Does anybody have any advice on how to wire two of these in parallel? It seems the type of connectors limit this.
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purchase these blank connectors from radio shack and solder wires to connectors Go ( + to + ) Go ( - to -) Parallel connection established.
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There are several ways to do this. For a parallel connection: The absolute rule is that positive (+) goes to positive and negative (-) goes to negative. The easiest way to wire them in parallel is to make two pigtails for each battery. Use wire no smaller than #16 gauge stranded, #14 would be best. Having two colors, preferably red for + and black for - will help you keep things in order. Buy four female and two male insulated quick-disconnect (fast-on) crimp terminals of the right size to fit the battery terminals. These are 0.25-inch terminals. Radio Shack 64-3049 has a kit of four of each. Crimp a female terminal to just one end of each pigtail. Skin and twist together the other end of the two black wires and crimp one female terminal to them. Do the same for the red wires. Plug negative male connector from your load to the black wires. Do the same with the red wire. Use electrical tape to cover each connection. Plug the black pigtails to the battery negatives. Plug the red pigtails to the battery positives.
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hey thanks for the reply. Do I need to buy another cable to make the connection ?
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My first inclination is to recommend checking the two adapters by placing them on the same circuit in the house to see if they sync up - most likely two outlets on the same wall will be on the same circuit. If they sync up on some outlets but not others, the most likely problem is that there are too many circuits between them. The more electrical circuits the data from the adapters has to cross, the worse the signal will be and could cause the two adapters to not recognize one another.
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Hello Jason, I know I cut off both connections and hard wired them together. i have a different use than you. Mine is for a snowman from home depot. Radio Shack has power adapters. their adapter did not work for me. These work fine for me. good luck.
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Two conductor wire will work OK.However to be code compliant you should use two conductor AND a ground wire>
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I think that you will have to wire them parallel. Each light has it's own transformer built in. Make sure that your dimmer can carry the load. Take note, I have never done this, but I am an experienced electrician. I would try parallel.
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Well your kind of lucky because I just realized both of mine are wired like that. I followed the wiring instructions and I seem to have the same problem. Something is backwards and coincidentally I was going to look into it today. I really thought I had it right the first time around. Oh well. If you find the answer let me know , I'll do the same. Autophotag@yahoo.com.
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I think they have to be on the same circuit. Best way to make sure is buy one at a local store and try it out. If it works return it and buy online if you can find a better deal.
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In my first answer I was only looking at the voltage and current. The other issue will be the connector. Be sure that the connectors are the same.
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Hey Angry... They connect to one another with the goofy and cumbersome round plug that is built in. It works fine as long as you don't mind looking at the big, goofy connector. Hope this helps.
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We've got the same issue here. We're thinking that it's a cabling problem and continue to search for the answer. Please post any solutions! Best!
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You could have them both connected to the same battery. Each has its own controller.I do not know if you can wire them for any configuration other than 12v....
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None ... Use an in-line signal amplifier somewhere in the middle (power is required at that point) and Power either end with the other output lead.
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I used 2 110 breakers that are next to each other a black wire in each one, white wire to ground. You can use a dedicated 240 breaker if you wantbut 2 110 breakers next to each other will do the same thing. I called the seller and that the way he said to hook it up.Jay Trumbojt61@hotmail.com
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I had to have one fabricated by a local shop. While the connectors are not in themselves generic, the combination is unusual and I couldn't find one online. I noted that one of the other answers said something about the company being good about answering. This has not been my experience at all.
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Only 2 wires are conected inside One wire is sniped short that wire you won't use the other 2 you can hook up anyway you want as it is ac I hope this helped good luck
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I had 4 hooked up at first, but I got rid of 1 & now I have 3. I used a splitter to get more than 2. Hope this helps.