So , I'm doing a garden lighting job , about £800 quids worth of good quality fittings .
All LEDs . Stainless steel . Job divided into three , step lights flush in brick wall .....Pergola lights .....Spike lights via a dusk photocell / run on timer. and 3 gang switch . 3 seperate drivers.
By luck I noticed in the catalogue that all lights to be wired in series , all fittings have been tested & will not be replaced due to wrong wiring . I would have wired them in parallel TBH had I not seen that & ******** the lot up . So each driver powers 1 - 6 lights in series.
Worked out because of the layout , quite a few IP joint boxes so careful to connect in series, switch on , Spikes all working ........ only one step light & one pergola light working . Mild panic setting in , :_| if I ******** them we will have to replace them at high cost .
Long story short .... the fittings are (+) (-) sensitive but wiring in series we just seried then up as you would , say , the tamper loop on an alarm. Wrong!!. Must be looped red in ...black back & out on red back on black out on red etc .
Rehash two joint boxes & all working
Just not concentrating
All LEDs . Stainless steel . Job divided into three , step lights flush in brick wall .....Pergola lights .....Spike lights via a dusk photocell / run on timer. and 3 gang switch . 3 seperate drivers.
By luck I noticed in the catalogue that all lights to be wired in series , all fittings have been tested & will not be replaced due to wrong wiring . I would have wired them in parallel TBH had I not seen that & ******** the lot up . So each driver powers 1 - 6 lights in series.
Worked out because of the layout , quite a few IP joint boxes so careful to connect in series, switch on , Spikes all working ........ only one step light & one pergola light working . Mild panic setting in , :_| if I ******** them we will have to replace them at high cost .
Long story short .... the fittings are (+) (-) sensitive but wiring in series we just seried then up as you would , say , the tamper loop on an alarm. Wrong!!. Must be looped red in ...black back & out on red back on black out on red etc .
Rehash two joint boxes & all working
Just not concentrating