Low voltage landscape control

[bigbrorpi]

Good evening!
I’ve been googling for hours. I need to replace my outdoor low voltage landscape light transformer. I’d like to have three separately controllable zones that I can schedule and turn on/off from. HS and hopefully Alexa. I’ve seen one model by Lumion (SST-150) that seems to fit the bill, but there are many others including one by GE. Does anyone have any experience with these? I’m powering 12V and LED lighting.

[srodgers]

Keep it simple. I have three different 12 LV area light setups. They use three different cheap dumb LV transformers. They plug into a Zwave controlled outlets and hence are easily controlled by HS and automate.


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[ksum]

Another option would be one of the relays/dry contact modules which uses the technology of your choice and control the zones that way. Personally, I use multiple transformers, each plugged into a different z-wave receptacle but my zones are discrete areas and that was easier than running 1-200' low voltage lines around the house. Plus it was cheaper to get kits with the transformers in them than it was to buy the extra lights I needed separately.

[waynehead99]

Keep it simple. I have three different 12 LV area light setups. They use three different cheap dumb LV transformers. They plug into a Zwave controlled outlets and hence are easily controlled by HS and automate.


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This is what I have done. I have a few of the GE outdoor modules and just leave the light controller in "always on", setup the events to control the module. KISS

[ewkearns]

Are there any considerations with respect to being able to dim the lights? Can one "dim" the transformer or does it need to be between the transformer and the load?

[Pete]

Here went to Meanwell DIN mounted dual 12VDC power supplies connected to zones of LED lamps. These were indoors and used a power strip and one UPB module configured as an appliance module (relay - ON and OFF - no dimming). This is documented here on the forum from many many years ago.

Currently testing an outdoor DC 12VDC LED power supply. Not really sure that I like it.