Inā like ʻoe me ka hapa nui o nā poʻe, e hoʻolilo ana ʻoe i ka manawa nui ma kou kua i kēia kauwela. Hāʻawi ʻia i ka "maʻamau" hou o ko mākou honua, ʻo ka noho ʻana i ka home ke koho maikaʻi loa e pale aku i ka lehulehu a me nā hōʻuluʻulu.

ʻO kēia ka manawa kūpono e hoʻolālā i kāu oasis backyard me kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo.

E hoʻomaka me ka noho ʻoluʻolu

ʻAʻole pono ke kumu kūʻai o kahi patio set. Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei e kūʻai a hoʻohana paha i kāu mea i loaʻa mua, e hōʻoia i ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka ʻoluʻolu o nā cushions. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea a pau, pono lākou e pale i nā mea e like me ka ua a me ka makani. Me kahi noho, hiki paha iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i kahi hammock kahi e hoʻomaha ai nā lā kauwela.

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E hoʻonani me nā kukui kaula

Hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kukui string ke hoʻonui i kēlā me kēia wahi o ka pā hale. He mea maʻalahi lākou a he papahana hiki iā ʻoe ke hana maʻalahi iā ʻoe iho. E kau i nā kukui kaula ma kou pā, a i ʻole e ʻōwili i nā kumulāʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā koho lā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia i ka waiho wale ʻia ma kahi kokoke i nā puka uila.

ʻO nā kukui kaula he ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻohui i ke ʻano a me ke ʻano i kou wahi waho. Inā ʻoe ma ka mākeke no nā kukui, he nui nā koho—he mau kukui kaula waho ma waho kokoke i kēlā me kēia kala a me ke ʻano. ʻAʻohe puka? E koho i ka lā-a i ʻole ka mana pākahi. Inaina i ka ʻālohilohi polū ʻeleʻele o nā kukui keʻokeʻo? E koho i ke kukui kukui. No ke ʻano o ke ʻano āu e koho ai, ʻo nā kukui kaula waho e hoʻohui i kēlā ʻālohilohi mālie a mehana i kou wahi.

Nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ke koho ʻana i ke kukui string patio

Kūleʻa wai a Wet Rated

Ma muli o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o kāu mau kukui kaula waho i nā mea, he mea nui e kūʻai aku i kahi huahana paʻakikī a hoʻāʻo ʻia i nā kūlana e like me ka ua a me ka makani nui. ʻO ka mea hope loa āu e makemake ai, ʻo ia ka lawe ʻana i nā kukui kaula i kēlā me kēia manawa e kū ana kou wahi i ka wā ʻino.

Ke koho ʻana i kahi kukui kaula no kou kua, e hōʻoia ʻo ka mea mua, ʻo ka mea hana a mea kūʻai aku e papa inoa i ka huahana i kūpono no ka hoʻohana ʻana i waho. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kukui i loko o waho e hana i kahi pōʻino ahi. ʻO ka lua, e nānā i ka wai ʻole (a i ʻole ka wai) ka huahana a ua helu ʻia. Hoʻolālā ʻia nā kukui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wai no ka ʻike pololei ʻana i ka wai a loaʻa iā lākou nā sila wai e pale ai i ko lākou mau ʻāpana i ka pulu a hoʻololi i ka palekana.

Ka nui a me ke Kaila

I ka wā e pili ana i nā ʻano māmā kaula, ʻo nā kukui aniani honua ka mea kaulana loa.

• G30:ʻO ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o ka nui o ka puʻupuʻu ma 30mm (1.25 iniha) ke anawaena
• G40:Medium, ana 40mm (1.5 iniha) ke anawaena
• G50:ʻO ka nui o nā ʻōpuʻu nui, e hele mai ana ma 50mm (2 iniha) ke anawaena

Ma waho aʻe o nā kukui string globe, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kēia mau ʻano:

• Edison:ʻO ka ʻōpuʻu “Edison”—nā ʻōpuʻu kukui i hoʻolālā ʻia e like me kā Thomas Edison i hana mua ʻia—he ʻano pumehana a ʻālohilohi hoʻi ko lākou mau filament o loko. Hāʻawi kēia mau puʻupuʻu i kou wahi waho i kahi nānā vintage.
• kukui:ʻO ka maʻamau, he kukui kaula waho honua maʻamau e hiki iā ʻoe ke uhi me kahi kukui pepa (a i ʻole pinepine, tarpaulin, kahi mea paʻa paʻa like me ke kāwele wai) no ka nānā palupalu a leʻaleʻa.
• Wahine:Makemake ʻoe e hoʻohālike i kou pā hale e like me ke aupuni kupua i nā ahiahi? Hāʻawi nā kukui Fairy i ke ʻano o nā kaukani o nā ahi e ʻākoakoa pū ana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i ka hopena ma ke kau ʻana i nā kaula kukui ma luna o nā lālā lāʻau, i nā lāʻau, a i ʻole ma ka pā.
• kaula:ʻO nā kukui kaula he mau kukui liʻiliʻi i uhi ʻia i loko o kahi ʻeke palaki e pale aku iā lākou mai nā kumu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kau i nā kukui kaula mai ka pā a i ʻole e hoʻomālamalama i kahi māla.

Loaʻa i ka PonoLoihi Uea

No kahi patio liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻohe pono o kahi kaula kukui he 100 kapuaʻi, a hiki paha iā ʻoe ke hele pōkole ke hoʻāʻo ʻoe e kaula i kahi kaula 10-kapuaʻi ma waena o nā kumulāʻau. ʻOiai e hilinaʻi ana ia i ka mea hana, hiki mai nā kukui kaula waho i ka lōʻihi o 10, 25, 35, 50, a me 100 kapuaʻi.

ʻAʻole pono i kahi wahi liʻiliʻi ma mua o 50 kapuaʻi o ka uea, a ʻo ka pā hale a i ʻole ka pā hale e koi ai i kahi kaula ma waena o 50 a 100 kapuaʻi. No nā wahi nui maoli a i ʻole e hoʻomālamalama i kahi hanana nui, pono ʻoe ma kahi o 100 kapuaʻi.

Nā Ana Ho'ola Ola

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi kumu kukui ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui i kāu pila uila. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, nui nā huahana ma waho e kaena nei i nā hana hoʻopakele ikehu e hōʻemi i ka hopena i kāu bila ikehu a me ke kaiapuni. Ke kūʻai aku nei i nā kukui string waho, e noʻonoʻo i kekahi o kēia mau koho:

• ʻO nā kukui LEDe hoʻohana i ka uila ma mua o nā ʻōpuʻu kukui kuʻuna a ʻaʻole e wela ke ahi. No ka mea ʻoi aku ka maʻalili i ka hoʻopā ʻana i ka wā e hoʻohana ai, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike pinepine i nā ʻōpuʻu LED i hana ʻia me ka plastic-ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole lākou e haki inā hāʻule.
• Nā kukui uilamai hoʻohui i kāu bila ikehu a—bonus—ʻaʻole lākou e koi i kahi puka e hana ai, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā lākou no nā patio hale a i ʻole nā ​​hale i loaʻa ʻole nā ​​​​waho hoʻoheheʻe honua hewa (GFCI). E kau wale i ka panela solar i hoʻokomo ʻia ma kahi e loaʻa nui ai ka lā a e hoʻomālamalama nā ʻōpuʻu i ka pō.

kalakala

Ke ʻimi nei i nā kukui string, pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i nā kukui kala āu e makemake ai. Loaʻa mau ka ʻōlinolino keʻokeʻo a i ʻole melemele maʻamau, akā inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi mea leʻaleʻa iki, hele mai kekahi mau kukui kaula i nā kala āpau o ke ānuenue. Loaʻa kekahi i nā hōʻike kukui hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele ma o kahi app.

Nā hopena kukui

ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻonā i ka ʻālohilohi mau i ka wā e pili ana i nā kukui waho. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā kukui kaula he nui me kahi dimmer, a i ʻole e hoʻokomo i kahi mana mamao e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻomalu i nā hopena kukui. Hiki i kekahi mau kukui kaula ke hoʻopā a ʻālohilohi paha i nā hopena, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe hiki ke ʻoni a mae i waho a i waho.

Mākaukau e koho i nā kukui Patio kūpono no kou pā hale?