I am a little stumped here and looking for help please.
I will provide all the details I can.
I bought lights similar to these ones but from Costco - http://www.homedepot.ca/product/led-dec ... hts/914418
Each box has 8 lights and a transformer. The transformer is rated as 12V 0.5A output. According to the link above, the LED lights are 2x0.07W per fixture.
One one side of the fence i have run in series 36 lights which would be a total of 5.04W.
On the other fence (opposite), I have run 20 lights which would be a total of 2.8W.
My questions:
1. I have run the lights in series. Is that ok?
2. Seeing that the transformers that came with the lights goes up to 6W, can I just use one transformer per run even though they gave one transformer per 8 lights? One run has 36 lights and the other has 20. I still have another 50 lights I want to install.
3. I also bought this transformer from Home Depot - http://www.homedepot.ca/product/12v-600 ... als/914408. It is a 12V 600W transformer. Should I use this instead?
4. If I use the 600W transformer, would the lights just draw the power they need or would they be over powered?
Would appreciate all help to get these set up correctly. The reason I bought the 600W transformer was for future landscape lighting as I need to add lights in flower beds. My fence lights were just the start of the project.
Some pics to show how I have installed these and pics of the transformer and boxes.
I will provide all the details I can.
I bought lights similar to these ones but from Costco - http://www.homedepot.ca/product/led-dec ... hts/914418
Each box has 8 lights and a transformer. The transformer is rated as 12V 0.5A output. According to the link above, the LED lights are 2x0.07W per fixture.
One one side of the fence i have run in series 36 lights which would be a total of 5.04W.
On the other fence (opposite), I have run 20 lights which would be a total of 2.8W.
My questions:
1. I have run the lights in series. Is that ok?
2. Seeing that the transformers that came with the lights goes up to 6W, can I just use one transformer per run even though they gave one transformer per 8 lights? One run has 36 lights and the other has 20. I still have another 50 lights I want to install.
3. I also bought this transformer from Home Depot - http://www.homedepot.ca/product/12v-600 ... als/914408. It is a 12V 600W transformer. Should I use this instead?
4. If I use the 600W transformer, would the lights just draw the power they need or would they be over powered?
Would appreciate all help to get these set up correctly. The reason I bought the 600W transformer was for future landscape lighting as I need to add lights in flower beds. My fence lights were just the start of the project.
Some pics to show how I have installed these and pics of the transformer and boxes.