How to Wire Anything With Low Voltage Lights

Remember all wiring needs a source. This can be a battery or a transformer. Use colors to avoid confusion. Any color will do but white is usually ground or negative. And Red is positive. This does not really matter since you are using low voltage wiring and are doing the wiring for your self. The main rule for color is you have to be consistent. The wire you use should be around twenty two gauge or eighteen gauge. Door bell wire or speaker wire is fine.

The more lights you have the dimmer they will be. This problem can be solved by using a larger battery or more batteries.

Lights and batteries can be placed or wired in parallel or series.
Placing lights in series will cause all lights to go out when one burns out.

It will take more wire to wire in parallel than in series but it is much easier to trouble shoot when the lights don't work. Only the bad bulb goes out.

Placing batteries in parallel will increase the amperage or power.

Placing batteries in series will increase the voltage.

You need to be able to turn them on and off so it is necessary to wire a switch or switches as needed for your design. You should also place a fuse holder and fuse on one side of the circuit.

Before you know it you will understand the concept and will be wiring all kinds of layouts.