Perfectly normal. This year was actually the first year in 25 that I had nothing at all in bloom in February. Everything was a month late. It's blooming now, though, and is glorious.

Thanks so much for reporting this. It is something we will all need to watch out for. Florescent bulbs are really being pushed right now. I put one in an outside lamppost that came on at dusk and off at dawn. It lasted 4 days. I think it cost me $8.00.

See? Things can work out on occasion! Glad it worked out so well and kudos for standing up and doing something, taking it back and writing the manufacturer. This is a situation where they really do want to satisfy people. Kudos to both companies for taking care of their customer too.

I would need more info. For example does the transformer trip and then you need to reset the gfi outlet, or transformer circuit breaker? Is it all lights? Does it happen only after they are on for a while? Is it all lights? Some potential causes include: -outlet connected to a wallswitch which gets turned off without you knowing -timer shutting them off -transformer overloaded or faulty and gets hot and trips -short in transformer -short in a fixture or wiring (would only shut off that zone/circuit of the transformer. You can disconnect all runs and only hook up 1 run per night until you identify the run that has the issue. If it happens on all runs, then its your transformer or outlet. For more info regarding landscape lighting questions we have a large learning area on our site. Here is a link that might be useful: Low voltage landscape lights learning center