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Then of course there is the transformer itself. All transformers will produce heat since they are creating friction. A quality transformer with good windings and insulation will be much better than a black plastic container. We NEVER use the products you are using and only use professional grade outdoor lighting fixtures, transformers, wire and connectors. We calculate every part of the project to insure proper transformer sizing and controls.

I have a Kichler outdoor lighting system. After a year of no issues, one of the transformers has 2 circuits. One has not started to trip. I can reset the switch and within the next 20 minutes or so it trips again.

The other works fine. I have not done anything to the system and not had any new hole dug. Is there a short or other that might be the cause? Hello Mark. Is this a halogen or LED system? Did you install the system yourself or did you have someone else do the project? If you did do it yourself, did you use the provided pierce-point connectors or did you use another connection method? By answering these questions you will greatly help me to help you.

I had a low voltage landscape lighting system professionally installed, using contractor-grade equipment. For a year or two, the system functioned reasonably well. For some time, now, I have noticed bulbs burning out at an alarming rate. Not all of them. Some seem not to be affected by this recent problem. But when I replace the burned out bulbs, the new ones seem to burn out in a very short time days or a few weeks. Usually 2 years is the point at which all halogen lamps should be replaced at the same time.

Halogen lamps usually only last a couple of years and when a few go out, the rest are not far behind. When a lamp does go out it allows more voltage to flow to other lamps which usually means they are becoming over volted and will burn out quickly. Halogen lamps work best between Professional series low voltage transformers may have voltages of 15 or even 22 volts to compensate for voltage drop on a system. You can do a couple of things here. First, you can relamp your entire system at the same time, making sure you use the same wattage light bulbs that were originally installed.

I would then suggest that you lower the voltage taps for each of your wires in the transformer to cut the amount of voltage going to each light by 1 volt which will really extend the life of the light bulbs lamps. They may not seem as bright however on those lower voltage taps. One other thing you could do would be to convert the system to LED which would eliminate all of the problems you are having since they operate in much larger voltage ranges.

I hope this helps. Hey, I had a lamp go out and I thought it was the bulb. I replaced the bulb and then realized the wire had come apart from the lead line. I cut some wires to get a better connection when putting back together with wire nuts and now not only does that one not come on-none of them come on!

There are about 8 lamps in this particular garden. There is power at the box, timer is working, but no lamps cut on????? Help-I thought it was an easy fix, but now no lights cut on……….

Hello Matt. You should have the lead wire coming to the fixture in question, the wires for the fixture itself and then the wire leading to the other fixtures. Try making the new connection by keeping all of the ridged wires together and all of the smooth wires together. Also be sure to tug on the wires once your connection is made to insure that everything it tight. Let me know if this works. First thanks for the replies to all the questions! Now I have a problem and hope you can supply some feedback.

Yesterday the lights did not come on, I have the transformer in manual mode and the sensor is covered. It still shows manual mode but the lights will not turn on. Any idea why and what suggestions do you have that may lead me to a solution? First, do you have a volt meter?

If so, turn your transformer on and check the voltage coming out of the secondary where your low voltage wires are hooked up. See if any voltage comes out when the transformer turns on. If no voltage is coming out, check to see if there is a reset switch on your transformer. Some of them do and some do not but if yours does, go ahead and reset it. If you have no voltage coming out at all and your reset is fine, your controller or transformer itself has been damaged by your earlier problems and needs to be replaced.

If so, I recommend stepping up to a professional grade transformer which can usually be purchased at a local irrigation supply house. Good luck and let me know how it goes. I have a Malibu Starlight set from Home Depot. It has 2 spot lights and 8 path lights. They go down one side of my stairs and back up the other, with a spot light at the end of the run down and another on the run back.

All the lights are on the same wire. Imagine a horseshoe with the transformer on the lower right, lights going up to the top of the horseshoe, where one spot light resides and path lights going back down the other side with a spotlight on the lower left hand side. Got it? Transformer is installed correctly however only the two spot lights and one of the path lights, the last one in the line, illuminate.

I have changed the connectors, checked the bulbs, and still nothing. I am out of ideas. Thanks for any assistance or troubleshooting technique I should use. Hello Keith, do you have a volt meter? You need to check the voltage at the light sockets at each fixture that is not working to make sure they have the proper voltage. If they do, replace the lamps which may have been bad, right out of the package. I recently replaced a analog timer that stopped working due to ants.

I have 88 watts of lights on the string. I set it to go off 7 hours after sunset. I am not sure if the lights come on at dusk and then give the error code or whether they do not come on at dusk because of the code. This is intermittent in nature. We have had it happen on some nights and not others. I unplug the plug from the outlet and wait 10 seconds and replug the transformer in and the lights will work fine. When I put it on manual lights work fine.

This seems to only happen when using the automatic on setting. Do you have any ideas that might help? Hello Stephen. One thing I can say is that at 88 watts, your watt transformer is overloaded and that may very well be the problem.

By unplugging and replugging you might be resetting it until it feels overloaded again. You also have to take into consideration other things in the system that take up load like the wire itself. If your system is LED, you have volt amps to deal with as well. Just some things to consider and I wish you luck. I have a W portfolio Transformer. I can switch to manual mode and lights work fine.

There is no external photo eye. What can it be? Hello Jim. There is usually a photocell and timer on those transformers but not always. I see a lot of good feedback on this site. I am looking into LED uplighting on the house. I expect anywhere from 6 to 8 10W wall washes. I want to put it on a W transformer to allow for a few extra path lights. Question 1: Is there a specific type of transformers for LED or will all transformers work? Question 2: Is it safe to go with a W transformer with such a low load anticipating that I may add some lights in the future?.

Hello David. Thank YOU for your feedback and questions. I actually have a question for you. What color is your home? The reason being is that a 10 watt LED fixture sounds like it may be too bright, depending on the lumen output of the fixture. Light colors reflect light while dark colors absorb light. You may want to do a little experiment before you actually dive into the 10 watt products.

Now for your questions. There are some specific transformers out there but generally, you do not need a special transformer for low voltage LED landscape lighting. As for transformer size, if you do go with 10 watt fixtures on your home, then go with the larger watt transformer.

I hope this was helpful to you and good luck with your project. Thank you for the feedback Paul. I am of the same opinion. It is a lighter brick and stone, so 10W may be too much. I was planning on getting several wattages and seeing the best fit. Thanks again! They were working just fine prior to the wire change. The transformer is the same as before the wire change watts , no issues. I checked the bulbs on the non-working lights and they are ok. The connectors are the cheap squeeze, poke in the wire method.

I tried several times to clean the connectors and re-install with no luck. Also, is it possible to use both 12 gauge and 16 gauge wire on the same line? The first feet would be 12 gauge wire and last 20 feet would be the 16 gauge. There would be two lights connected to the 16 gauge wire. Transformer is the same watt unit as mentioned above.

Thanks for your help! The problem is in your connections. You need to take all of those pierce-point connectors out and instead use gel-filled wire nuts which are not perfect but they are times better than what you have. The metal that is trying to pierce the wire jacket is probably not long enough to get good contact on the new 12 gauge wire.

I hope this helps you out. Thanks Paul! The reason to use the 16 gauge is due to the final 20 feet go under a walkway and would take a bit of time to swap out with new 12 gauge wire. There would be two lights connected to this 16 gauge wire. You are very welcome Chris.

Take the extra time and replace all of the wire anyway because it has holes in the jacket that will allow for wicking and corrosion. Hope this helps. Hi Paul, thanks for your great help! I swapped out the cheap connectors, using your advice with water proof nut connectors and that did the trick. I made a mistake on the transformer wattage. I thought it was watts, but turns out only watts. Right now only 5 lights hooked up.

With the 12 gauge wire, really makes a difference on the lighting brightness, no more dimming effect. Thanks again!! My transformer is about a year old and has worked fine. It is now making a clunk sound about every thirty seconds. It just keeps clunking. It is a volt professional meter. Thanks for any help. Hello Candace. There are a couple of things it could be.

My first thought is that you have this system on a photo cell and there is a light nearby that is causing the transformer to turn off and then the light goes out.

If it is a stainless steel professional grade unit, it might be under warranty. Call your installer and have them take care of the warranty for you. I hope this information helps. Hi Paul, In I installed a DIY Malibu 2-line 2 transformers landscape light system consisting of 16 total low voltage post-style and spotlight fixtures.

Since then I have had to replace 4 of the transformers! When replacing the fixtures I switched over and now currently have all watt LED fixtures with a total load of about watts max on the 2 lines. I now need to replace a transformer yet again! Thank you SO much for your help and troubleshooting advice!!

Hello Darlene. Good luck. Thank you Paul for your quick reply! So if I hear you correctly, you feel my load is not too low for a watt transformer. Is there such a thing as having too small a wattage load on a transformer? Thanks again for your help!

I very much enjoyed looking thru you beautiful photo gallery of your wonderful work! I wish I was close to Texas to come see them in person! Some electronic transformers require a minimum load but your transformer is magnetic and does not have a minimum load requirement. LED lights usually have a wider voltage range for operation which is usually between 9 and 15 volts. Your transformer does not put out more than 13 volts so you should not have any issues.

Hello, I recently had 4 outdoor led lights professionally installed and they have had to replace the transformer 3 times thinking they were faulty.

Hello Jerry. Do you know what kind of transformer it is magnetic or electronic? It could also be the control mechanism? Does it have a built-in controller or is it a plug-in controller? The timer controller? If the fuse is not blown, remove the timer and plug the internal plug straight into the internal outlet and see of all of the lights come on. If they do, then you need a new timer.

I have a professionally installed low voltage halogen system since Recently a GU5. Several months later the light stopped working.

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