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    Sep 19, 2010, 08:23 PM
    IKEA Magnesium Lights - Can you add more than 5 to a track?
    I purchased the Magnesium track and the 5 lights and they worked and installed great. Needed more light, so bought 5 more lights. Added to the track. Problems - lights are slow to light up and they are dim. Started taking down extra lights one at a time. Lights start to get brighter and light up is faster. Checked the boxes and instructions. No information about max. number of lights per track. Anyone else had this issue?
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    Sep 20, 2010, 09:42 AM
    The fixture can only handle the 5 fixtures it came with. Adding more fixtures will damage the one transformer rated to handle the 5 fixtures.
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    Sep 20, 2010, 11:42 AM
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    OK. Thanks. IKEA sells the transformer and the lights separately, so it was not clear on the capacity of the transformer and the track.

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