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Posted by on March 8, 2008, 10:19 pm
Today I did a bit of spring maintenance and fixed a few low voltage
lights that weren't working. I spliced in fresh connections and all
the lights are once again working. However, one light, a spotlight,
is now flickering while the others are all shining steadily. The odd
thing is the flickering light was not one of the ones I repaired and
is, in fact, pretty much at the opposite end of the line from the
repaired ones. To clarify, it's not the very last light, there are two
more path lights that follow it in the lighting sequence that are
shining steadily. Any clues as to what's going on?
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Posted by RBM on March 8, 2008, 10:41 pm
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> Today I did a bit of spring maintenance and fixed a few low voltage
> lights that weren't working. I spliced in fresh connections and all
> the lights are once again working. However, one light, a spotlight,
> is now flickering while the others are all shining steadily. The odd
> thing is the flickering light was not one of the ones I repaired and
> is, in fact, pretty much at the opposite end of the line from the
> repaired ones. To clarify, it's not the very last light, there are two
> more path lights that follow it in the lighting sequence that are
> shining steadily. Any clues as to what's going on?
Bad connection at the lamp, socket
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Posted by John McGaw on March 9, 2008, 9:51 am
RBM wrote:
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>> Today I did a bit of spring maintenance and fixed a few low voltage
>> lights that weren't working. I spliced in fresh connections and all
>> the lights are once again working. However, one light, a spotlight,
>> is now flickering while the others are all shining steadily. The odd
>> thing is the flickering light was not one of the ones I repaired and
>> is, in fact, pretty much at the opposite end of the line from the
>> repaired ones. To clarify, it's not the very last light, there are two
>> more path lights that follow it in the lighting sequence that are
>> shining steadily. Any clues as to what's going on?
>
> Bad connection at the lamp, socket
>
>
If it is a bi-pin halogen lamp then I'd vote for a bad connection between
the socket and lamp. I've had probably a dozen low-voltage lamps like this
and such problems have been pretty common. For me, puck fixture failures
have been the worst and I'm replacing them with Mepla Alfit which seem a
bit better than the big-box trash I originally installed.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com
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Posted by Tim Taylor on March 9, 2008, 12:28 am
On Mar 8, 10:19=A0pm, fleem...@comcast.net wrote:
> Today I did a bit of spring maintenance and fixed a few low voltage
> lights that weren't working. =A0I spliced in fresh connections and all
> the lights are once again working. =A0However, one light, a spotlight,
> is now flickering while the others are all shining steadily. =A0The odd
> thing is the flickering light was not one of the ones I repaired and
> is, in fact, pretty much at the opposite end of the line from the
> repaired ones. To clarify, it's not the very last light, there are two
> more path lights that follow it in the lighting sequence that are
> shining steadily. =A0Any clues as to what's going on?
Sound like paranormal activity.
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Posted by Joseph Meehan on March 9, 2008, 8:03 am
It could be the lamp. Are these outdoor lamps, or indoor? Do they all
share the same transformer or do they have individual transformers?
Assuming they are outdoor garden lights, I would look for the individual
connection to the power cable.
--
Joseph Meehan
Dia 's Muire duit
> Today I did a bit of spring maintenance and fixed a few low voltage
> lights that weren't working. I spliced in fresh connections and all
> the lights are once again working. However, one light, a spotlight,
> is now flickering while the others are all shining steadily. The odd
> thing is the flickering light was not one of the ones I repaired and
> is, in fact, pretty much at the opposite end of the line from the
> repaired ones. To clarify, it's not the very last light, there are two
> more path lights that follow it in the lighting sequence that are
> shining steadily. Any clues as to what's going on?
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