The workers welded a steel mold for the base of the walkway lights. Here is our prototype mounted up:
The test was to see how stable it is. It is quite stable. If you really try to push it over, it tips… but this is probably a good thing. The metal is not very strong, so if you run into it with a car or a wheelbarrow or something, it is probably better that it tips over rather than gets destroyed. But it shouldn’t tip over too easily. This model seems to strike the right balance.
The base block has a 2″ PVC pipe embedded in the center so that the electrical and wires can run up into the light.
We also received our order of 30 walkway light posts yesterday:
Now we need to remove the 220V AC light sockets inside and replace them all with the LED’s we bought. And get the PCB’s printed for the microcontroller so that they can be dimmed and turned on an off remotely.