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Outdoor lighting quandry
#18777374 - 08/30/13 01:39 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Any outdoor lighting experts? About 6 months ago I had a landscaper install low voltage lighting in my front yard. All was fine until a couple days ago when my wife noticed that the lamps were too hot to touch. I inspected and found that the fixtures seem to be getting burned and/or melting. We have 6 and they're all doing the same thing. It seems that the bulbs create too much heat for the fixtures. It doesn't make sense - why would they use plastic around such a hot bulb? I believe that the lamps are made by Kichler, this looks like the same lamps: http://www.kichler.com/products/product/landscape-retrofit-(... Here are two pics, one of the fixture with the top of the lamp removed and one of the bulb inside. I hope someone can offer advice! At this rate they're all going to melt!

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cpw1971
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Re: Outdoor lighting quandry [Re: Universe]
#18852527 - 09/17/13 06:50 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Wow I would call the installer ASAP
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adamrobinson
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Re: Outdoor lighting quandry [Re: cpw1971]
#18884252 - 09/24/13 10:24 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Call to your bulb installer because I have also set up this type of bulb in my home..I will replace this bulb soon!!
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PatioPotato
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Re: Outdoor lighting quandry [Re: Universe]
#18914184 - 10/01/13 01:10 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I definitely agree with the others. Call the company or landscaper who installed those lights. Those are hazards. True, if the bulbs were low wattage they shouldn't have overheated or melted the plastic.
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idiotek


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Re: Outdoor lighting quandry [Re: Universe]
#19002737 - 10/20/13 05:22 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Those little low voltage halogen bulbs get hot despite being low wattage. Just be careful with that stuff.
I would first compare the wattage of the bulbs with the wattage rating of the transformer and make sure everything was properly sized. If they are not sized correctly, you should be wary of any work that particular contractor has done for you. Otherwise, I'd ask your contractor to honor his work and fix/replace the lighting with more adequate fixtures. I've never seen those style lights, actually. Seems like cut rate materials intended to save a buck.
Edited by idiotek (10/20/13 05:28 AM)
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