have them above ground in a dry junction box. Also makes for easy troubleshooting and adding expansion fixtures— again all with no tools. The long lead wire is for use with hubs. You dont need to cut off the wire, you bury next to the fixture so you can move the fixture in the future. Hubs dont need to be in the middle of beds, you can put them inline along the house edge as well. With the low LED draw and 15V transformer you dont need to worry about voltage drop,. The hubs have secure wago clamp connectors that ensure secure mechanical connections. New DIYers often make mistakes with cutting and stripping wire and twisting securely and waterproofing. The hub fixes all these issues for DIYers. The long fixture lead wire is prestripped and ready to be used in the hub clamp connectors.

    Pro's will make alterations for their needs, but the kit is designed for the DIYer to get it right the first time and with no tools. Stick fixtures in the ground, connect lead wire to the hub, mount transformer on pedestal, connect transformer to hubs with thicker main run wire and you are done! (after you bury the wire).

    Thank you for the review and video!

    Team VOLT®

16. Alby 3 years ago

    What wire did you use and how can I go get it? Thanks

17. Brandon Lee Sanders 3 years ago

    12:57 – Ebay that wire. Don’t toss it. Somebody would gladly buy it.

18. Triton h 3 years ago

    We want to see how nit looks at night

19. blexwiz 3 years ago

    How much electricity does it take ?

20. Marshal 3 years ago

    So in short don’t buy it at costco

21. drummerseahawkboy 3 years ago

    what is the price on getting a company to wire, bury etc etc

22. Its__alex 3 years ago

    I have to say just sell the hubs and the wire on amazon or ebay that is what i did

23. Rob Churchill 3 years ago

    Great video! SUBSCRIBED!!!

24. Tanisha W 2 years ago

    I just discovered your channel. I've been through tons of solars lights which basically do nothing. I'm really trying to spruce up my yard this year..my neighbors have hardwired lights..but I don't have that in my budget right now as I have a few other large projects going right now. I'm a single women…but I don't mind trying to do it myself. I've never thought of trying to do my own lighting. Never even heard of low voltage lighting. However, this looks very diy friendly. I'm a little nervous about how to run the wire under the sidewalk to the other side of the house. I have large flower beds on both sides of my house and my porch and outlet is in the middle. However..I'm going to put this on my list of yard projects for this spring/summer!

25. Joseph Cruz 2 years ago

    Great video . Can you tell me is C9 light is good for roofline and where to buy . Thx

26. Kurt Huseman 2 years ago

    Hello Adam. We have the same kit. The kit states that the Hubs, which you hate, should be located 50 ft from the transformer. Is this due there being 100 feet of 14/2 and two hubs or is it a voltage drop issue? We are looking at putting 18 5 watt fixtures on the transformer. The longest run would be 100 Feet from the transformer. Can I run the 100 feet of 14/2 and daisy chain the fixtures to the 14/2? Thanks in advance to your response.

27. Tim Campbell 2 years ago

    The video title says " How to install ", and they start the video AFTER it's 75 % installed.

28. Capona 2 years ago

    Nice video and I enjoy your channel. Several comments. You don't like the hub because you would have multiple feeds going through the area. I kind of get that but just locate the hub along your main line as you would without using the hub. I think if you use the hub, that would resolve your other concern about only having a 15 volt feeds and close fixtures having a reduced lifespan. I think that hub is spreading out the voltage between all fixtures on that hub. So nothing is as close as it would seem. Lastly, my transformer also came with a bracket for a house mount option if that's your preferred mounting method. I got the front of my house done in a couple of hours. Probably could have gotten it to an hour if I moved quicker but those days are over. I suppose a contractor would charge $1000-2000 to do the same. So for $500 and a couple of hours effort, seems like easy money staying in my pocket. Volt nailed this pretty well for the DIY'er although it would be an improved product to have other mount options possible with these fixtures.

29. William Lyons 2 years ago

    Don't use low voltage. Transformer is another point of failure. Excessive voltage drop in lines.