HONDERSON 14/2 Low Voltage Landscape Lighting Wire,14-Gauge 2-Conductor,Outdoor Direct Burial Cable,100 Feet

Although it’s called “Landscaping Lighting Wire,” this direct burial will handle any low-voltage application where the current load doesn’t exceed 13 Amperes. It’s a great wire for wiring low-voltage remote control deviced. Although the PVC insulation has a maximum voltage rating of 150 volts, this wire shouldn’t be used in circuits operating at voltages higher than 30 to 50 volts. I use a lot of low-voltage direct burial cable for everything from landscape lighting to irrigation valve control circuits. There are many brands to choose from and they all perform splendidly but none of them is inexpensive as this Honderson wire at approximately 24 cents a foot. This is directburial wire, but you do need to be aware of where you are burying it and the depth that you are burying it at so it’s not accidentally damaged. In some cases, in some locations, good wiring practices does call for it to be run in conduit.

Review for: HONDERSON 16/2 Low Voltage Landscape cable, direct burial Do the math! When it comes to outdoor, 12v landscape lights, you need to properly size the cable for the circuit. To do that, you take the number of lights you want to have on one circuit, and multiply by the number of watts. Nowadays, a typical LED type, 12 v light is in the 3 to 5 watt range. This is solid copper (the good stuff) 16 gauge cable, so it can handle up to 13 amps (which is about 1,500 watts!) but voltage does drop over distance. So this could easily handle one of the outdoor lighting kits or if you just want to add some more lights. (Old style, incandescent lights are a different story) 100% pure copper, direct burial, cant get much better than that, especially at this price

This is a good deal on landscape cabling. The wire insulation is thick as required for outdoor/direct burial use but its flexible and you wont have trouble installing wire connectors on it for your fixtures. It has a polarity marker on one side in case youre using a DC power supply so keeping track of the positive and negative sides is easy. 16AWG is a little small when it comes to sizing. Its good for shorter runs of less than a hundred feet or so but if you need a longer run, or will be using incandescent/halogen fixtures, consider getting 14 or 12 gauge. You can find voltage drop calculators online to help you determine your own wire sizing needs.

This landscaping low voltage wire works perfectly as I needed to extend the existing landscaping wires to add additional landscape lights. The wire itself is well made and works as expected. This is a great product with quality and value.

Good product great quality for the price

Stranded copper wire is stranded copper wire, but the kind that is labeled as “low-voltage landscape wire” is usually cheaper than the kind labeled as “speaker wire”, and this cable is as good as it gets for hooking up some home audio. It’s made from 100% pure copper with a thick, yet flexible jacket and one side is marked to easily keep the polarity straight. Good stuff for a good price.

This is exactly what you expect out of low voltage wire. It has a good strong coating. There are identifiers on one line of the two strands to help keep connections in correct order. Will buy more for the rest of my yard to go out into flower beds.

I needed some good quality wire for a DIY project I was working on. Setup: I had some dimmable LED can lights I wanted to use for an under counter lighting project. Id tried LED strip lights and they simply werent bright enough for my or my wifes taste. Thus, I disassembled some dimmable LED can lights, pulled out their guts and mounted underneath my counter. I ran this wire in between the cabinets and tied them all together and soldered my connection on the top. I brought the wiring into an outlet and tied it all together with a smart Alexa plug in socket and a in line dimmer. As you can see from the pictures, it turned out great. Wiring seems to be of a very solid quality. Soldered nicely and hid nicely for my use. I highly recommend this wire and will order again for other DIY projects at home.

I am using this landscape wire with 16 LED landscape lights (each 10Watts) over 70 feet. Buried the wire under three inches of dirt. All works just fine. Dont see any degradation of LED brightness, no warm/hot wire. The rubber coating on the outside of the wire seem very strong and is very flexible. The 16/2 wire will easily fit/slide into the plastic light connectors. Note: Just pay attention to the product chart where they discuss the limitations, such as the wattage used versus the length of the wire used. They dont want you to exceed the maximum limits, or else you may see dimmer LED lights. I also purchased the 12/2 gauge (thicker) for my back yard LED lights from this same manufacturer. Happy to be using this wire. No complaints from me.

This wire is such a good deal for what you get. Very well made and the outer protective layer is thick which should keep any moisture out if it’s going under ground. Overall really good wire. I will likely purchase another roll to finish my backyard lighting project. I would recommend!