I have fitted a 3 lamp fitting, which should take 3 x 50w 12v halogen
bulbs, but only two will light=up and with three bulbs in place none
will light at all
can anyone help?

not a pro but sounds to me like the transformer has gone kaput
"sid" wrote in message
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I have fitted a 3 lamp fitting, which should take 3 x 50w 12v halogen
bulbs, but only two will light=up and with three bulbs in place none
will light at all
can anyone help?

On 13 Dec 2004 10:43:33 -0800, "sid" strung
together this:

I have fitted a 3 lamp fitting, which should take 3 x 50w 12v halogen
bulbs, but only two will light=up and with three bulbs in place none
will light at all
can anyone help?

Sounds like a knackered transformer.
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SJW
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Lurch wrote:
On 13 Dec 2004 10:43:33 -0800, "sid" strung
together this:

I have fitted a 3 lamp fitting, which should take 3 x 50w 12v halogen
bulbs, but only two will light=up and with three bulbs in place none
will light at all
can anyone help?

Sounds like a knackered transformer.

Or a somewhat clever transformer that closes itself down when
overloaded maybe. To the OP - what is the rating of the transformer?
(just tell us what's written on it if it doesn't make much sense to
you)

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Chris Green

In article ,
Lurch wrote:
I have fitted a 3 lamp fitting, which should take 3 x 50w 12v halogen
bulbs, but only two will light=up and with three bulbs in place none
will light at all
can anyone help?

Sounds like a knackered transformer.

Some older 'proper' transformers have internal fuses on the output.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:03:52 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
strung together this:

Some older 'proper' transformers have internal fuses on the output.

Which would blow once and then never work again. Could be a
auto-resetting thermal cutout I suppose.
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article ,
Lurch wrote:
I have fitted a 3 lamp fitting, which should take 3 x 50w 12v halogen
bulbs, but only two will light=up and with three bulbs in place none
will light at all
can anyone help?

Sounds like a knackered transformer.

Some older 'proper' transformers have internal fuses on the output.

Yes, but fuses don't normally reset themselves as this one seems to be
doing.

--
Chris Green

In article ,
wrote:
Sounds like a knackered transformer.

Some older 'proper' transformers have internal fuses on the output.

Yes, but fuses don't normally reset themselves as this one seems to be
doing.

Troo. ;-)

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Dave Plowman London SW
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wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Lurch wrote:

I have fitted a 3 lamp fitting, which should take 3 x 50w 12v halogen
bulbs, but only two will light=up and with three bulbs in place none
will light at all
can anyone help?

Sounds like a knackered transformer.

Some older 'proper' transformers have internal fuses on the output.


Yes, but fuses don't normally reset themselves as this one seems to be
doing.


Raychem Polyswitch.

http://www.circuitprotection.com/