Pond Lights in Winter

Pond Lights in the Pond in Winter?

Had a call from a customer today asking if he could leave submersible pond lights in the pond all winter here in the cold Mid-West. His wife gave him a set of 20 watt submersible pond lights for Christmas and he could not wait to see them in action.

In my humble opinion, it would not hurt a thing to install those lights now. There are just a couple of points to make note of:

1) the pond lights must be below the frost line for the particular climate zone (the deepest any of my ponds ever froze was 11 inches.

2) better make sure the pond lights are turned on when it is cold so the transformer stays warm and does not crack in freezing weather.

Any other garden pond lights (solar pond lights, floating pond lights, etc.) should be stored indoors during the winter in cold areas of the country.

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