Cable Lighting may look complicated, but it is actually very simple. It is all the options that might get confusing. The simplest thing to do is to start with a kit. The Tiella Accent 5-Light Cable Kit includes 5 lights and their bulbs, a 100 watt surface transformer that covers a junction box like you…
Bright Ideas … mini halogen light bulbs can slide on wires along the perimeter. Southern Living July 2020 Design Inspiration A Truly Open House Article by Grace Haynes Photographs by Hector Manuel Sanchez This month’s issue of Southern Living shows a lake house with cable lighting in the kitchen. I really like cable lights, but…
Cable lighting is really pretty simple. It is just two lengths of metal braided wires attached to the walls or the ceiling. A transformer connects to both wires to provide low voltage power. Lights attach to both wires and light up. That’s it. You can add various standoffs to change direction or supports to run…
There is a huge variety in lights available for cable systems. They come in different widths, for cable separations from 2″ to 36″. You can also adapt lights for other systems to work on cable using a Freejack connector from Tech Lighting or a uni-plug adapter from Bruck Lighting. Because the cable is the same…
Lightweight pendants can be suspended from cable. Some pendants come with the connecting components already part of the pendant. Any of the Tech Lighting pendants that have a product number starting with 700K can be used on cable without an adapter. You can also adapt lights for other systems to work on cable using a…
Whether you remove an existing ceiling to expose the beams, or add the look, revealed wood ceilings add wonderful architectural interest. This open floor plan home shows that the exposed ceiling doesn’t have to look rustic or industrial. The room has a high exposed ceiling painted a little darker than the walls. Cable runs between…
Tech Lighting Kable is a great way to light any room. The new Tech Lighting Catalog has photos of kitchens with great looking cable lighting. This kitchen has a cable with K-Pivot lights strung wall to wall. This kitchen has K-Bye Bye heads and Kiev pendants suspended from cable. The cable attachment is into the…
Cables can suspend light fixtures or pendants. Tech Lighting Systems Kable Lites are completely customizable. Low-voltage heads or pendants are suspended from two parallel cables that virtually disappear while the fixtures appear to almost float in the space. Kable Lite is a flexible solution particularly suited for high ceilings making the fixtures themselves take center…
Landscape lighting isn’t just a Spring project. The longest night of the year is December 21/22. It is dark already when you come home and often still dark when you leave in the morning. Here are some ideas for outdoor lighting for safety and security that are easy to install and don’t use a lot…
