The ILED-FST-D F1 is the solar festoon for the garden positions that no socket reaches: 25 feet of wire carrying 23 warm-white bulbs, charged by the solar panel through the day and dimmed down for the evening. It is the string that runs the patio, the pergola and the garden edge on the sun, with no cable to the house and no battery changes.
The string
The wire runs 25 feet — 7.5 meters — carrying 23 bulbs spaced along its length, built from copper, PVC and glass. The copper carries the power, the PVC sheath takes the weather, and the glass bulbs give the warm-white glow the clear look the garden fittings want. Twenty-three bulbs across 7.5 meters is the spacing that reads as a proper festoon line rather than a fairy-string scatter, and the warm white is the single colour the range runs — chosen for the outdoor dining and the garden evenings.
Dimming and the solar supply
The string dims, which is the behaviour a solar garden light needs: full brightness while the guests arrive, dropped low for the dinner. The solar panel charges the internal battery through the day and the string runs the evening on the charge, so the fitting goes where the sun is rather than where the socket is. Because the string is also connectable, a larger garden runs multiple strings from the same arrangement.
IP44 and the outdoors
The string is IP44 rated — protected against splashing water from any direction — which covers the rain on a patio, the garden watering and the outdoor season. IP44 is a splash rating rather than a jet rating, so the string belongs on the pergola, the parasol and the garden wall rather than submerged or pressure-washed. Keep the connections sheltered as with any outdoor string. The copper carries the power, the PVC sheath takes the weather, and the glass bulbs are the part to handle with the same care as any glassware — which is why the string ships 20 pieces to a reinforced carton.
Connectable and commercial grade
The string is built to commercial-grade quality for indoor and outdoor decor, and it is connectable — the runs join where the garden needs more length. For the seasonal buyers, the string ships 20 pieces to a carton (48.5×48.5×51.5cm), which is the pack the retail displays and the wholesale orders are built around. Samples are available, and OEM orders are welcomed.
Où est-il utilisé ?
Patios and pergolas, where the warm-white string runs the evening on the solar charge. Gardens and pathways, where the connectable runs link the beds and the borders. Wedding and party setups, where the dimmable string drops for the dinner. Cafés and courtyards, where the commercial-grade build stays out all season. And the holiday displays, where the solar string runs the roofline and the hedge without an extension lead. In each of these the pattern is the same: the panel goes where the sun lands, the string goes where the display is, and the dimmer bridges the two — bright for the setup, low for the evening, and off when the garden is empty.
Positioning the panel
The solar panel is the part the display lives or dies by, and it is the one part to place with intention. Set it where the daylight actually lands — the south-facing edge of the pergola, the open part of the garden, the roof of the parasol — and keep the face clean through the season, because a dusty panel charges like a shaded one. The garden that runs a solar string well is the one that planned the panel position first and hung the string second, not the other way round.
