Why are my landscape lights producing a dull light?

I just installed 7 landscape lights and 2 spotlights this weekend and the light is very dull. I am using a 300 watt box and I ran about 250 feet of cable. the landscape lights are 10 watt and I believe the spotlights are 50 watt. Thanks!

Public Comments

1. You may be gaining resistance with those long wire runs. Try splitting them into shorter runs if possible with another transformer and less lights on each. for ex. 3 or 4 landscape and 1 spot on each cir-cut. Hope this helps
2. Either your run is too long or the gauge of wire that you've used for the length of run is too small. 250 feet is a pretty long run. If you can make two runs of 125 feet you may see quite an improvement.
3. If your 300 watt box is at the house and you ran 250 feet from that, I would instead bring the box as close to the start of the run as you can and then to the lights. Use in ground 12 gauge Romex.