Zone Control Junction Box

Description

VOLT® Zone Control Junction Box

Hubs are an easy, efficient way to ensure that you have doneyour layout properly. They virtually guarantee perfect results,bright, even lighting, and prevents over/under volting. Additionally, allyour connections are in one place (so they are easy to troubleshoot/service). Lastly, with VoltPro’s exclusive above ground HubSystem, all your connections are above ground in a dry, weathertight junction box – not in the ground exposed to constant moistureand harsh electrical conditions like traditional connections oreven competing hub systems.

Hub System compatible fixtures have 25′ lead wires on them. Youplace the hub in the middle of a distance zone; run a cable fromthe transformer to the hub. Inside the hub, connect all the fixturesto the end of the cable. Do not cut excess lead wire from thefixtures—leave all fixtures with their original 25′ (this ensuresthat all fixtures have the same total amount of cable from thefixture to the transformer. The end result is a home run withseveral fixtures branching off the end of it like a flower stem(home run) with multiple flower pedals (the fixture wires).Electricity has to travel exactly equal distances from thetransformer to each fixture, plus there are no daisy chainedfixtures – perfect layout. Lastly, measure the voltage in any onefixture (it will be the same for all of them on that hub). If thevoltage is below 12 volts, move that run up to the appropriatevoltage tap on the transformer until the fixtures have between11-12 volts. For hub Systems, you can use more fixtures per run, upto 200 watts worth of fixtures.

To hub or not to hub, that is the question:

You don’t have to hub every fixture or only use hubs with “HubCompatible” fixtures that have 25′ lead wires (although itcertainly is convenient). Hubs can make a great junction box forspider splicing several main cables together (10-2 or 12-2 cables).Many direct burial connectors can’t handle several thick gaugecables connecting together – hubs make for a convenient, dry, aboveground place to make these connections. When doing more than a Tconnection but a spider splice with several cables in oneplace—hubs are great. Many fixtures in one area – hubs aregreat.

Realistically most installs call for a combination of layoutmethods—most fixtures hub connected, some far away fixtures thatare not grouped together will have the cable run “T” –d off toreach them with a couple daisy chained in line off the T. Some T’swill be connected with a regular direct burial splice because thereare only 3 wires in a T. Another run may have 4 or 5 cables comingoff the home run more like a flow, and thus have the home runhooked to a hub. Lastly, many might have the fixtures wiresconnected to the cable home run via a hub as a hub system istraditionally used. No layout or property is the same, and you willhave to use a variety of techniques. The end goal is to be a champand get all you fixtures to output between 11.25-11.75 volts forperfection!

PRO-TIP: ATTACH A SURFACE MOUNT ACCESSORY (INSTEAD OF A STAKE) ANDYOU CAN MOUNT THE HUB WHERE EVER YOU NEED IT — INCLUDING IN TREESWHEN DOING MULTIPLE FIXTURE DOWNLIGHTING, BEHIND RAFTERS WHENLIGHTING A PERGOLA, UNDER A DECK, ETC.. IT’S THE INDUSTRY’S ONLYHUB THAT CAN ALSO BE SURFACE MOUNTED!

Features & Benefits:

• Note: Connectors NOT included. If you want them, you must orderthe splice connectors from the drop down menu.
• Connections are inside a sealed compartment. Othermanufacturers use an open design with the connections undergroundand exposed to the dirt/water/humid conditions and insects.
• Sealed body
• Removable top
• 8 rubber cap sealed cable entrance/exit holes
• Brass threaded spike screws
• Stake included
• Mount on a stake above ground for easy access or bury without astake only exposing the top when discreet mounting isdesirable.
• The Volt “Zone Control” Junction box is a must for mostlandscape light layouts.
• Have one cable from transformer to the “Zone Control” JunctionBox, then several cables coming out of the hub that go to differentfixture areas.
• As common sense would tell you, a junction box is a place tomake all your splices instead of having make separate home runs allthe way back to the transformer. As with any electrical layout, youcan wire in series or parallel. A hub enables you to wire inparallel thus reducing the voltage drop you get when wiring lowvoltage in series.
• Having a junction box out in an area reduces the need for manylong runs back to the transformer, reduce cable usage, and provide moreefficient flexible layouts.
• Most importantly enable you to properly reduce voltagedrop.
• Lifetime Warranty