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Hanging Lights

Typically, if a garden light is called a downlight it will be for fixed downlighting, i.e. without lateral adjustment. Hanging downlights are usually intended for suspension from a wall bracket or hook on a pergola beam or in a gazebo. They can also be strapped to tree branches with elasticated straps or hung from tree branches with chain. All hanging downlights are 12v. Models which take MR16 lamps provide the widest beam angle – 60 degrees; the widest beam angle available in MR11 models is 38 degrees. 20w is usually bright enough over a table when hanging from an overhead beam. 35w may be preferred from higher positions such as the apex of a gazebo roof. While downlighting from pergola beams is often achieved using fixed downlights or adjustable spotlights on the side of the beam where they are visually less intrusive, hanging downlights below the beam can be positioned to light down through climbers growing across the beam which might obscure spotlights installed on the side. Decorative downlights with perforated barrels provide pinpricks of lights through the side to complement a downward beam which can pick out a planted urn below or flowering climber below - they are also a fun way to mark the entrance to a pergola walkway or to flank an archway.

MR16 models

B1005 black downlight
M2541 brass downlight

MR11 models

M6450F hanging downlight
M6455 decorative hanging downlight

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