The ACO Eyeleds system is designed for residential applications while the ACO LightPoint range is for use in medium duty and public areas. Both carry surface-mounted LED spotlights that are set within a range of channel options, allowing individual schemes to be created that can highlight individual areas, demark hazardous zones or add striking aesthetic qualities to surrounding architecture.
“Combining lighting within a channel drainage run is an efficient and extremely cost-effective way of enhancing the visual appearance of any outdoor space. The range and diversity of applications for these systems makes them an attractive and tremendously versatile design option,” says Rob King, Product Manager at ACO Water Management. “They have great practical benefits beyond pure aesthetics and keeping an area free of surface water. They can be used to demark pathways, access roads and parking bays as well as the tops of stairs and other potentially hazardous areas where health and safety is an issue.
“They are also very easy to install with no special fixtures or electrical fittings required. The base channels are simply installed as they would be for a conventional drainage run, the gratings connected together and the LEDs powered via a transformer connected to a nearby standard mains outlet. With the lights set at the surface they are also easy to clean, maintaining a true light pattern and colour that is unobstructed by dirt or debris caught in the grating.”