I'm trying to help out my father-in-law. He has a 12 volt light and the
wries have gotten hot and melt. This is an in house light so it is
connected to the 120 volt house current by a transformer in the light
housing. The 120 volt house wire connects to black, white and green just
like a standard light, and this wiring is fine. Inside the light housing
is a factory connection of what is about a #14 stranded red to a very
small stranded white from the transformer. This connection to is fine.
Then there is another #14 stranded connected to a small white stranded
from the transformer. This #14 white has over heated. The insulation has
became very hard and brittle and the factory installed crimp wire nut
has over heated. Father-in-law had all ready taken the light down. One
possibility could be, the wire was against the transformer, but I don't
think so this is the second light like this he has had problems with.
The other one was in a different location. My next guess is he has a
faulty neutral connection somewhere in the circuit, but everything else
is working fine and the other light did the same thing on a different
circuit.
Any suggestions / idea on what is causing his problem?
Thanks
Robert R.
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