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Roger Mills
 
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Default Can you wire a 12v transfomer into a lighting circuit?

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
htmark98 wrote:

Thanks for the help so far guys.

Here is a picture of it on the website

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3349/7011box6wg.jpg

have loads spare on the circuit as only 2 lights on a 6amp mcb.

All i can find is it's a 12v transformer. Like i said havent got
access to sockets outside and would like these to run with my decking
post lights if i can and control them from outside.


The transformer looks like the type designed to plug into a 13A socket. Does
it have 3 pins on the back like a 13A plug? If so, it should really be
plugged into a power outlet. You could, of course, wire a 13A trailing
socket into a lighting circuit, and plug it into that - but that would be
potentially unsafe, and probably illegal - because some fool might
subsequently plug an electric kettle into it. If you *really* want to do
that, tape it up so that it can't be unplugged, and hide it away in the
roofspace or somewhere.

The alternative is to buy a different transformer which has a mains lead
rather than a moulded plug on it.

Have you actually bought it? There is some inf on the transformer (which I
can't read from the image you posted) which almost certainly specifies the
input and output voltages and currents. What does it say?
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Cheers,
Roger
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