Dear Experts,I am building a retaining wall along the back and side of my property. Total wall length is 120ft. I would like to put some lighting in the wall. I have chosen some round 12V well lights with 20 Watt bulbs that can be slipped into a drilled hole in the wall blocks. I would like to put a transformer in my shed which sits at one end of the wall. I was thinking of using a multitap transformer and running 3 different wires to groups of lights spaced evenly in the wall, as to avoid voltage drop (a total of 12 lights). Is this possible? How would you arrange the lights to the multitap and what kind of wire would I need? Thanks.

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I like your plan!  Run three runs of 12/2  DIRECT BURIAL WIRE back to the TRANSFORMER.  If at all possible, sleeve the wires in 1" PVC conduit just in case you have to replace a damaged wire.  Put (3) lights on the longest run, (4) lights on the middle run and (5) lights on the shortest run.  Please send me a photo of the finished project for our OUTDOOR LANDSCAPE LIGHTING GALLERY.  Please check out our selection of FOCUS BRASS LANDCAPE LIGHTING FIXTURES.

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