CEILING OR ROOF LIGHT NOT WORKING REPLACE THE TRANSFORMER
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- if your roof ceiling halogen lights are not working after a bulb change its likely the transformer, easy fix for less than £5 and i 5 minutes get them working again.
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Cheers for this, had a little ferret to see what was behind the light last night, couldn’t see a transformer but I didn’t know what I was looking for, I do now
Thank you! I saved myself at least £90 for an electrician. Thanks to your video it was only £4.99 for a transformer from Amazon. Gave me the confidence to do it myself.
Yes there only cheap and if your careful and isolate the power it's an easy fix
£90 !! Bloody hell that's a bargain in my part of the world!
Thanks Karl, good vid. I hate these bloody lights!
was meant to phone an electrician tonight . got exactly same problem as this vid . you given me confidence to do it myself mate . many thanks 👍😊🍻
Great to hear your having a go
@@KarlFixes I did it this morning Karl .... £4.17p for the transformer . Saved a small fortune without doubt as the electrician said best have all 4 lights done as the others will be on their way out ( 🤔 ) . And he was going to change the lot , bulb fixings , chrome ceiling trims , everything . I just gave all four a light clean and looks as new .
Really appreciate your vid mate , will be subscribed in the next minute . Thank you so much 😃👍🍻
One of my low voltage bathroom lights stopped working a while ago. This video enabled me to understand exactly what to do to fix it. It just needed a new transformer.
Exactly the instructions I needed! Thanks a bunch. You have a gorgeous kitchen and an even lovelier dog :)
Aww thanks alot
Thank you, you have saved me money on easy job, blessing.
Glad I could help
finally a video that shows whats needed - thanks
Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks mate , your video is really helpful
very helpful thanks!
Good video if you want to change out a halogen for an led compatible transformer.
Thank you
Ty pal
will this be as simple if I want to change the transformer for led?
ps thanks for the awesome vid man
i assume it would be these light have a transformer for each bulb not sure how LEDs are set up tbh woth having a look though for sure
On my living room ceiling, there are two rows of lights. (One row on each side of the room.) Each row has four lights. One row is working, the other row went out completely, and all at the same time. Does that mean that there is a transformer at the beginning (or end) of the row? In other words, do I need to replace a transformer on each light, or replace just one, presumably at light number 1 or number 4? Thank you very much for your help!
HI, its hard to say might need to swap over the first one, you could always try a known good one from a working light on the first broken row in the line and see they all come back to life, before committing to buy news transformers, id doubt its a whole row of transformers more likely to be one i
Would be nice if someone could speak about the specs of the replacement transformer.
i.e. if i can't find an exact replacement, then what should i be looking for in terms ov voltage, amperage, other things, etc?.
It's not always possible to find the exact part, especially if the unit is a few decades old.
👍🙏
One of my lights will work for a while and then seems to burn the bulb out and I've gone through 3 already. It's the only 1 of 4 in the room that does this. Would I be right to assume its likely the transformer that's the problem here? All the others work fine and I'm putting in brand new bulbs in.
It could be mine were the same some just burnt out really quickly while others lasted ages. It can't hurt trying to change it but I can't say if it will 100% fix the problem
Hi Karl, thank you for your video. My spotlights are not on a dimmer but they all now have dimmed light. Now and again they switch on at full power, but the majority of the time, there is barely any light coming out of each bulb. All bulbs are working (I’ve tested them elsewhere). Please can you give me any advice?, many thanks
Unfortunately im no electrician, it could be a faulty transformer pulling them all down but without testing each one im not sure you can find out
@@KarlFixes thanks for your reply Karl 😊
I have a question...all 12 of our lights have stopped working in the kitchen. The fuse is good as the other lights work, switch cable is secured correctly. Is the issue likely to be at the first light or could it be all?
Each light has a blue transformer box attached
Its hard to say it could be the first one knocking them all out but I'm not an electrician so don't know how to test which ones faulty quickly, id probaly try swapping one futher into the string for the 1st one then see it comes to life
My kitchen lights are led does this transformer work on those I believe they are gu5.3 thanks I have 2 spotlights that keep coming on and off changed bulbs still does it so I'm assuming it's the transformer
I dont know without looking its possible mine arnt LED so not sure if they are a different setup
Cheapest nastiest down lights going, just get rid of the halogens and tx and put leds in ,otherwise you’ll be replacing them again soon.
i agree, i have moved house now but i was forever replacing the bulbs LEDs are deffo the way to go for new installs
What to do if none of the ceiling lights come on?
Does every spot have a transformer or just an one for the whole circuit?
everyone of mine had a transformer, im not sure if this is th e same for every set of lights
I'm having trouble with 4 lights in my bathroom. There is one transformer box for all 4 lights
I have about 10 of these in the kitchen, there is about 3 or 4 that go off after a few mins, but will go back on if tapped or moved in and out a few mm. Any advice please anyone? Thanks
sounds like loose cable to me, might be worth turning the power off and seeing if you can see amy loose cables
Might be the bulbs are the wrong wattage?
Hi all mine have gone off. Will it just be one transformer on the loop causing all the lights not to work?
Its hard to tell each light has a transformer so it unlikely it could be a different setup on your lights or maybe the 1st in the loop has gone.
All 6 downlights have gone, will each light have an individual transformer? Thanks
it depends on the lights mine did but LED ones may not have individual transformers you will lilley have to look which type you have first
Why did you have to make that infuriating and smug comment that it’s a 5 min job ?
You yourself mentioned it was a nightmare with the old screws.
The video is only 9mins long thats with the awkward screws and I spend 2m talking about the job at the start and talking through it as I do it so really if your just doing it without making a video it is a 5 min job. I dont see what so infuriating its simple enough even if it takes you 10m it's very easy money saver v getting a electrician in
Dude. The point is that it's pretty simple work to swap out a transformer. He isn't spending hours on it. This isn't a week's worth of work
How would I know where my transformer is??
It will be in the roof above the lights in the box that i replace on the video
I have an issue in my bathroom, none of my GR11 3.5mm spots are working.
My question is, will each bulb have it's own transformer of can there be just one transformer than runs them all?
Many thanks.
I don't 100% know. It depends on the install I believe I'm not a electrician all I can advise if you check of on the light fittings to see if they all have one or it's in a string. Do it with the power off fully to be safe
@@KarlFixes OK many thanks for you reply.