Hi all,
Last summer i installed some 12v lighting around the garden all connected up to a 12v 60w waterproof transformer inside the shed which has been plugged into a plug timer.
Yesterday i installed some decking lights all connected to its own transformer separate from the othee lights. As i want them to come on at the same time, i put a surge proctectes double socket extension into the timer and plugges both sets of lights into it.
Last night they all came on at the same time and worked as expected, however earlier on i noticed that they hadn't come on tonight and the shed RCD had tripped. I switched it back on and then the decking lights came on fine but the other lights didnt.
Ive disconnected the transformer, brought it inside and testes it by using some spare 12v LED's but they arent lighting up so can only assume the transformer has gone.
Any ideas why this would be and if its likely to come back to life? It seems to point towards adding the new lights yesterday but cant work out why this would happen considering they worked fine yestrrday, surely it cant be a huge coincidence.
Its cheap enough to buy another transformer, just dont want the same to happen again.
Last summer i installed some 12v lighting around the garden all connected up to a 12v 60w waterproof transformer inside the shed which has been plugged into a plug timer.
Yesterday i installed some decking lights all connected to its own transformer separate from the othee lights. As i want them to come on at the same time, i put a surge proctectes double socket extension into the timer and plugges both sets of lights into it.
Last night they all came on at the same time and worked as expected, however earlier on i noticed that they hadn't come on tonight and the shed RCD had tripped. I switched it back on and then the decking lights came on fine but the other lights didnt.
Ive disconnected the transformer, brought it inside and testes it by using some spare 12v LED's but they arent lighting up so can only assume the transformer has gone.
Any ideas why this would be and if its likely to come back to life? It seems to point towards adding the new lights yesterday but cant work out why this would happen considering they worked fine yestrrday, surely it cant be a huge coincidence.
Its cheap enough to buy another transformer, just dont want the same to happen again.