Mick,

When I bought my yard transformer, 12 volt, it was rated for so many watts.
The yard transformer is the way to go for the headlamp. Just add up the
total wattage of all the lights and then buy a transformer that will supply
that. If the load is larger than the capacity of the transformer, then the
voltage will go down and the lights will burn dimly, and the transformer
will not last.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"Mick709" wrote in message
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Howdy all!

Saw the posting from last week about making a home made pond light from a
car
headlamp and thought I;d give it a whirl! However, my question is- what
the
heck do I 'plug' it into to light up? I assume a low voltage transformer
that
you use for garden lights but my momma told me never to assume ! grin
So,
anyone have any ideas? And if it is a garden trnasformer, how many watts
should
I get? I'm planning on getting a few garden lights so I need to know how
large
of a transformer to get to power them all. ( It seems that most headlights
are
about 45-60 watts and the garden lights I am looking at are 18watts , if
that
makes any difference to transformer)

ANY IDEAS WOULD BE GREAT!

Mick!