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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, 10:26 pm
Yes, the Malibu lights corrode pretty quickly and the glass lens cloud
up because I think the water here is pretty hard.

My neighbor uses lights from Vista Pro and his lights shine really
bright at night. Dont know if its because the lights are better or
because his installation is better. Haven't talked to him yet about
how his system is wired up. But given that the Vista Pro lights are
about $50-$100 each, I am not surprised his look better.

Vista Pro is found at http://www.vistapro.com/default.aspx.




Posted by ransley on May 5, 2008, 10:56 am
> Yes, the Malibu lights corrode pretty quickly and the glass lens cloud
> up because I think the water here is pretty hard.
>
> My neighbor uses lights from Vista Pro and his lights shine really
> bright at night. Dont know if its because the lights are better or
> because his installation is better. Haven't talked to him yet about
> how his system is wired up. But given that the Vista Pro lights are
> about $50-$100 each, I am not surprised his look better.
>
> Vista Pro is found athttp://www.vistapro.com/default.aspx.

Lime away or CLR will clean lenses from hard water, fogged or dirty
lenses inside can be cleaned by pouring in alcohol. Corrosion will
lower voltage.

Posted by Rudy on May 4, 2008, 4:58 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.

Shouldn't be required for a 70 ft run.

> .. will the cable connectors that come with the Malibu light fixtures be
able to
> clamp around the wire and penetrate the sheathing?

No chance. 'Been there' and mine, designed for # 16 wouldn't even work
with outdoor #12.

I had to **carefully* whittle down the #12 wire sheathing in each spot where
I wanted to connect, until the wire looked almost like (and the size of) the
#16 the crimps were designed for.

What is the wattage and number of the bulbs you're using ? I can't recall
exactly how many lamps my set was rated for..something like 14 IIRC. The
original # 16 wire was about 60 ft long. The # 12 was 100 ft long so I only
used about 11 lamps and it worked fine. That put them just over 8 ft apart
and that was fine in my application YMMV but note that if they re the
replaceable bulb type, there are compatible (bayonet T5) bulbs out there
(and in my garage) in most wattages from 4W thru 9W/11W. You might consider
replacing all the bulbs, dropping down a few watts (Say from 11 to 9 or 4W)
for the whole string
>
> I am using 12 gauge at this time, but the lights are pretty dimmer
> since the total length is about 70'.

Mine has been working fine @ 100 ft # 12 for the last 8 years or so. I
blow/replaced about 2 bulbs a year




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