i recently picked found a couple of close out cable-light kits that i picked up cheap. my thinking was that i could combine the fixtures from several kits onto a single cable.
of course, when i unpacked the kits, i discovered that the transformers in each kit are only rated to 60 W - each kit comes with 3 fixtures, each of which uses a 20 W MR-16 bulb.
what i want to do is put six fixtures on each cable (well, pair of cables, to be more precise). so, can i:
a) just put more fixtures on each cable? these things must have some extra capacity built in, right? mostly just kidding with this option, but does anyone know how much of a safety factor consumer-grade transformers might be designed to? each transformer has a 15 A fuse built in, so i assume that if i tried this, i probably wouldn't burn the house down
b) purchase a couple of cheap 120 V to 12 V transformers rated to 120 W or higher? this sounds like a reasonable solution if the transformers are cheap enough. i don't even know where to buy something like that. radio shack? contractor's electric supply house? internet? how much would this be likely to cost, given that size and appearance are not important? [i have located the j-boxes for this in the attic space above, with the low-voltage cable dropping down to the cable via a piece of conduit - i hate the look of a big, bulky transformer perched on the ceiling like a bug - so the transformer could be as big and ugly as necessary]would it be necessary to have some kind of dust-protector around the transformer?
c) since i bought 4 kits, is there some way to wire up 2 transformers to each pair of cables? in line? in parallel? i was thinking that it might be possible to bring power to both transformers, and then merge the power leads from the 12 V sides so that the hot cable is being supplied with 12 V from BOTH transformers, (doing the same in reverse on the neutral side), but this
*feels* wrong. even if this works electrically, would it solve the problem?thanks for any help