When Nightscaping® was founded in 1959 there were no set standards for 12 volt outdoor lighting. There was no need to have standards because before Nightscaping® the product did not exist.

Over the past 40 years the industry has seen safety standards developed to regulate the manufacture and installation of low voltage landscape lighting. As one would expect, these guidelines are constantly being modified or completely changed to address new products, technologies and a growing marketplace. As a result Nightscaping® has also made considerable changes to not only adhere to, but exceed these industry regulations.

Today the 12-volt outdoor lighting industry is a completely different ball game than it was in 1959. Nightscaping® can no longer insure that all 12-volt outdoor lighting equipment complies with existing standards simply because Nightscaping® is no longer the industry’s sole manufacturer. Now there are manufacturers entering into this market who place a lower premium on these standards and by doing so compromise the integrity of active outdoor lighting designers and the safety of their customers.

In March 1994 Underwriters Laboratories (UL), “an independent, not-for-profit product safety testing and certification organization,” initiated the Standard for Low Voltage Landscape Lighting Systems, UL1838. In the best interests of our company, customers and suppliers, Nightscaping® has made several inquiries regarding the stringency of UL1838, and the garden lighting standards UL1571 and UL506 that were in effect prior to 1994.

Learn more about the UL1838.