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I don't recall coming across that before, but I've seen 1.0mm cable for extra lights tapped straight off a 30A ring circuit!

Paul:

This guy had gone into the attic found the cooker cable, cut it in half put in a junction box feeding a switch (wired with orange garden flex!) back to another junction box feeding 4 150W 12V SELV transformers.. feeding 150W loads via lawnmower cable at 12V.. the LV cables were nice n' warm!

Oh yeah... : it was a brass switch wired to a cooker circuit with 2 core garden flex

[This message has been edited by djk (edited 09-02-2003).]

On the 12V side, so many people seem to have the idea that "It's only 12 volts, so it doesn't matter."

They should include a warning on those lamps. Many people seem to think they can get away with any kind of cable on the SELV 12/24V side. Those low voltages can really warm up a cable! Not to mention if the cable offers too much resistance that you'll blow your transformer prematurely.