Inā like ʻoe me ka hapa nui o nā poʻe, e hoʻolilo 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 kahi 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 lāʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe.ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā koho lā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kumukūʻai a ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia i ka waiho ʻia ʻana 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 i loko o ka mākeke no nā kukui he nui nā koho - aia nā kukui kaula waho ma kahi kokoke i kēlā me kēia kala a me ke ʻano.ʻAʻohe puka?E koho i ka lā a i ʻole ka mana pākahi.Ke inaina nei i ka ʻulaʻula uliuli 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 me ka helu pulu

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 āu e makemake ai, ʻo ia ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau 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, e papa inoa ka mea hana a mea kūʻai aku paha 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 helu ʻia no ka ʻike pololei ʻana i ka wai a loaʻa iā lākou nā sila wai e pale aku 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, hiki mai 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 a me ka wai ʻole) no ka nānā palupalu a leʻaleʻa.
• Wahine:Makemake ʻoe e hoʻohālike i kou kua i 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, ma nā lāʻau, a ma ka pā paha.
• 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 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 mau wāwae.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 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:

• Nā ʻōpuʻu LEDe hoʻohana i ka uila ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā ʻōpuʻu incandescent maʻamau 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 pono lākou i kahi puka e hana ai, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi iā lākou no nā pā hale a i ʻole nā ​​hale i loaʻa ʻole nā ​​​​puka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI).E kau wale i ka panela solar i hoʻokomo ʻia ma kahi e loaʻa ai ka nui o ka lā a e hoʻomālamalama nā ʻōpuʻu i ka pō.

kala kala

Ke ʻimi nei i nā kukui string, pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i nā kukui kala āu e makemake ai.Loaʻa mau ka ʻālohilohi keʻokeʻo maʻamau a i ʻole melemele, 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 i kekahi mau hōʻike kukui hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele ma o kahi app.

Nā hopena kukui

ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu no 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 ʻōlino a mae paha i loko a i waho.

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