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Because you have too much lighting load for the power supply (not transformertransformer*) to cope with, so it is crowbar-ing.

Reduce load. This is a good time to think LED.


* "Transformer" is a proper term for a very specific thing, which this is not. Transformers are quite heavy and withstand short-term overload very well. This weighs 6.4 oz. for 150W, and fails instantly at 100W. They can call it an A-10 Warthog if they please, but it's actually a switching power supply. As such it has a protective circuit (crowbar) which is tripping for whatever reason (defective? Misapplied? Loads you don't know about?)

The RU mark is a good sign, but still it's only rated as an electronic component, it would need a UL mark to be legal for direct use in mains wiring.

Because you have too much lighting load for the power supply (not transformer) to cope with, so it is crowbar-ing.

Reduce load. This is a good time to think LED.

Because you have too much lighting load for the power supply (not transformer*) to cope with, so it is crowbar-ing.

Reduce load. This is a good time to think LED.


* "Transformer" is a proper term for a very specific thing, which this is not. Transformers are quite heavy and withstand short-term overload very well. This weighs 6.4 oz. for 150W, and fails instantly at 100W. They can call it an A-10 Warthog if they please, but it's actually a switching power supply. As such it has a protective circuit (crowbar) which is tripping for whatever reason (defective? Misapplied? Loads you don't know about?)

The RU mark is a good sign, but still it's only rated as an electronic component, it would need a UL mark to be legal for direct use in mains wiring.

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Harper - Reinstate Monica
  • 309.9k
  • 27
  • 294
  • 761

Because you have too much lighting load for the power supply (not transformer) to cope with, so it is crowbar-ing.

Reduce load. This is a good time to think LED.