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Posted by on December 5, 2006, 9:11 pm
heinkaps@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have recently installed 6 (35 Watt) landscape lights, on a 300 Watt
> transformer.
>
> It is 12 V AC, on about 50 meters of cable.
>
> Light number 1 and 2 perform as expected.
> Light number 2 is about 20 meter from the transformer.
>
> Light number 3 - 6 is dim, but does not get progressively dimmer from 3
> to 6.
>
> Why would this be?
>
> I am ruling out excessive voltage drop because light 3 and 6 is glowing
> at the same brightness.
>
> Could this be because of a short?
>
> Thanks
Are all of the lights and sockets the same?
Have you tried switching or replacing the lights? You could, for
example, try switching lights 1 and 2 with lights 3 and 4. Actually,
you might want to try switch all of the 3 - 6 lights with the 1 and 2
lights.
What gauge of wire is used?
Is the gauge the same to all the lights?
Are the lights all wired in parallel?
What is the available voltage at each socket?
I think it could be possible, incidentally, that you could have a
partial short between lights 2 and 3. You could try running a jumper
cable (wire pair) from light number 2 to the rest of the lights. You
would have to disconnect the existing connection between 2 and 3 to do
this.
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