How to Test Low Voltage Outdoor Lighting | Michigan Outdoor Lighting Expert
How to Test Low Voltage Outdoor Lighting
Lighting up your garden always gives a pleasant ambiance; it is needed to bring a quality experience to your backyard.
Low Voltage lighting is often chosen as the most preferred way of decorating your gardens.
All your fixtures must be getting the proper voltage, lack of which may lead to improper functioning of your landscape lighting system.
Key issues that any landscape lighting system may exhibit are one fixture not lighting up, all lights are dim, the whole system is intermittent, Lights do not turn on/off as expected.
1. One Fixture is Not Lighting Up
Check for the failed bulb, and this can be quickly checked by swapping the bulb with a fixture that is working properly. If the bulb is intact and working properly, the next step would be to test the voltage, and for you would need to get your hands-on voltmeter.
2. Fixtures are Dim
If your lights are getting dimmer as you go further away from the transformer, the issue is related to voltage drop, usually, an issue is prominent with daisy chain installation. If all the fixtures are dim check for the mainline voltage, to be certain of the root cause you would need a voltmeter, so to troubleshoot a landscape lighting system, the voltmeter is a very basic tool that you would require.
3. Lights running All Day
The root cause of this issue is at the transformer, most of the transformers have photocell attached to them, which are most of the time the main contributor to this issue. A photocell works with light i.e. the circuit would be open during the day when there is sunlight, thus keeping you landscape lighting off.
4. Check with the Transformer
It is better to have a check with the transformer of your low voltage lighting system. Check for any obstruction to the photosensor, is it blocked by landscape overgrowth, over covered by dust or other debris, clean the photocell and that should resolve the issue.
5. The intermittent or flickering landscape lighting system
There are 2 main issues reasons for this behavior: Loose connection or wire load leading to getting the wire too hot and melting.
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