Low Voltage Lighting Xfrmr.

I just bought a 120 to 12 VAC transformer to install at a friends'
house--I was surprised to see that I couldn't read the 12 volts at the
output terminals-is this normal? Do these devices have to sense a load
before operating and therefore not read on a digital meter alone?

 

[tim kettring]

Assuming you made sure your meter was set to AC , not DC , I would
suspect the transformer to be bad , but would hook a twelve volt light
to it to be sure your meter is not bad instead .

tim

whocares00@webtv.net wrote in message news:<22149-3F85E019-324@storefull-2117.public.lawson.webtv.net>...

I just bought a 120 to 12 VAC transformer to install at a friends'
house--I was surprised to see that I couldn't read the 12 volts at the
output terminals-is this normal? Do these devices have to sense a load
before operating and therefore not read on a digital meter alone?

 

[JeffM]

No.

You're not making contact or it's busted.