How are you lighting your home this festive season?

Akanksha

Getting ready to light up your home for the holidays this December? Whether you're aiming for a cosy, classic glow or a vibrant, colorful display, choosing the right lights can make all the difference. There are heaps of festive lighting options available to create a mood of joy, togetherness and excitement in your home. 

How are you planning on lighting your home to create that magical atmosphere during the festive season? And any tips when it comes to choosing lighting? Keen to hear from all our members and see photos of your decorated homes.

Tagging @lifestylebymari, @CSParnell, @Nham, @EleventhCoastal and @prettyliving to kickstart the discussion.

Akanksha

CSParnell

@Akanksha I think the most important side of things and where to start is electrical safety. Try to plan out your cable runs so you achieve the following:

1. Not overloading the 1 circuit or PowerPoint 

2. Making sure all circuits are on safety switches

3. Making sure extension cable run lengths are nit to long

4. Ensuring extension cable joins that are subject to weather are housed in correct IP rated enclosures found in the electrical isle at Bunnings.

5. Ensuring all power boards that are subject to weather are housed in IP rated cable management enclosure found in the electrical isle at Bunnings.

6. Plan between 240v, 36v, 24v,12v and also solar for lighting. Each will have their pros and cons.

7. If you need to work out your current on the AC side of the transformer to add total load to a power board you can use something like ChatGPT to calculate estimates as follows

The current on the AC side of the transformer, when powering 72W of LED lights at 36VDC, would be approximately 0.3 amps at 240VAC. This calculation assumes the transformer is efficient without significant losses.

Have fun, keep safe, be merry.