The Scape PT3 is a 755mm exterior post spike light in black or verde green 24V, integrated 3W giving 180lm at3000K, CRI above 90, IP65.

It runs on 24 volts and the driver is a separatepurchase. This does not connect to mains power on its own. You need a24V driver, and unlike the Terin range this pagedoes not name a compatible one.

One driver runs several fittings, which is exactly why low voltage is used forgarden runs one transformer, one circuit, many small lights, and no mainscable in a garden bed. But it must be bought, sized and located as part of the job.Tell us how many Scapes you are installing and we will size and supply the driver.

CRI above 90 and in a garden that is worth more than you would think

Our page never mentioned it. Most fittings in this catalogue record above 80; theScape records above 90, from a COB source rather than the usual SMD.

In a garden that is a real difference, because foliage is the hardest thing to lightwell:

• Greens stay green. Under a low-CRI source, leaves go grey-olive the single most common reason garden lighting looks cheap.
• Bark, stone and timber keep their warmth instead of flattening out.
• Flowering plants hold their colour, which is most of the point of lighting a bedat all.

COB also puts the emitters in a single dense array rather than ascatter, so the beam is crisper with cleaner shadows which is what you wantwhen the light is picking out a plant rather than washing a wall.

180 lumens on a 755mm post what it is for

The Scape marks and accents. It will not light a path to walk by,and it is not meant to: at 755mm on a spike it standsabove low planting and puts a small, high-quality pool onto agarden bed, a shrub, a low wall or a path edge.

Used in numbers, that restraint is correct. A run of four orsix at 180 lumens reads as rhythm along a bed. The same run at600 lumens each would glare from the house and flatten the planting thecommonest mistake in garden lighting is fittings that are too bright, not too dim.

Tell us the bed and we will work out how many.

Black or verde and a finish you may have read about

• Black disappears at night and against dark mulch, soil and hardwood.
• Verde green a green patina, the colour weathered copperand bronze go. Against planting it vanishes almost completely by day, which on afitting standing in a garden bed is the whole point: you see the light and not the lightfitting.

The copy offers three colourways Rust, VerdeGreen and Black. Only black and verde are stocked. If you want therust (corten) finish, ask us the Terin exterior rangedoes carry a corten, and it shares the same 24V driver, sothe two can be mixed on one circuit.

IP65 and this one really does stand in the open

Protection against water jets from any direction, which is what a spike light in agarden bed needs: it takes rain from every angle, sprinklers and the hose. Compare theKenra bollard at IP44, which needs shelter, and theProvo wall light at IP43.

The spike is the practical advantage. There isno digging, no concrete and no fixed position it pushes into a bed and can bemoved as planting grows in, which over a few seasons matters more than it sounds. The1-metre cable gives you room to reposition it without re-running anything.

A note on the height. The datasheet records a500mm fixture height where our record and the page both say755mm. The likeliest reading is that 500mm is the lit body and755mm is the total including the spike but we have not assumed it.Ask us if the above-ground height matters to your planting and we will measure one.

110mm wide, 0.7kg, inaluminium and polycarbonate, ClassIII low voltage, under54V, and not dimmable.

Where it works

• Garden beds and borders and CRI>90 is why the planting looks right.
• Path edges, low walls and specimen shrubs.
• In runs of four or six, as rhythm rather than illumination.
• 24V a driver is required and not supplied. Tell us how many.
• Rust is advertised but not stocked. Ask us about the Terin, which shares the driver.

Specifying it

755mm overall by 110mm wide (the datasheet records a500mm body ask us), cable 1,000mm,0.7kg, in aluminium and polycarbonate, black or verde green.Integrated 3W COB LED giving 180lm at 3000K,included, CRI>90, not dimmable.24V a DRIVER is required and is NOT supplied,ClassIII low voltage, under 54V,IP65 fully exposed garden positions. Warranty is three years, as areplacement warranty.

Supplied and supported by Lights For You.

Questions

Do I need anything else to install it?

Yes a 24V driver, which is not supplied, and unlike the Terin range this page does not name a compatible one. One driver runs several fittings, which is the point of low voltage in a garden: one transformer, one circuit, many small lights, and no mains cable in a garden bed. Tell us how many Scapes you are installing and we will size and supply it.

What is CRI above 90 worth in a garden?

More than you would think, and our page never mentioned it. Foliage is the hardest thing to light well: under a low-CRI source leaves go grey-olive, which is the most common reason garden lighting looks cheap. Above 90, greens stay green, bark and stone keep their warmth, and flowering plants hold their colour which is most of the point of lighting a bed.

Is 180 lumens enough?

For what it is meant to do, yes. The Scape marks and accents it stands above low planting and puts a small, high-quality pool onto a bed, shrub, low wall or path edge. It will not light a path to walk by. A run of four or six at 180 lumens reads as rhythm; the same run at 600 each would glare from the house and flatten the planting.

Can I get it in rust?

Not as stocked the copy offers Rust, Verde Green and Black, and only black and verde are available. Ask us: the Terin exterior range does carry a corten finish and shares the same 24V driver, so the two can be mixed on one circuit.

Can it stand in an open garden bed?

Yes IP65, protected against water jets from any direction, which is what a spike light needs: rain from every angle, sprinklers and the hose. The Kenra bollard at IP44 needs shelter; this does not.

How tall is it above ground?

Ask us if it matters to your planting. The datasheet records a 500mm fixture height where our record and page say 755mm most likely the lit body against the total including the spike, but we have not assumed it, and we will measure one.

Why a spike rather than a fixed mount?

No digging, no concrete and no fixed position it pushes into a bed and can be moved as planting grows in, which over a few seasons matters more than it sounds. The 1-metre cable gives you room to reposition without re-running anything.