<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by SamIV</i>
<br />As BSME suggested, don't bother running your wire in conduit. This will only make you job harder. Remember, it is only 12 volts or less. Lighting is designed very similar to irrigation. All zones as you might call them sould be center fed or looped or use hub method. No daisy chaining. Only use 80% of transformer rating. Wire sizing similar to pipe sizing. The larger the wire, the longer runs you can have, higher amp ratings, less resistance (less voltage drops). All circuts or zones, the number of fixtures can't exceed amp or watt ratings depending on what lamp you use. Just like irrigation, you can only put so many heads per zone due to the amount of water that will flow through the pipe and what nozzles you use. Lighting alows you to be more creative in landscaping and is very profitable. I can install an average $3500.00 system in one and a half days to two days max and be much more profitable than a $3500.00 irrigation job. Irrigation installation is much more labor intensive. I still do more irrigation installs though.
SamIV
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Woah, Thanks for the info. Didn't know a lighting install could cost that much. Aren't you guys scared of the wiring getting cut though from spades e.t.c.? Also, Can i hook a transformer up directly to it's own controller as well or even to my existing one. Sorry, i'm still new at this stuff. Thanks again for any info.