Deck Railing Lights and Post Cap Lighting

Is solar deck lighting bright enough?

Depends what you want it to do. LMT rates its solar caps at 6 lumens against 22 to 90 for low voltage, so solar marks the posts and adds a warm glow rather than lighting the deck. Where running wire is impractical that glow still beats a dark deck, and you can add a lit fixture where you need more.

Which post cap light fits your posts?

Measure across the outside of the post. Placid Point comes in 2-1/2, 3-1/4 and 4 inch and is built around Keylink railing. LMT covers 2-1/2 and 3-1/4 inch and fits Keylink just as well as Trex, Deckorators and most other aluminum posts. Send us your post size and we will confirm the fit.

How many lights will one power supply run?

Size it at 80 percent of the supply, so 40 watts of the 50 and 9.6 of the 12. LMT caps draw 0.8 watts and the 92 inch strip draws 3, which puts 50 caps or 13 strips on the 50 watt unit. Placid Point draws more, around 20 caps on its 60 watt hub. Send us your layout and we will size it and lay out the wiring.

What is the difference between halo, downward and combo caps?

A downward cap carries its LEDs underneath, so it reads as a plain post cap and washes light onto the deck, the walkway and the stairs. Pick it when you want the light without seeing the fixture. A halo cap throws a ring of light outward for the traditional lit post look. The combo does both.

How do you light stairs and the deck surface?

Under rail lighting puts more light on the deck than any post mounted fixture, and both brands make it for Keylink Chesapeake railing. Below that, Placid Point accent lights mount on a post or a stair riser, and LMT adds flush mount and recessed riser lights. Stairs are where this matters most, for safety and for how the deck feels after dark.

Which lights match your railing color?

If your railing is textured black or textured bronze, LMT color matches both, and it matches them across Keylink and most other popular brands. Placid Point is the answer when you want one of Keylink's other finishes: textured white, matte black, matte white, oil rubbed bronze, or either coastal textured.

What controls the lights once they are in?

On a low voltage system, the transformer does. LMT's 50 watt unit connects over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so it runs from your phone or through Alexa and Google Home, and a daylight sensor handles dusk to dawn. Keylink mounts a physical control panel on the post instead. Solar needs none of it, since the panel charges the battery and the light comes on when it gets dark.