Guest guest Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 I was wondering if an LOR controller can be used to control low voltage landscape lighting. We are doing some work around the home and one of the things the wife wanted me to do (last year) was to put up some landscape lighting (have had sitting for a year). Well now that I have LOR of course I have some other thought as to what I may be able to use these for.I know that I can just plug the whole converter into a controller but is there a I can plug each individual light to seprate LOR channels or would I need a converter for each light then? Obviously if thats the case it may just become to expensive to even think about.Any thoughts? Has this been done before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Hi JR V,This is only from what i have picked up around here as i am planning to do a similiar thing with low voltage lighting.You can just run them straight off a LOR channel but you cannot fade them or do any fast flashing with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 adcuz wrote: You can just run them straight off a LOR channel but you cannot fade them or do any fast flashing with them.But make sure you don't have the 110v going thru the LOR because that's the voltage that will go out to the low voltage lights. If I remember right, one side needs the 110v to operate the chips and stuff but the other side of the board (on a 16 channel controller) I believe you can hook up a lower voltage and use it for the lights (I not 100% sure on this). You might ask Dan.Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 The "low voltage" still needs to be AC however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Santas Helper wrote: .........If I remember right, one side needs the 110v to operate the chips and stuff but the other side of the board (on a 16 channel controller) I believe you can hook up a lower voltage and use it for the lights (I not 100% sure on this). You might ask Dan.TomI believe, As Tom said, one side of the 16 channel board must be the High Voltage (110V) the other side can be the LV. Many of the guys here in OZ (and I'm sure the UK) Use one side for HV (240) and the other for LV (12-36V).I also recall (while doing my research on what to buy) there is a jumper on the board that can link the two sides together to work off the one supply. Make sure that is NOT connected.Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 JR V wrote: I was wondering if an LOR controller can be used to control low voltage landscape lighting. Hi JR, take a look at this threadhttp://planetchristmas.mywowbb.com/view_topic.php?id=6345&forum_id=25I think it covers what you want.Good luck.Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Low voltage lights are usually DC and use a 120V converter making this kind of unpractical. You would need a converter for every light that is controller seperately....ZacP.S. Correct me if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Is this true? I know the malibu lights are low voltage AC. Figured it was just a cost thing with them...why convert to DC if you dont have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Here in OZ most of our currently available LV lights are 24VAC & 36VAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Oh ok, they must be AC but I have seen some DC I think so check your lights out before you decide to run with this.Zac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 OK people,Further to my post on Sunday concerning LV & LOR. This afternoon I have confirmed that we can connect the output of a LV transformer to the LEFT-HAND-SIDE of the LOR board i.e. channels 1-8 . The "hot" and "neutral" links [glow=red]MUST BE REMOVED [/glow] The RIGHT-HAND-SIDE must be fed with your regular line voltage, 220v ac in my case for the board to workSo, in my test case I had 3 x 20W 12v spot-lamps wired to channels 1 - 3 and a couple of odd lengths of 220v ropelight wired to channels 9 & 10. 220v ac supply wired to right hand input and the output of a 12v ac transformer wired to left hand input with [glow=red]LINKS REMOVED[/glow]All works a treat, bearing in mind the remarks from Dan in the original post which I pointed to.Enjoy!Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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