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Landscape lighting bulbs burn out prematurely
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:44:47 -0800, Ike
wrote: We have Malibu landscape lighting and the bulbs burn out after only about two months of service. They are very bright compared to my neighbor's Malibu lights and he only replaces bulbs about once a year. When the landscapers installed our lights they did not use the wiring that came with the set. Instead, they used their own wiring which is a much larger gauge resulting in less voltage drop by the time the current reaches the lights. Bigger wires have advantages, but I don't think there should be any measureable voltage drop even with your neighbor's smaller wires. Your neighbor's certainly wouldn't have been designed to work that way. I am sure they thought they were doing me a favor, but their generosity appears to have worked against the life of the bulbs. Is there a simple solution to drop the voltage enough so these bulbs don't burn so hot? Would a standard light dimmer for 120 VAC work to adjust the 12 VDC voltage? Remove NOPSAM to email me. Please let me know if you have posted also. |
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