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Brand Moonrays
Part Number 95540
Item Package Quantity1
Power Source corded-electric
Batteries Included?No
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Technical Details
- Low-voltage lighting kit with 12 tier lights and 2 floodlights
- 60-watt photocell-operated transformer for automatic dusk-to-dawn operation
- Durable black plastic construction; waterproof and weather resistant
- Includes 75 feet of 18G low-voltage cable and bonus deck mount
- Stakes for easy ground installation; uses 4-watt, T3 wedge-base bulbs (included)
Product Description
From the Manufacturer
This kit has the traditional outdoor lights we know and two extra floodlights. It comes with 12 Tiered black plastic fixtures and 2 black plastic floodlights. It includes bulbs for each fixture. It comes with 75 feet of wire designed specifically for outdoor lighting, it is 18 gauge low voltage cable. Most importantly, the control unit(power pack) is rated at 60 watts, perfect for this amount of lights. The unit is sun-light controlled(photocell operated) for dusk to dawn operation. All of the light fixtures use replacement bulb #95503( 4-watt wedge base bulb). The tiered light fixtures are # 97171, and the flood lights are #97172
Product Description
Plastic low voltage light kit, 14-pack, includes (12) black plastic tier lights,(2) black plastic floodlights, 60 watt control unit, 75 feet of low voltage cable, and (14) 4 watt wedge base bulbs. Control unit is photocell operated. Dusk to dawn operation, uses replacement bulbs #95503.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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Like others have stated with these type of lights and systems, is you get what you pay for. Don't get me wrong, they are not horrid, but by no means are they a great system. The problem with Moonrays is the connection. It is made at the light bulb base where there are two pins under the base that pierce the cable. The problems are: The cable that comes with this unit is a very small gauge (18 Gauge is what is supplied despite the picture showing 16 Gauge). In order for the pins to hit the wire when the cable is pieced they have to be perfectly aligned. I learned from other reviewers and just bought some 14 Gauge wire instead, which gave me the desired thickness of copper to work with while maintaining flexibility when trying to bend the wire and push the pins into it. To keep the transformer on to check each connection I simply used a small piece of electrical tape over the sensor. I used a small nut driver to push the cable up into the light base pins while using the base of another (screwdriver) to hold the top part (where the light bulb goes) into place. Also contacts for the bulbs come very close together, are easily bent. If the bulb doesn't light after some manipulation of the bulb, pull the bulb base off, look at the wire and likely you'll see the perforations were off kilter, though with the 14 or 12 gauge wire this should not be a problem. Use your screwdriver to bend the pins in the proper direction and try again (but don't push the cable up into the housing with anything that will conduct electricity if you still have the transformer on. Having a voltmeter handy is nice, so if still the bulb doesn't lite, you can check the voltage across the bulb contacts. On a couple of mine it was hard just to get the bulb to contact properly and that's what was wrong even though the cable connection was good. Don't stake any of the lights down until all are connected and all are lit.
Once you get the idea of what your doing on the first light, the rest are quite easy to install. Unplug the transformer... install light, plug in to check if it works... repeat until finished.
Now all this works great for the pathway lights, the spot lights are another matter entirely. What a major pain in the butt to get installed. The major problem with the spot lights is there is no cam (the little thing that in the pathway lights, helps to keep the cable connected to the pins) for use in these. You push the pins and cable together, and attempt to set the "correct" angle for your spot lights, and place in the ground, the problem comes that if you Move the angle in which the spot light is set in the slightest without some major coordination of moving the cable along with it, the pins will come right out of the cable and your back to square one. Major flaw in setting these up. Setting up the two spot lights took longer than setting up the pathway lights.
So only 3 stars for this product, minus one star for the crappy 18 gauge wire they sent, and I had to go out and buy 14 gauge wire. Minus another star for the shoddy spot lights.
Otherwise, it was a fairly simple set up. I haven't had any problems with my transformer blowing yet, so do not know as to the longevity of the product.
If anyone knows of a link to finding decent / equivalent LED's for these lights, please let me know. Getting into Lumens / mCd vs Watts is a whole other story.
Once you get the idea of what your doing on the first light, the rest are quite easy to install. Unplug the transformer... install light, plug in to check if it works... repeat until finished.
Now all this works great for the pathway lights, the spot lights are another matter entirely. What a major pain in the butt to get installed. The major problem with the spot lights is there is no cam (the little thing that in the pathway lights, helps to keep the cable connected to the pins) for use in these. You push the pins and cable together, and attempt to set the "correct" angle for your spot lights, and place in the ground, the problem comes that if you Move the angle in which the spot light is set in the slightest without some major coordination of moving the cable along with it, the pins will come right out of the cable and your back to square one. Major flaw in setting these up. Setting up the two spot lights took longer than setting up the pathway lights.
So only 3 stars for this product, minus one star for the crappy 18 gauge wire they sent, and I had to go out and buy 14 gauge wire. Minus another star for the shoddy spot lights.
Otherwise, it was a fairly simple set up. I haven't had any problems with my transformer blowing yet, so do not know as to the longevity of the product.
If anyone knows of a link to finding decent / equivalent LED's for these lights, please let me know. Getting into Lumens / mCd vs Watts is a whole other story.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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The pack includes 10 lights and 2 spot lights. I find these as better lighting than solar lights which wanes after a bit. Have set the 10 lights up a month ago. They give out a nice warm glow around our yard. I gave up on the 2 spot lights. As the previous reviewer mentioned, I just could not get the pins to stay connected to the wire and the wire to stay in place - there was nothing to hold the wire in place with the pins - unlike the other ten lights for which you can actually screw the wire tightly into place with the pins.
I initially tried one lamp indoors to make sure it works before I actually took the entire pack outside. You just have to invert the power box face down so the sensor is covered to make lamp light up to test if it works.
Thereafter I assembled all the lamps and positioned them around the yard and laid the wire out to get an idea of where I should actually assemble the lamp because once you fix the lamp to the cable, I would not personally advise removing them and trying again several times as the pins puncture the wire. One thing to keep in mind is that the wire has to make contact the pins in one particular direction. Polarity is the key factor here. If you think you have fitted/pushed the pins through the wire correctly and the bulbs do not light up, then just flip the wire over and try again.
Overall, love the soft lighting and hopefully lasts longer than solar lights. -1 star for the lousy spot lights and -1 star for the setup. Would've preferred a easier way to set up these lights but I guess you get what you pay for.
I initially tried one lamp indoors to make sure it works before I actually took the entire pack outside. You just have to invert the power box face down so the sensor is covered to make lamp light up to test if it works.
Thereafter I assembled all the lamps and positioned them around the yard and laid the wire out to get an idea of where I should actually assemble the lamp because once you fix the lamp to the cable, I would not personally advise removing them and trying again several times as the pins puncture the wire. One thing to keep in mind is that the wire has to make contact the pins in one particular direction. Polarity is the key factor here. If you think you have fitted/pushed the pins through the wire correctly and the bulbs do not light up, then just flip the wire over and try again.
Overall, love the soft lighting and hopefully lasts longer than solar lights. -1 star for the lousy spot lights and -1 star for the setup. Would've preferred a easier way to set up these lights but I guess you get what you pay for.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this through Amazon. This is the third type that I have bought. This was by far the easiest one to hook up. Also, with the connection taking place as it does, it is less likely that the wires will become disconnected when accidentally hit as some of my others have. The only down side is that the power supply did malfuncation after about 3 weeks. However, after I contacted the company (not through the number included in the package but one I found on the internet), they sent me another power supply that had a higher voltage. Since then, no troubles.
The number included with the material is just an office number not very helpful with my problem at all.
The number included with the material is just an office number not very helpful with my problem at all.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
not reliable
This is pathetic. setting up is a constant fight from light to light. Had to continually go back and redo to get them to light all at one time. Read more
Published 13 days ago by carshangman
Bad lights
These lights did not work.the power PAC does not work. Spent time and effort to install the lights and found that none of the lights or the power pack worked. Read more
Published 25 days ago by booklover
Frustrating ...
ASSEMBLY - 3
As you have to assemble all 14 lights, it does take a bit of time to get them all put together. Directions are very easy to follow however. Read more
As you have to assemble all 14 lights, it does take a bit of time to get them all put together. Directions are very easy to follow however. Read more
Published 1 month ago by fredhoffmann3
Great set of lights; not so easy to intall.
Plenty of lights. Much brighter than solar. The problem was making contact through the wire. Repeated attempts are needed. Read more
Published 1 month ago by MikeyJ
Could be better
I have had the same experience as the previous reviewers. The spot lights are a major pain to install and forget changing the angle. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Carlos Zertuche
Great price, looks good, great customer service
I bought the 14 light kit back in September or October and installed them finally in December when my landscaper finished the backyard. Read more
Published 4 months ago by garmin
The power pack stopped working
One of the units worked after initial setup, The other one just didn't work. Not sure if its the product or the seller. Within few weeks, both stopped working.
Published 5 months ago by ram0man
POS
45 days after hooking up with only 10 days in service power supply died. All the other components were pretty good but that's where it ended. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Patrick A. Mcgovern
ewwwww
the power source gave out after two months and the spot lights are crap and do not work properly. Amazon tells me they will replace it.
Published 9 months ago by Golf lover
Path Lighting Kit
Moonrays lights arrived within a week after I ordered them. The price was great and after a day designing the landscaping and installing the lights they all worked beautifully. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Luis A. Camacho
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