Electromatic
Senior Member
- Location
- Virginia
- Occupation
- Master Electrician
I have a customer with about a 300' long driveway. There are about 1/2-dozen receptacles in cast boxes supported by two stubs of pipe each placed along the driveway. Plugged in to some of these receptacles are lengths of extension cord cables going to basic hardwired stake landscape lights. Some are a few feet away, some are 10-20' away. I'm thinking of getting small, waterproof, plug-in transformers to put at each receptacle and convert the cabling and fixtures to 12V. I know it sounds kind of convoluted and introduces more points of failure, but I reckon it will eliminate a good amount of potentially hazardous 120V cordage laying on the ground.
Thoughts?
I kind of wonder if the transformers might help prevent the GFCI receptacles tripping on minor faults of the cabling or fixtures on the 12V side.
(BTW, the existing receptacles are not GFCI protected and are quite full of crud, corroded, etc. I spoke with the customer about replacing them. I would plan to have individual GFCI recs at each location due to the aged wiring and overall length of the circuit.)
Thoughts?
I kind of wonder if the transformers might help prevent the GFCI receptacles tripping on minor faults of the cabling or fixtures on the 12V side.
(BTW, the existing receptacles are not GFCI protected and are quite full of crud, corroded, etc. I spoke with the customer about replacing them. I would plan to have individual GFCI recs at each location due to the aged wiring and overall length of the circuit.)