Wac 2" Can

[Dennis Alwon]

A friend of mine is working on a residential job where the voltage is 118V. The led lights he has specifically state that the voltage must be no less than 120v.

Believe it or not, he plugged them in at the job and they did not work so he took them to his house where the voltage was 124v and they worked fine.

I cannot understand why anyone would make a product that is that sensitive to voltage. Most stuff I see works on a large range of voltages.

He now has to get 2 tranies-- talked to a rep, who recommended 118V to 142v then step down to 125v. Crazy...I would have thought you could go from 118 to 125 but not so, at least with this manufacturer.

This is just to let others know about this

 

[infinity]

I will never install such a lousy product. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[LarryFine]

I would get a 6v transformer and wire it as a boost, with the secondary in series between the line and the load. You might have to try it both ways to get the phasing (polarity) correct:




Or:

 

[Dennis Alwon]

He already bought the tranies-- he just called me to vent and get help hooking the tranies up.