[villagetinker]

This can be a DIY project, which will generally save you a lot of money. I have installed the lights and controller from Home Depot as these were metal and LED and had a 5 year warranty. They are currently 6 years old and NO failures. I did my own, and the only change I made was I used crimp connectors, liquid tape, and heat shrink tubing to get completely waterproof connections. Lowe's has similar equipment but it appears to be a significantly higher cost. I have helped a few neighbors where they did all of the hard work (burying cable, etc.) and I made up the final connections as I had the equipment. I am no longer interested in doing complete installations, my knees complain too much.....