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Posted by David Nebenzahl on May 3, 2008, 1:11 pm
On 5/3/2008 9:27 AM peter spake thus:
> Assuming your lights run on AC, you could insert a transformer before the
> last few lights to raise the voltage a little. Let's say the voltage dropped
> to 9V near the end, if you could find a transformer to raise 9V to 12V, then
> it should help. But that is not a common part.
"Not a common part"? I don't even know of anyone who makes such a thing
(you're basically talking about a 1:1.3 step-up transformer, which so
far as I know don't even exist, except perhaps in "Maybe-Land").
Anyhow, there are other solutions, as others have posted here.
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Posted by metspitzer on May 3, 2008, 1:33 pm
On Sat, 03 May 2008 10:11:31 -0700, David Nebenzahl
>On 5/3/2008 9:27 AM peter spake thus:
>
>> Assuming your lights run on AC, you could insert a transformer before the
>> last few lights to raise the voltage a little. Let's say the voltage dropped
>> to 9V near the end, if you could find a transformer to raise 9V to 12V, then
>> it should help. But that is not a common part.
>
>"Not a common part"? I don't even know of anyone who makes such a thing
>(you're basically talking about a 1:1.3 step-up transformer, which so
>far as I know don't even exist, except perhaps in "Maybe-Land").
>
>Anyhow, there are other solutions, as others have posted here.
http://www.phaseconverter.com/spbtransformer.html
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Posted by CJT on May 3, 2008, 5:48 pm
metspitzer wrote:
> On Sat, 03 May 2008 10:11:31 -0700, David Nebenzahl
>
>
>>On 5/3/2008 9:27 AM peter spake thus:
>>
>>
>>>Assuming your lights run on AC, you could insert a transformer before the
>>>last few lights to raise the voltage a little. Let's say the voltage dropped
>>>to 9V near the end, if you could find a transformer to raise 9V to 12V, then
>>>it should help. But that is not a common part.
>>
>>"Not a common part"? I don't even know of anyone who makes such a thing
>>(you're basically talking about a 1:1.3 step-up transformer, which so
>>far as I know don't even exist, except perhaps in "Maybe-Land").
>>
>>Anyhow, there are other solutions, as others have posted here.
>
>
>
> http://www.phaseconverter.com/spbtransformer.html
That would require a primary feed on the "wrong" side of the driveway.
I thought the poster who proposed use of a transformer meant a step-up
arrangement which, as another poster has already pointed out, would
further load already overloaded wiring.
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Posted by ransley on May 3, 2008, 7:47 am
> I got a 600W Malibu low voltage transformer powering my landscape
> lights. But some of the lights further from the transformer are not as
> bright. I only have a single 12 gauge wire with all the lights
> attached on it.
>
> Can I attach another 300W transformer at the far end of the wire so
> that the lights there will be brighter?
>
> I cannot really run another wire from the 600W transformer, since much
> of the wire run under concrete pathways and also my driveway.
>
> Thanks
Only some are not as bright, id say its a light not voltage issue, bad
connection, dirty lens, socket, bulb etc,
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Posted by James on May 3, 2008, 3:03 pm
There has been some very good advice given here on this question. But, if
there are no bad sockets or connections, and if the bulbs themselves aren't
defective, then I think the simple solution to this problem is to simply
install a very simple, low-cost booster transformer at the end of the line
(or at the point where the voltage gets too low). See the link with the
attachment. These small transformers are used when the voltage drop is too
low at the end of a 12 volt line. If the voltage is say, 9 volts at the
end of the line, this unit will boost it back up to 12 volts.
I am quite sure that Intermatic makes these as well.
James
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