Could you please elaborate on using pot lights with drain pipe? I assume you mean the 4" corrugated type? Are you saying too aim the bulb at the sky? That would allow rain to enter the socket? Or it seems that way to me?
Also are you saying i can power a 3 or 4 watt Led over cat5 and even thru several hundred feet of it?
Thank you. Rick
Yes corrugated drain pipe. If you put two rods through the pipe the light bulb will hang on it. You point these like projectors to light up your trees or rocks. You will not get light to shoot sideways when they are in the pipe so you can't see where the light is coming from to light your trees. If you looking for spot lights just tool them into any fixture of your liking.
Yes we run the cat5 all over landscaping projects. You can run 1/2 amp on the cat5 safe but it will try to draw 1 amp if you let it. 12 volts run 6 watts of DC lights per pair and 24 volts run 12 watts. Good DC lights will kick full power at 9 volts not just 12 volts. Line loss can come into consideration but stick to 1/2 amp your good. We comfortably run cat5 325 feet with out an amp with little to no line loss. That is a very long way from your main AC power source.
I know you can find 4 watt par30 lights that will shoot 840 lumen that run 12~24 volts. The capacitor get excited at 8.7 volts and runs the array to full brightness. Just have to watch after 325 feet you get line loss so the voltage drops then your amperage will go up. Cat5 will try to draw 1 amp if you do not stay under a safe distance with out checking voltage drop. We have run it twice the distance just double up the wire. Two + two - .
Hope this helps you out.
Cheers Don.
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