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8-gauge low voltage wire dchou4u@hotmail.com 05-03-2008
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Posted by dchou4u@hotmail.com on May 4, 2008, 10:37 pm
Urrgh... my drawing came out really strange in the previous posting.
So I have drawn it on a text document and you guys can see it at
http://www.sopmedia.com/sopguest/lights.txt.

Thanks

Posted by Stormin Mormon on May 6, 2008, 10:15 am
Might get kind of pricey.

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Actually the new location of the transformer would be roughly in the
middle of the string. My plan is to run 8 gauge wires to the where the
middle of the string is, and connect it up to the existing 12 gauge
string.



Posted by ransley on May 4, 2008, 8:11 am
> Hi, I am thinking of buying a spool of 8 gauge low voltage wires to
> use with my Malibu 600W transformer for my yard. Will the 8 gauge
> wires be too hard to deploy since they are so thick? Also will the
> cable connectors that come with the Malibu light fixtures be able to
> clamp around the wire and penetrate the sheathing?
>
> I am using 12 gauge at this time, but the lights are pretty dimmer
> since the total length is about 70'.

I have 110 ft of 12 ga malibue and notice no dimming at the end, I
think your issue is corroded connections at the lamp and wire, or bulb
base and bulb, old bulbs, and dirty lenses. Unless the 12 ga multi
wire has a many strands cut somewhere along the line. Malibue sells it
to work with 12 ga. Have you removed and gone over any lamps yet and
reconnected them in clean copper, that would be the first thing to do,
and measure voltage along the line.

Posted by Jeff on May 4, 2008, 1:34 pm
Can you use smaller wattage bulbs. Seem to be several different wattages
when I last bought some.


> Hi, I am thinking of buying a spool of 8 gauge low voltage wires to
> use with my Malibu 600W transformer for my yard. Will the 8 gauge
> wires be too hard to deploy since they are so thick? Also will the
> cable connectors that come with the Malibu light fixtures be able to
> clamp around the wire and penetrate the sheathing?
>
> I am using 12 gauge at this time, but the lights are pretty dimmer
> since the total length is about 70'.
>



Posted by Rob Mills on May 4, 2008, 4:01 pm

> Hi, I am thinking of buying a spool of 8 gauge low voltage wires to
> use with my Malibu 600W transformer for my yard. Will the 8 gauge
> wires be too hard to deploy since they are so thick? Also will the
> cable connectors that come with the Malibu light fixtures be able to
> clamp around the wire and penetrate the sheathing?
>
> I am using 12 gauge at this time, but the lights are pretty dimmer
> since the total length is about 70'.

What about running 2 transformers in parallel. Might be less labor than
digging up 70ft of wire. If you happen to have access to a second
transformer it wouldn't hurt to try.

I gave up on those low voltage garden lights a long time ago. It seems
like the ones sold in kits (Toro, Malibu) from HD, Lowes and etc
are so cheaply made it's impossible to keep them going very long.
RM~






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