I am replacing many light fixtures installed by a landscaper a few years ago. The well lights installed by the landscaper were not durable, but the pathway lights were decent quality. Eventually, I want to replace the pathway lights with Volt fixtures, but at the moment I really need to replace all of the well lights and and add additional spots on two large trees. I purchased well light and spot light kits from Volt and plan to use the Pro Junction Hubs. However, the lead wires from the old pathway fixtures are too short to take advantage of the hub. I assume I can extend the lead wires using 16 awg spt -2 wire, matching the existing leads. I will splice the wires and shrink seal them to keep them water tight. I thought I read somewhere that the extended leads I am creating should also be approximately 25 feet to match the leads on the new Volt lights. Is this true and required or can the leads be extended more or less than the 25 feet as required to reach the hub? Any help greatly appreciated.
The 25ft recommendation for runs off a hub is more of a guideline, especially given we sell 25ft lead wire lengths max as a "hub ready" option. Working with LEDs can be flexible given the low wattages and wide input voltage ranges. There is wiggle room to the 25ft length off a hub (within reason of course); a volt meter would be most handy in determining that a fixture on an extended run off a hub is receiving the proper input voltage for max lumens.
