Lighting, Light Fixtures, Ceiling and Exhaust Fans - Low voltage undercabinet lighting
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pandreoli
04-17-05, 09:50 AM
I purchased Westek LV accent lights "pucks" and the connection blocks, 150 electronic transformer and a electronic LV dimmer, I installed all the lights ran the wiring up inbetween my cabinets and made the connections on the top of the cabinets, connnected the low voltage lines to secondary on the transformer and the primary to the 110 lines . i cant seem to get the lights to work, i checked the transformer by using only 1 light and touching the feed with the line to the transformer and the light came on, however when i connected all six lights it wouldnt work, What could wrong or not connected properly?
pandreoli
04-17-05, 01:45 PM
I posted earlier and I would like to revise my question from an install to a trouble shooting question . How can i check the installation of the LV pucks from connecting them to the power block connecters to the transformer down to the dimmer?
joed
04-17-05, 04:14 PM
Tell us the problem. We can then give you some guidance as to what to check.
pandreoli
04-17-05, 06:07 PM
After I connected the LV Halogen pucks to the power blocks with the extension connectors, I wire twisted the low voltage leads to the 12 v side of the transformer and the 110 v to the primary leads, i also installed a low voltage electronic dimmer . After i turn the circuit back , i cant seem to get the lights to turn on. I checked the power to the switch and to the work box above the cabinet and it has power. Why wont they work?
John Nelson
04-17-05, 07:38 PM
Divide and conquer. Start by removing the low voltage dimmer and just direct-wire it.
pandreoli
04-17-05, 08:34 PM
I have removed the LV dimmer and direct connected the power to the transformer and still had no luck with the lights working, could the power block connectors be faulty or could 1 of the lv pucks be bad causing the rest not to work?