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<P>[quote user="tstage"]Thanks everyone. I really appreciate each one of your comments and inquiries.<BR><BR>To answer your questions:<BR><BR>Just to update everyone. After I read everyone's comments, I went back downstairs to count the number of lights I had drawing off the transformer. As I stated above, the count came to a total of 12 - well within the limits. Just for fun, I plugged the transformer back into the electrical strip and - low and behold - the bulbs light up at full power now, with no overheating or dimming.<BR><BR>I'll double-check it again and leave them on for a little while to see if the problem reoccurs. I did nothing at all to them between now and the time I posted the original thread.<BR><BR>I'll keep you posted. Thanks again for the feedback. [:)]<BR><BR>Tom<BR>[/quote]</P> <P>IF everything continues to work; you have one or two possibilities for the problem (three, if something is really defective). </P> <P>1) You could have a high resistance connection where the power supply plugs in to the outlet (corrosion or poor joint - possibly to the actual outlet connections from the feed wire).</P> <P>2) Some intermittent high resistance short in your lamp wires or supply wires to the lamps. Something on the load side trying to draw way too much current from the supply.</P> <P>You might have "corrected" either of these problems by jiggling things while you were checking everything out. I sure would try my best to cause the problem to show up; so that it can be fixed once and for all (I am sure that your homeowners fire protection clause will rest easier if you can find out what caused your original problem).</P> <P> </P>
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