I was hoping to link 3 or 4 together. Will have them powered with the Intermatic ML200RT 200 Watt Low Voltage Lighting Transformer. Possible?
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If the details about this item are correct the "Power consumption is 24W" - so a 200 watt transformer should be more than what you need. I have 3 strings connected to a 150watt transformer, with no heat issues or tripping.
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I see no reason that wouldn't work. One end of the lights have a coax connector that plugs into a standard 12V adapter. The other end has two wires for connecting to another string. The second string would require removing the connector and connecting the wires to the first string. Each string will take about 20W so you have plenty of power for up to 10 strings. I would recommend soldering the wires, but that is not absolutely necessary if you make a good connection. One question - does that transformer put out AC or DC? The lights require DC.
1642896
with a bit of wiring that should work fine. You would just have to run your own wire instead of using one of those simple snap on connectors. Voltage wise you are set.
2090978
I have four of these transformers in my yard lighting system. Each is rated at 300 watts so you should be good. I run several systems almost right at 300 watts and they do fine. I did have one transformer timer fail after four years, but Intermatic replaced it within four days. Exceptional customer service!
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My understanding is that you can. They have to all plug into the power source and can not be daisy chained in a line one after the other. I want to use about five of them together and am going to try it soon. LEDwholesalers has not been very helpful answering how to get the color changing module in place so all of them will be the same color in unison. I think more than two would blow the color module but I'm not clear on that. I know you can put two together with a splitter though.
1974454
You can run them all on 12V it would just pull more current. Or you can clip them apart where each branch will run on 12V DC. It is very flexible toutilize and the entire array pulls less than 1A with all lamps on.
176775
I really don't know, but I would think it should work since I use it to power three 20-watt 12V AC bulbs. You are talking about using a total of only 12 watts, while my installation uses a total of 60 watts. Therefore, I'm pretty sure this transformer would easily handle your four 3-watt bulbs--as well as up to 16 more of them.
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2 will because there are only 2 connection the third will have to be connected to one of the other lights. I have them daisy chained.
1246366
they run of of 9v I use the basic radio shack power adapter with a universal socket and bought another socket to connect to the lights and everything is running fine with it. They ran fine with 20pc as well as with 8 so I could not imagine 4 not working.
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since they are only 1 watt each-you need a very small transformer. If you are planning to add additional lighting especially flood lights non-LED you will need to make sure your get one to be large enough to meet your current + future needs.
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Yes, you can add up to 2 more. If you upgrade to the LED bulbs, you can string up to 30 lights on the same 48 Watt transformer transformer. The Led bulbs only draw 1 Watt apiece and there is the resistance of the wire to consider. I added about 30 extra feet of wire and have strung together 24 lights on the same 48 Watt transformer and it works fine. Pretty Cool Set Up. Look for Zone Tech LED replacements for Malibu Landscape light 5 LED SMD SMT 194 T10 Wedge Base Warm White 12V DC/AC 1407WW (Pack of 8 sells for about ($9). I bought 3 packs of 8 on Amazon the same time I bought the Malibu Light set. A very good deal for the price. Good Luck with your project. Yes, you can add up to 2 more. If you upgrade to the LED bulbs, you can string up to 30 lights on the same 48 Watt transformer transformer. The Led bulbs only draw 1 Watt apiece and there is the resistance of the wire to consider. I added about 30 extra feet of wire and have strung together 24 lights on the same 48 Watt transformer and it works fine. Pretty Cool Set Up. Look for Zone Tech LED replacements for Malibu Landscape light 5 LED SMD SMT 194 T10 Wedge Base Warm White 12V DC/AC 1407WW (Pack of 8 sells for about ($9). I bought 3 packs of 8 on Amazon the same time I bought the Malibu... » Read More Yes, you can add up to 2 more. If you upgrade to the LED bulbs, you can string up to 30 lights on the same 48 Watt transformer transformer. The Led bulbs only draw 1 Watt apiece and there is the resistance of the wire to consider. I added about 30 extra feet of wire and have strung together 24 lights on the same 48 Watt transformer and it works fine. Pretty Cool Set Up. Look for Zone Tech LED replacements for Malibu Landscape light 5 LED SMD SMT 194 T10 Wedge Base Warm White 12V DC/AC 1407WW (Pack of 8 sells for about ($9). I bought 3 packs of 8 on Amazon the same time I bought the Malibu Light set. A very good deal for the price. Good Luck with your project. « Show Less
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You can use for more than one light as long as it does not exceed the manufacturers recommendations. If you are using 12 volt lights you MUST also use the Intermatic 120vAC to 12 vDC transformer.
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My lighting designer told me that it would not work with low voltage transformers. They suggested the Lutron Diva for that purpose, which is what I am using. I used these everywhere else in my house, though, and they work well. They're a little strange to wire, especially in 3-way and 4-way applications, so you need to have the wiring instructions handy when you're installing them. We also did use these with LED bulbs, and the dimming works funky with dimmable Cree LEDs. One light fixture had two Cree dimmable LED bulbs in it, and the light would not come on when set to a dimming position, when when "turned up" it would flash one of the bulbs on, and then finally the other one. We did not experience this problem with TCP LED halogen replacements, only with Cree standard dimmable LEDs.
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That depends on how much current draw each of your "panels" is. If the total current draw is greater than the safe output of this device than you need to get another transformer. If each of your "panels" is 12V and the current for each added together is less than 2.5A, than you would just wire the three "panels" in parallel.
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You can only connect two sets before they get dimmer.I tried to connect 2,3,4,5, or more sets together and after the 3rd set they became much dimmer and even dimmer as i kept adding more, they worked but got very dim.I plan on only connecting 2 sets together for one outlet.
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You can as many lights the transformer can handle. I added two spot lights to mine.
871425
Without making any electrical changes to the light, you won't be able to slave them together. I am almost certain though, that you can have multiple lights respond to a single remote. If the lights are physically close together you can probably have them all change at the same time with the single remote. If they are too far apart you will need to move the remote to point it at each light individually. For what it is worth, this is a great light for the money.
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You have to purchase two more power supplies for the 3 unit option. I assume that you want the three (or 4) individual 42 LED units to be separated and not linked in a chain. To operate 3 units separately you will have to purchase 2 more power supplies at $18/each. That would give you total control of the low and high power options as well as on/off for all three units.
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I have an electrical engineering degree but have changed career years ago. Unfortunately, technological knowledge has slipped. However, I gave some thought concerning any potential issue if I were to use a low voltage transformer (AC of course) to power these lights. I suppose powering them with with an AC transformer may cause more degradation and shorten the life of the bulbs but other than that, I could not come up with any reason on why they won't work. So, I bought eight to put into my two lamp posts and they seem to work fine with the transformer as a power source. I'm not sure if running the lights with a DC source would produce more lumens but with my transformer, four bulbs in one lamp post still seem dark, definitely not the claimed 75W equivalent (someone already claimed that he measured the power consumed to be less than 5W instead of 9W). However, for my purpose with the lamp posts being decorative, the lumens produced seem adequate as I do have other light sources, if needed. Concerning your question of will they last, I don't expect the degradation to cut the life of the bulb by half but have no data to back up my claim.