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    Garden Lights

    Dear Spark1, well based on what you said before about cabling the cable I pulled up was low-voltage style cable and was certainly different to the new "Alan Titchmarsh " cable that I was replacing it with. Whether the old cable was Extra Low or not I don't really know, but the only difference I...
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    Garden Lights

    Well after all your input guys, I decided to fiddle with the system a bit and I tried digging up the first section of buried low voltage cabling which in fact i had covered in a plastic covering I attached some new cable for this section, reconnected everything and bingo it worked ! So far...
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    Garden Lights

    ...sorry Spark1 not Sparky !!!
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    Garden Lights

    Thanks for your help Sparky, but I am slightly confused about the cable issue, as I have used the same cable for the whole 6 year period since i first got the lights and the cabling came with the lights as part of a set evidently all this stuff is produced by Malibu, and sold under the Alan...
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    Garden Lights

    the cable i used was dedicated 12v low voltage garden light cable ( from Alan Titchmarsh range ) that evidently does not really need any protection and can be sunk in the ground or put overground. I have sunk the cable only about 2 to 3 ins deep and runs for about 27 metres. The lighting system...
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    Garden Lights

    Thanks for a quick response, Yes I thought it could be wiring, but the fact that all the lights came on after 9 months seems to suggest that the light fittings themselves are ok ? I might try and dig up the old wiring see what its like and go from there, what do you think ?
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    Garden Lights

    I have had for several years a low voltage outdoor garden light circuit supporting 4 lights then added another 2 about 3 years ago. About 9 months ago the system began working only intermittently and then stopped altogether. The old transformer was 80 watts capability. I tried changing some...
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