Re: Outdoor Flood Lights-Juice but no Light

In article <R8mdnWOiUZ-i1sPbnZ2dnUVZ_ternZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Charles" <charlesschuler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A phantom voltage is defined by NEMA as being caused by capacitive coupling
among conductors. Inducitve coupling is different

What difference does it make? Either way, the voltage that the OP is measuring
is at an *extremely* low current, and as such is meaningless.

No big deal here, as neither capacitive coupling or
inductive coupling is applicable to this particular situation.

This is an ass-umption on your part, with little apparent foundation.

This
situation is so simple, in terms of troubleshooting, that it merits little
discussion.

Indeed it is; unfortunately, this is not a compliment to your own
diagnostic skills, as both the likely failure mode and the means of
troubleshooting it continue to elude you. You ass-ume, with no basis, that the
circuit the OP is testing is a completed circuit with a "bad connection" (e.g.
high resistance connection) somewhere. In fact, the more likely situation by
far is an *open* circuit with sub-milliampere-level current induced by an
adjacent, powered circuit. If the OP tests with an analog voltmeter, or an
incandescent test lamp -- or any other device with a low enough impedance to
actually place significant load on the circuit -- the measured voltage will
likely drop to zero.

A bad connection is a bad connection. Anybody with an ounce of common sense
knows how to proceed.

Presumably you are not in this category, then, as I haven't seen you providing
any advice to the OP on how to proceed.

Outdoor, low-voltage lighting systems all have, or
eventually have, bad connections. Pull up the wires and wiggle the
connections and the lights go on and off.

Go back and re-read the original post, Chuckie. Or read it for the first
time, more likely.

Heck, just read the title of the thread, taking particular notice of the
phrase "Flood Lights".

Now just what was it, precisely, that caused you to decide this is a
low-voltage system? Another unfounded ASS-umption on your part.

Hint for the uninformed [perhaps you'll recognize yourself in this category]:
Low-voltage lighting is used for landscaping. Residential FLOODlights are
normally 120V.

My problem is with twits like you who have probably never fixed a broken
flashlight.

Twits like whom, exactly? In stark contrast to the guy you've been jumping on,
the sum total of useful advice you've provided in this thread is zero. Zip.
Zilch. Nada.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
.

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