{"id":1670,"date":"2015-07-03T14:45:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T20:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/night-scenes.com\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2015-07-03T14:45:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T20:45:31","slug":"texas-outdoor-lighting-design-landscape-lighting-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/night-scenes.com\/2015\/07\/03\/texas-outdoor-lighting-design-landscape-lighting-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Outdoor Lighting Design: Bad Landscape Lighting Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bad landscape lighting connections will kill a lighting system<\/h2>\n

I have gotten a lot of emails recently asking about low end lighting systems malfunctioning. Considering the amount of rain we have had lately in central Texas, I suspect that quite often there are problems that started with the landscape lighting connections.<\/p>\n

In sub-standard outdoor lighting kits that are available in home improvement stores, the connections provided are very cheap pierce-point connectors. These connectors pierce the jacket of the wire with a sharp piece of metal to make an electrical connection. (Actually, there are a lot of professional grade products that also provide pierce-point connectors, but most professionals throw them in the trash and use something else.) There are several things that can – and do – go wrong here.<\/p>\n

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Dreaded pierce-point connector. Do NOT use these.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n