Outdoor lighting. Built for the weather.
Path, landscape, security, dusk-to-dawn coach lights, low-voltage transformer-fed runs. Marine-grade or commercial-grade fixtures only, sized transformer to avoid voltage drop, and weatherproof connectors at every joint.
Cheap outdoor fixtures last one season.
East Tennessee weather is hard on outdoor electrical: humidity, freeze-thaw, intense summer UV, and the occasional ice storm. Big-box-store path lights and the cheaper Amazon-imported brands are designed for California climates and they corrode out within 18 months here. We install fixtures that hold up.
Outdoor lighting splits into low-voltage (12V landscape and path lights powered from a transformer) and line-voltage (120V coach lights, security lights, and any architectural lighting tied to your panel). Different installation, different code requirements, different failure modes.
For low-voltage, the most common mistake is undersizing the transformer. A 100W transformer running 10 path lights at the far end of a 100-foot wire run gets a major voltage drop at the last fixtures, so they look dimmer than the first ones and burn out faster. We size transformers with at least 25 percent headroom and run heavier-gauge cable on longer paths.
For line-voltage outdoor work, the failure modes are different: weatherproof boxes that aren’t actually weatherproof (any cheap stamped-tin box from a big-box store), in-use covers that crack in two winters, and the wrong connector for outdoor work (wire nuts inside a wet box). We use cast aluminum boxes, polycarbonate in-use covers rated for snow load, and waterproof crimp connectors at every joint.
- Typical scope
- Path · landscape · security · coach · driveway · cabin · dusk-to-dawn
- Typical timeline
- 1-3 days typical · longer for full landscape designs
- Typical price
- $400+ simple swap · $2,500-$8,000 full landscape
- Permit
- Pulled when required (new circuits, hardwired runs)
- Inspection
- Scheduled when required
- Warranty
- 2 years labor · manufacturer warranty on fixtures (5-10 years on quality LED)
Outdoor lighting we install.
Path + walkway lighting
Low-voltage path lights from a transformer, code-compliant burial depth on the wire run, weatherproof crimp connectors at every joint. Sized for the full run length to avoid voltage drop.
Landscape uplighting
Trees, architectural features, water features. Adjustable beam angle fixtures, color temperature matched across the design, glare shields where needed for neighbor consideration.
Security + motion lighting
Commercial-grade motion sensors, not the $20 box-store kind. Dusk-to-dawn photocell-controlled coach lights, code-compliant placement for driveway and address-marker lighting.
Dusk-to-dawn coach lights
Photocell or smart-switch controlled, marine-grade or wet-location rated. Replaces the bulb-changing problem on coach lights mounted 12-15 feet up where ladders are awkward.
Driveway + cabin marker lighting
For vacation-rental cabins in the Smokies that need to be visible to guests arriving at night. Address-marker lighting, driveway-edge lighting, parking-area illumination.
Smart-controlled outdoor
Lutron Caseta outdoor switches, Hue Outdoor system, dimmer-by-zone control. Scenes, schedules, voice control if you want it. Mostly used for vacation rentals managed remotely.
Field log.
Where we install this.
Same-day truck rolls across the East Tennessee corridor. Sevier, Knox, Blount, Jefferson, and Cocke counties primarily.
- Sevierville, TN
- Pigeon Forge, TN
- Gatlinburg, TN
- Knoxville, TN
- Farragut, TN
- Powell, TN
- Maryville, TN
- Alcoa, TN
- Seymour, TN
- Townsend, TN
- Dandridge, TN
- Jefferson City, TN
Five steps. No surprise invoices.
Text or call us first
Describe the job. We follow up with a phone chat to scope it, then we send your quote. Same-day for most residential.
On-site walk-through
For larger jobs, we come out, look at the panel, and talk through what you actually want. Free. No “let me get back to you.”
Itemized estimate
Every line item priced. Materials, labor, permit, inspection. You see exactly where the dollars go before you sign anything.
Job day · permits handled
We pull permits, coordinate with the county inspector, and arrive when we said we would. We protect your floors. We label every breaker. We test every circuit before we leave.
Inspection & sign-off
Inspector signs off, we walk you through what changed, we hand over the documentation. If anything ever flickers, you have our cell.
We had a previous “lighting designer” install path lights that all died within a year. Volt Pro re-did the whole front-yard system, sized the transformer correctly, and used FX Luminaire fixtures. Three years in, every light still works, nothing corroded.
Five things we get asked every week.
How long do quality outdoor light fixtures last in East Tennessee?
Do I need a permit for outdoor lighting?
How much does outdoor landscape lighting cost?
What is the difference between low-voltage and line-voltage outdoor lighting?
Can you install dusk-to-dawn lighting that turns on automatically?
Want to light up the property?
On-site walk-through within the week. Itemized estimate before any work starts.
If it shocks you, we got you. A licensed Tennessee electrician serving Sevierville, Knoxville, and the Smoky Mountains corridor since 2018.