This may be a dumb question, but I am gonna ask anyway just to make sure. The description says "Compatible with 12V lighting systems". I have a 12 gauge wire pre-installed, can I hook this pathlights directly to my existing wires? Do I need to change...
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The wire is probably OK as long as it is stranded copper like lamp cord wire as these lamps use snap connectors. Your transformer will dictate how many lights you can put on the circuit. If you have a 300 watt 12 volt transformer you could put 30 10 watt lamps on the circuit as long as your run is not too long. Bulb changes should not be required.
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Robert, Others have responded, as to the base type, my concern would be that these are probably 12V DC and your path lights are probably 12V AC. I do not know if these have reverse voltage protection. You would probably have to ask the MFG.
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I have answered this to another potential buyer, here are my findings: I will speak from my experience. NOTE: THIS IS NOT A MANUFACTURER SUPPORTED OR RECOMMENDED MODE OF OPERATION!! MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!! I had the same problem: existing 12VDC with inline wireless dimmer. I checked the construction of the lamps, they are built simply as 4 1W LED's in series, without a current limiter or constant current source. I measured the voltage of the white adapter (~12V) and the current (~250ma). These measurement are consistent with an earlier measurement made on this type of LED (3,3-3,5V forward voltage). Considering the above observations, I used 3 of these LED lamps without the white converter, in parallel, fed by my existing 12V 5A power supply: current consumption ~0.5A yielding a total power of 6W for 3 lamps. It was clear to me that this will work well in my setup, more so when after adding my 12-24 wireless LED controller in series with the lamps (my wife prefers to dim the LEDs to 40%). Bottom line: works perfectly without the white converter, using my 12VDC power supply and the inexpensive wireless LED dimmers available on line. Also: the light hue is a perfect match to the incandescent bulbs they replace, without the greenish tint of some earlier white LEDs. Will update in a few months.
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This lights and the way they are design will not meet NEC. Article 300.15, 'a box should be install at any junction or connection point'.If you just cut a hole and make connections(wire nuts or push in connectors) you even risk the chances to set your house in fire if anything goes bad with this units.PVC and/or metal boxes should be used. I'm just making a suggestion. I ordered one just to look at the design and I would rather buy a different fixture.
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These are 12v lights so you should only have 2 wires you can connect to. It does not matter which color you connect to which wire, as long as it is only 12v.
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I can only explain my own experience. Each of the track light fixtures that I install these MR16 LED lights in have their own individual 12V power supply as my track is wired to a 120 V line. I simply replaced the existing lamps with the LED ones and they worked fine. Light output is at least equal or greater than the ones I replaced. I can't comment on the dimmer and I do not use one. FYI, before I order the six LED box, I ordered one LED lamp and used it to ensure that it would work in my set-up.
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Like David Ishmael said, wire them in parallel. I have two of these connected to one light and it works as expected. Be prepared for a bit of work to get these in and looking good. I think the time and effort was worth it.
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Thanks for the question. Normally yes. However, your fixture (all low voltage fixtures) has a transformer built in that also needs to be compatible as well.
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Sorry I dont know the specifics but I had my contract install these, twice. He purchased extra low voltage wire so we could expand it and we added addt'l individual lights from the manufacturer from Home Depot to add to the system. So I know it can be done and according to him pretty simple. These have worked out really well for us.
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Yes. I have done exactly that by replacing the two flood light fixtures (on a standard motion sensor light kit) with two of these LEDs. It works perfectly. Just pay Attention to the wiring!! and do one side at a time. :)When motion sensors trigger they simply send 120v (in USA) to the existing flood light sockets so that the bulbs light up.These particular LEDs can handle anywhere from 80v all the way up to 240v if I recall correctly.So make sure you hook them up on the two wires going directly to the old socket connectors and you will be fine.
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Depends on if you want to run in series or parallel. I would recommend grounding them independent and using your current 12v "positive" wire to power them. Take the "hot" wire from your current light bar and splice the positive wire from these into it. If you're unsure which one is positive touch both leads to your battery they only work one way.
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Yes. i lived in the UK for a bit, understand your voltage / power system. This is a very straight forward wiring device (as most lights are) Ground wire, power and neutral. The lights work great.
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Good day, I purchased some of this model LED tube from this particular company and the tubes work well. Realize that LED fixtures are NOT compatible with fluorescent ballasts, so you cannot plug them directly into a pre-existing fixture. The ballast must be removed or you may "hot wire" them around the ballast. Different manufacturers wire differently. There are four prongs: two on each end. You only need two of those prongs. Either the two on one end or the same two on opposite ends. I am currently on the road, so I cannot look at this particular tube to tell you how to wire it, but if you say you have "hot-wired" and it works, you have picked the correct wiring configuration. Yes, it is wired directly, no ballast. That's the way LEDs work. Hopefully this message has been some help or, at least, reassures you. Good luck. Bob
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yes you will need a 12volt supply. The terminals are bare wire clamp ons so you shouldn't need any connecters. This is for single color LEDS not RGB version of LEDS.
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On mine, there were two solid colored wires (blue & brown?), and one (yellow) with a stripe. When I opened the back of the light, I found that the striped wire just ended and was not connected to anything. My guess is that they found 3-lead wire cheaper than 2 or 4-lead so that's what we get. The other two solid wires seem to work interchangeably as + or -, so they apparently added circuitry to make them idiot-proof. Short Answer: Striped wire: Not used Other two: Connect to 12V DC
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Supposidly you can w/some type of connector, but I read that some folks were having problems ,they didn't fit.There are so many brands you would have to buy the connector fron that particular co.I just hook each individual string to its on extention cord. The light show is so awesome, its worth the extra trouble. PS You don't need to pay extra for double sided. They are all double sided.
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I dont see why you cant.just hook up the positive and negative wire and you should be good to go.the led lights draw hardly any power.they are great lights and good people to deal with. Good luck