What is Monorail?
Edge Lighting Monorail offers all the function and flexibility of a track lighting system without sacrificing form. The rail is hand-bendable, so you can create the ideal shape to enhance and illuminate any room or follow any architectural detail. You can deliver light just about anywhere, no matter where your junction box is located. By adding pendants, small stylish heads, or functional art pieces, you can truly design with light, delivering the amount of light you want and need from fixtures that are both technically precise and highly aesthetic. Monorail uses small-low voltage halogen lamps that have a powerful whiter light over standard incandescent bulbs at about a 33% energy savings.
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Edge Lighting Monorail Kits
With Edge Lighting's Monorail Configurator, Kits are the easiest way to order Monorail and will come with everything you need for basic Transformer/Rail installations. You can then select from hundreds of fixtures that range from pendants to small stylish heads. These kits were designed to handle simple runs from 4 to 32 feet. Special installations like sloped ceiling and circle systems are also available.
Is a Monorail Kit Right For Me?
Each Monorail kit includes:
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Monorail Configurator Basic Instructions:
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Select transformer kit options. |
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Select Monorail heads and pendants. |
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View complete summary of the system. The summary can be emailed or printed out and purchased from a local showroom or representative. |
Selecting a Transformer
The transformer is the key to a low-voltage system. It reduces a standard 120 Voltage line down to 12 volts, which is safe to touch. The total output wattage of the transformers determines the total wattage of the heads or pendants that can be used on the system. For example, a 300 watt transformer can power up to six 50 watt heads (6 x 50W = 300W), 8 fixtures with 37 watt bulbs, 15 fixtures with 20 watt bulbs, or any combination in between when using halogen lamps.Remote vs. Surface Mount:
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Remote transformers |
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Surface mount transformers |
Provide a cleaner look because they are hidden from view. However, they must be installed in an accessible location, such as above the ceiling or in a closet, located up to 20 feet from the system's power feed. Remote transformers feed a Monorail system through an unobtrusive power feed canopy or other power feed options.
Sit on the ceiling attached to an electrical box and are a visible part of a Monorail system, with the transformer enclosed in a decorative housing matching the system's finish. Surface mount transformers are best suited for systems being installed where there is an existing 4" electrical box within range of the Monorail's run. Rail can be mounted as close as 1 inch with all size transformers. Magnetic vs. Electronic:
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Magnetic transformers |
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Electronic transformers |
Both magnetic and electronic transformers can be dimmed, but a compatible dimmer is required for the chosen transformer type.
Customizing your kit
Edge Lighting Monorail is available in three finishes:
 Satin Nickel |
 Polished Nickel |
 Antique Bronze |
Monorail Kits can be built ranging from 4 to 32 feet in length.
The standard Monorail drops 1" from the ceiling, but system kits can also ordered to lower the rail as much as 96" from the ceiling. They are also available with adjustable standoffs.
Remote Mount Transformers:
  1" Rigid Standoff |
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Surface Mount Transformers:
 1" Rigid Standoff |
 Rigid Standoff |
The standard standoff length for Edge Monorail systems is 1". One inch standoffs are compatible with 1 inch power feed canopies and all Monorail surface mount transformers. Ceiling drop lengths are also available in standard 2", 3", 4", 6", 12", 24", 36", 48" and 96" sizes. Custom lengths are also available. Please call. Standoffs and power feeds are field-cuttable to get the exact drop from the ceiling desired. Kits include enough standoffs for about every three feet of rail taking into consideration that the power feed or surface mount transformer acts as a support.
Selecting your fixtures
Transformer Wattage
Transformer wattage determines the total wattage of the heads/lamps on the system. You can combine LED and low voltage halogen fixtures on the same system when using 12V AC transformers - just be sure that your total wattage does not exceed the wattage of the transformer.Select the pendants, heads or functional art pieces that you want to put on your system. Be careful not to overload the total rated wattage of the transformer you have selected. You may use a lower wattage lamp (light bulb) than is the rated maximum for a fixture, so for example on a 300 watt transformer, you can put 4 fixtures with 75 watt lamps, 6 fixtures with 50 watt lamps, energy saving, 8 fixtures with 37 watt energy saving lamps, 15 fixtures with 20 watt lamps, or any combination in between.
Below is a chart showing the approximate number of heads/lamps a system can accomodate for each transformer wattage assuming all halogen or all LED lamps:
Halogen lamp magnetic or electronic 12V AC |
LED lamp magnetic only 12V AC |
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150 Watt transformer
300 Watt transformer
600 Watt transformer
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150 Watt transformer
300 Watt transformer
600 Watt transformer
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