[Shop-talk] Mystery of the blown transformers

[Doug Braun]

Can't you buy a transformer that is designed for
low-voltage exterior lighting?

Or: Can't the lamp be rewired to use regular 120 volt
bulbs and not need a transformer at all?

Doug

--- Jim Stone <jandkstone99 at msn.com> wrote:

> Thanks guys.  I suspect this is the problem.  I did
> discover shortly
> after posting this that I was mistaken about the
> transformers being DC;
> both the original one and the doorbell ones are AC. 
> Fortunately, I
> decided to save the original one until I had
> permanently fixed the light.