Coastal Source is an outdoor lighting and audio manufacturer engineered around one problem: weather destroys most landscape electrical systems long before the fixtures wear out. The company is founded and headquartered in Moorestown, NJ, with a second facility in the Florida Keys built specifically for design and environmental testing. Its signature contribution is the patented Plug+Play cabling system, which uses IP68 connectors instead of the wire nuts and buried splices that fail underground.
For estates in NJ, CT, and NY where the landscape carries as much design weight as the interior, Restrepo Innovations designs, deploys, and supports Coastal Source outdoor lighting and audio systems as one of the four HTA Luxury Certified Elite Pro Crestron integrators in the region.
The Company: Moorestown to the Florida Keys
Coastal Source runs two facilities with two distinct jobs. The Moorestown, NJ headquarters at 1270 Glen Ave, Moorestown, NJ 08057 handles corporate operations, assembly, and warehousing. The Florida Keys facility at 11450 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050 is where the company designs and tests products against the harshest conditions it can find on the East Coast: salt air, sustained humidity, and hurricane-season storms.
Leadership includes Franco D'Ascanio as CEO, Harold Zimmermann as Chairman of the Board, Sean Snowden as VP of Design and Engineering, Jason Sanders as VP of Product Management, and Peter Sepesi as VP of Sales. Putting engineering and testing in the Florida Keys is a deliberate choice. If a connector or fixture survives a season in the Keys, it has already faced tougher conditions than almost any residential property in the Northeast will throw at it (Coastal Source).
Plug+Play Cabling: Why IP68 Matters
Plug+Play is Coastal Source's patented cabling system, and the connector is the part that actually differentiates it. The company describes its IP68 connectors as waterproof and airtight, which is a materially different standard than the wire nuts and butt splices still common in traditional landscape lighting installs.
Wire nuts and butt splices work fine on day one. The problem shows up two or three winters later, once moisture works into the splice and corrosion starts eating the connection from the inside. A sealed IP68 connector removes that failure path entirely. In the field, that translates to fewer service calls in years three through ten, faster diagnosis when something does go wrong, and a cleaner way to extend a system when a homeowner adds a new lighting or audio zone years after the original install (Coastal Source).
Outdoor Audio Engineered for the Same Environment
Coastal Source outdoor speakers and subwoofers run on the same weather-first engineering discipline as the lighting line, sharing the Plug+Play cabling platform across both product categories. The speakers are designed to sit directly in landscape beds, tucked into plantings or mounted near hardscape, and survive the same salt air, humidity, and storm exposure the lighting fixtures are built for.
Coastal Source states its outdoor audio products are designed and performance tested in the Florida Keys, the same standard applied to its lighting line. That matters for estate audio specifically, because outdoor speakers typically sit exposed year-round with no enclosure protecting them the way a covered patio speaker would be protected.
Where It Fits: The Landscape as an Architectural Space
Coastal Source is the standard when a landscape is treated as an architectural extension of the home rather than an afterthought handled after the interior is finished. Estate driveways, pool surrounds, wine gardens, hillside terraces, and dock lighting all depend on fixtures and audio that can run for a decade without a service call for a corroded connector.
Restrepo installs and supports these systems for homes across Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic, and Hudson counties in NJ, Westchester and the Hamptons in NY, and Fairfield and Litchfield counties in CT. The common thread across those properties is a landscape design intent that matches the interior design intent, and lighting and audio infrastructure that can hold up to it for years, not seasons.
Restrepo Innovations and Coastal Source
Restrepo Innovations designs, deploys, installs, configures, and supports Coastal Source outdoor lighting and audio systems for estate clients across NJ, CT, and NY. Restrepo is HTA Luxury Certified, Elite Pro Crestron Dealer, OSHA Certified, and a Ubiquiti UISP/Pro partner, which means the outdoor lighting and audio plan gets coordinated with the same network and control infrastructure running the rest of the property.
"Outdoor systems fail in year three or four when the connector was the shortcut. Coastal Source built the connector first and the fixture second. That's the order we like to see from a manufacturer." — Michael Restrepo
If you are planning a landscape lighting or outdoor audio project in NJ, CT, and NY and want to pressure-test the plan before the trenching starts, call 201.405.2022 or email office@restrepoinnovations.com. We will tell you what we would do, and we will tell you what we would avoid.
FAQ
What is Coastal Source known for?
Coastal Source is known for its patented Plug+Play cabling system, which uses IP68 connectors the manufacturer describes as waterproof and airtight. The company builds outdoor lighting and outdoor audio around that same connector platform, so fixtures and speakers share one weatherproofing standard instead of relying on separate splices for each product line.
Where is Coastal Source based?
Coastal Source is headquartered at 1270 Glen Ave, Moorestown, NJ 08057, with a second facility at 11450 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050, in the Florida Keys. The Moorestown site handles corporate operations and assembly. The Florida Keys site is where products face salt air, humidity, and hurricane-season conditions before release.
What makes Plug+Play different from a standard landscape wiring approach?
Traditional landscape wiring often relies on wire nuts and butt splices, which corrode once buried in wet soil for a few seasons. Coastal Source's Plug+Play system uses IP68 connectors built to stay sealed against water and air, which is meant to reduce failures years three through ten and make it easier to add a zone later without redoing existing wiring.
Does Coastal Source make outdoor audio too?
Yes. Coastal Source builds outdoor speakers and subwoofers designed and performance tested in the Florida Keys, using the same Plug+Play cabling platform as its lighting products. The speakers are designed to sit in landscape beds and hold up under the same salt air, humidity, and storm conditions the lighting fixtures are tested against.
How do I get Coastal Source installed on my property in NJ, CT, or NY?
Restrepo Innovations designs, deploys, and supports Coastal Source outdoor lighting and audio systems for estates across NJ, CT, and NY. Call 201.405.2022 or email office@restrepoinnovations.com to start a planning conversation before the landscape plan is finalized.
For a Coastal Source outdoor lighting or audio project in NJ, CT, or NY, call 201.405.2022 or email office@restrepoinnovations.com. You can also review Coastal Source's own product line at coastalsource.com.
Sources: Coastal Source company and leadership details (https://coastalsource.com/about/). Outdoor lighting and Plug+Play connector details (https://coastalsource.com/outdoor-lighting/).