Post #391501 by bongofury on Thu, Jul 3, 2008 5:10 PM

This thread goes waaaay back......so here is a bit of an update. The original Rincon Room pix are mostly history. For that modern yard, I did not think about running a gas line until after the patio was installed so we went with a couple of these....only needs low-voltage wiring and can be easily moved.

http://www.nightscaping.com/tikiliter_cu.htm

You can see they are the old school shape, liquid fuel with side fill, but the bottom has a low voltage path light in it. They work quite well, though don't hold as much fuel as the originals. They are copper and I painted them a flat black. The Bannanabobs post shows them at our more recent home, and are now located on the other side of the house at the "Drifters Reef" lounge area. I bought them through a landscaping wholesaler. Also not cheap. They use aan automotive tail light type bulb and after 3 years of being on 8 hours every night, have yet to be replaced.

The beachside lighting torches are worth it as long as you are not planning to move and you know exactly where you want them. You get a huge flame and the wind will have a hard time blowing them out. With all 8 of them running it uses about 150,000 BTUs ( a larger heater runs about 125,000 BTUs) so not really costly to light up occaisionally.

That side yard is quite a jungle now and the house has more color so I have promised many folks a photo update and at some point I will make a new post for that.....sometime soon I hope. Aloha