When LED lights first came to market, most fixtures were a bright white, almost blue colored LED. As LEDs evolved over the years they are now offered in multiple light colors. In the outdoor living industry most designers and installers prefer to use a color temperature (Kelvin) between 2400 Kelvin (K) and 3000K. Problem with the that: Deck builders use the deck lighting offered from the deck store and landscapers offer lighting from the landscape supply yard. Chances of having different colored light output is very common. SHINEDECK Lighting is offered at 2700K which is a warm colored white light output. We found that 2700K provides the perfect light color output and setting.

What is Kelvin?

Kelvin (K) is a measurement of light color temperature. Color temperature is a way to describe the light appearance provided by a light bulb or LED. Kelvin temperature scale ranges from 1,000 – 10,000. The color temperature of a bulb or LED is assigned based on correlated color temperature (CCT) which can vary the color of Kelvin.

Most deck lighting is ran from a DC transformer power source while landscape lighting is ran from an AC transformer power source. Why?

Well to keep this simple, LEDs require DC current however DC current will lose power faster over a longer run which makes AC a better option for landscape lighting. For deck lighting, it is not common to run long distances like it does with landscape lighting installations making DC current manageable for deck lighting.

So to answer the question, Yes! SHINEDECK Lighting fixtures are compatible with both AC and DC currents allowing our products to be installed from the same power source on the same line. We recommend using our SHINEDECK AC transformers when installing our lighting products.