I really miss Marcolo

This is a duplicate answer, just so everyone would see I appreciate their responces! ..... Thanks folks; I appreciated the responses (on all three threads!) I erred on the side of caution. I nixed the pudding and used an extra egg and buttermilk; the raw mix tasted great. Harry and Sam (my extraordinary pups) tested it too, and found it "just right"! LOL I just took it out of the ovven. We'll know shortly if it turned out or not. It's Wes birthday. He's getting a home-made southern style dinner...fried catfish with hushpuppies, coleslaw and ice teea. Lemon wedges and red onion as a garnish. And lemon bundt c@ke, moist or not.

The issue that quickly shows up with using NM for lov voltage wiring is the sometimes very high currents required by low voltage lighting. The wire size is based on current, with voltage playing no part (voltage determine insulation thickness). A 20 watt bulb in 120 V pulls ~0.167 amps. On 12 V a 20 W bulb pulls ~1.667 amps, and the lower voltage puts a premium on voltage drop. Dropping 1 V in a 120 V circuit is less than 0.83%, while in a 12 V circuit it is 8% and will result in noticeable color shifts (red tint) if a lower drop lights is nearby. To control voltage drops wire size may need to be increased evrn further (there are online tools that will compute voltage drop given current, wire size, and conductor length). Wire size directly affects box fill calculations and bending space. Larger conductors are often stranded to make working with them easier. The larger wires also require larger wire nuts, and may not even fit under screw heads on switches. I use small electronic 'transformers' (actually small power supplies) to power low voltage under-cabinet lights and avoid using a single large physical transformer. A 30 W power supply is less than 3 inches long x 2 inches wide and 1.5 inches thick *(most are closer to 1 inch thick). They are available for plug or hard wire connection and can use conventional 120 V dimmers. The 120 V wire can be as small as #14 (15 amp circuit) and is not hard to work with. The small power supplies can be mounted under the cabinets near the back with the lights near the front. The only complaint I have about the power supplies is they need a small strap to hold them in place (the single screw and double face tape fails pretty quickly).

i just did a test and found that I can cross post to KT from here. I'm using Windows 11 on a laptop with gardenweb platform and Firefox browser. However, as Carol said, I cannot cross post to here from KT. I'm pretty sure that I was unable to do this when I was using Windows 10 - at least that is what I remember. There are only rare occasions when I would want to cross post these two forums - and those are mostly when I have health concerns.