The Brief
The property owner wanted the private dock and its connecting deck stairways safe to use after sunset — for family, and for guests arriving by boat. Running mains cable out over water was a non-starter: it would have needed armoured cable, an electrician specialising in waterfront installs, and permits for work near the lake.
Requirements:
- Zero cabling on or near the dock structure
- Light output tuned for safety, not floodlighting — the lakeshore mood matters
- Fixtures that mount directly onto existing railing posts, no new carpentry
Our Solution
We specified the DZ-0808 solar post-cap — a compact unit sized to sit on standard 90–100 mm railing posts.
- 54 units mapped post-by-post: dock perimeter, deck balustrade, and stair newel posts
- Warm 2700K output with a downward-wash lens that lights the walking surface without spilling onto the water
- High-capacity small-format battery to buffer the shorter charging days of the northern summer
- Screw-fit mounting straight onto the existing timber posts
Numbers
- 54 units installed in 2 days by the property’s own caretaker
- 0 meters of cable added anywhere on the waterfront
- Dock and stairways safe to walk year-round; units wake automatically at dusk
- Two winters on, zero replacements required
