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   Message 935 of 2,576   
   Vaughn to Anon   
   Re: Low-Power Solar?   
   31 Jan 12 18:49:40   
   
   From: vaughnsimon@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/31/2012 3:55 PM, Anon wrote:   
   > "vaughn"  wrote in message   
   > news:jfq9pa$j14$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   >> Another possibility:  Forget the NEC, forget the expensive solar power.   
   >> Do everything in 12 VDC, but power it from the grid by running "Malibu"   
   >> landscape lighting cable out to your shed.  Connect cable to a 12 volt DC   
   >> power supply. Malibu cable is available at any Home Depot.   I've been   
   >> using the stuff for my 12 Volt outside lights for years now (which are   
   >> powered by my solar power system, but that's another thread.)   
   >>   
   >> Vaughn.   
   >>   
   >   
   > If you do go with this suggestion, be aware that many landscape lighting   
   > transformers are 12V AC, so it would need rectification for DC requirements.   
      
   I probably should have been clearer.  Above I said "Connect cable to a   
   12 volt DC power supply."  It may have been better to say: "Connect   
   cable to a 12 volt DC power supply rather than to a landscape lighting   
   transformer."   
      
   Vaughn   
      
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