LED Barn Light | 35W to 120W with Dusk to Dawn Photocell

From a garden shed to a commercial yard

A barn light mounts on a wall or a pole and throws light out across open ground. The name comes from where they started; the job is the same anywhere a large outdoor area has to be covered from one point.

The range runs 35W to 120W, and choosing correctly matters more here than on almost any other outdoor fixture.

Coverage by wattage

Oversizing is the common mistake

A fixture that overshoots its target puts light onto a neighbour's window, and that is the single most frequent complaint about outdoor lighting. Cover the area you need and no more. Where two sizes would both work, take the smaller one.

Specification

Mounting

• Height — 10 to 14 feet at 35W and 50W, 14 to 20 feet at 80W and above.
• Angle — down and out, never level. A barn light aimed flat lights the horizon.
• Photocell — needs a clear view of the sky. Under an eave it never sees dawn and stays on all day.
• Direction — away from windows and away from a road, where glare and headlights meeting is a hazard.

Two fixtures beat one big one

On a yard larger than a single fixture covers, two at opposite corners work better than one powerful unit in the middle. A single point leaves a hard shadow behind anything parked in the way, and that shadow is usually where you need to see.

Installation

Wall or pole mounted and hardwired at 100 to 277V by a licensed electrician. Check the mounting surface and bracket suit the fixture.

Related

For a building elevation see our cut-off wall packs. For open areas from a pole, see area lights.