# Why does my new 220V AC to 12V DC transformer only allow one Halogen light to work? [closed]

I'm trying to revive an old Ikea "Trettio" lighting set. The set is made up of a 220V to 12V transformer and 5 Halogen lamps connected to it in parallel.

Remembering that the original transformer was defunct, I've replaced it with a new one. Now when I connect one Halogen lamp to the transformer and turn it on, the lamp lights up. As soon as I connect another one both lamps turn off.

I've tried rotating lamps and rotating across the 5 plugs where the lamps connect to the transformer, to no avail.

Is it possible my new transformer is too weak or otherwise incompatible with the Halogen lamps?

The new transformer specs are:

Electronic Led* Converter
Prim.: 220-240VAC, 50/60Hz
Sec.: 12VDC, Max 1.25A, 15W


Each Halogen lamp's specs are:

12V 5x Max 10W


For reference, the old transformer specs are:

Electronic Transformer
Prim.: 220V-240V ~50Hz 0.26A COS 0.98
Sec.: 11.5V, Max 60W


* I know :)

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• The new transformer is 15W according to the specs, enough to one and a half 10W lighbulbs. The old one was more powerful at 60W (enough for 6 lightbulbs). – Pentium100 Mar 27 '16 at 20:34
• Just go to the Ikea Helpdesk/Customer Care and ask for a replacement transformer. Also note how their transformer outputs sine-like wave and the other doesn't, though that's not often a problem. And that Ikea's original is very neat with cos(phi) = 0.98 – Asmyldof Mar 27 '16 at 21:46