Fountain lighting - a bewitching sight

Any water elements are one of the most popular in the decor of personal plots. A correctly selected decorative fountain with illumination will ideally fit into the landscape and give the surrounding space a touch of magic and mystery.

Currently, backlit fountains are in great demand - they look more advantageous than ordinary ones, and at night they look simply amazing. Illumination of fountains gives them originality and a certain highlight. In addition, they may have some other notable features, for example, an unusual shape or artistic elements interesting from an artistic point of view, such as stucco molding or even a statue. Any artificial source is installed in order to decorate the site with its appearance and delight the owner. Highlighting fountains allows you to achieve a similar effect at any time of the day.

Types of Highlights

By the type of illumination, all existing water elements can be divided into two types: fountains with surface and underwater lights. Installing the latter is considered more costly and time-consuming, since it will require special waterproof lamps with bright saturated light. Such lamps are mounted on the bottom of the reservoir (this is especially true if the fountain is not very deep).

Underwater fountain lighting has many amazing effects. For example, with its help, you can create the illusion of a glow emanating from the bowels of the water. In addition, underwater lighting allows you to give the surrounding objects a completely different angle and volume. If installing a lamp at the bottom of the fountain is impossible for some reason, you can use floating waterproof lamps, which usually work on batteries, as a worthy alternative. You can comfortably sit down and enjoy the abundance of light and colors, which in excess can give a fountain in the rays of bright magic light. Now the so-called rotating fountain lighting is very popular. It is necessary to fix it under water. The backlight itself includes several small rotating glass lamps.

Surface lighting

From the point of view of safety, the installation of surface lights is considered more preferable, since its effect occurs without contact with water. Such lighting envelops the fountain with rays from the outside, illuminating the entire surrounding area. The effect looks no less mysterious than the rays of lamps installed in water.

Safe electrical equipment

It must be remembered that fountains for giving with a backlight should be not only beautiful, but also safe. During their installation, care should be taken to monitor the voltage, which should not exceed 12 volts. Any illumination is, first of all, a complex of electrical equipment. Accordingly, you can start working with it only if there is a transformer on the site, which has the ability to reduce the voltage level and make it less dangerous.