Landscape lighting wire can be sliced into landscape cable, how do you do that?

If you decide to install landscape lighting yourself, you'll find that it often comes in kits with precut lengths of wire.For many people, this is fine, but if your yard is larger than the manufacturer assumes or you have creative ideas for where to place your light features, those lengths can be insufficient.With a little elbow grease and some simple tools, you can change your landscape lighting situation.

The power should be disconnected from the lighting before anything else.Turn off the power to the outlet at the breaker before you work on any kind of electrical project if you need to.This is important for the sake of safety.

You'll need wire cutter and strippers for this project.One tool often includes these tools.The soldering iron should be plugged in.If you must solder in place, you should have an extension cable that can reach that location.Not all electrical solder is intended for plumbing.They use different chemicals and solder plumbing can damage wiring.

Make sure you match the existing wire in your landscape lighting kit when purchasing the additional length of wire.The most common is 12 or 14.Match both the construction and the voltage.

If you want to make more than one heat-shrinking tube, make sure you know the diameter of the gauge wire and how many you will make.You will need at least four tubes.

You might need a hair dryer for this project.Another part of the task will require access to an outlet.

You can begin to prepare the wire once you have turned off the power.Cut the wiring in half.Measure and cut the length of the new wire you will need to place the lighting according to your plans.

You will need to separate the leads from the ends for at least 4 to 6 inches.You should have at least four leads.Push the heat-shrink tubing down to keep the bare lead available.