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Install Low Voltage Landscape Lighting Transformer. Low voltage lighting uses a transformer to reduce normal 120 volt lines to a lower voltage. 1272021 As the name suggests the low voltage transformers are the step-down type of transfers that are usually installed outside homes and offices to control landscape lighting. The transformer converts the power to low voltage and can control when the lights power on and off. This manual will take you through fixture choice bulb selection wire sizing fixture installation using the hub method transformer selection and a reference section.
Heath picked out a system that has a photocell that plugs into it. Add together the combined wattage of your individual lights for example 5 lights each using 20 watts 5 x 20 100. The low voltage transformers support added load of different types of decorative lights as well as many external electrical components. So here are our finished low voltage outdoor lights. Make sure the transformer is at least one foot about ground and within one foot of the ground-fault circuit-interrupter GFCI outlet. This is another good reason to use LED lights as they use far fewer watts than halogen.
Well use a 300W multi-tap transformer but the installation would be effectively the same for VOLT.
That way the lights come on at dusk and off at dawn. X Multiply that total by 15 100 x 15 150. The most common low voltage landscape lighting transformers reduce the voltage to 12 volts which is what we used. The transformer converts the power to low voltage and can control when the lights power on and off. Mount the transformer on a post or stake or on the exterior of your house. 1062020 It will likely be in a position to provide you with further tools like conductive tape screwdrivers wire nuts etc.
