I have some old style
halogen lamps which use 150 watts.
Time to upgrade to
LEDs.
When I disassembled
lamp #1, I found a burned wire.
Might be time to check your lamps, too!
The other lamp wiring was OK.
New lamps are
expensive. So, high time for some
maintenance.
First I replaced the
“halogen lamp socket”. Then I added one of these LED replacement bulbs.
It is a “warm white
bulb” which means it is a little dim.
That is OK when I have to get up before dawn to catch a plane or
something like that.
For the other lamp I
decided to add a big LED lamp fixture.
The Cloudy Bay item
shown here is held together by three bolts.
I brought one bolt to
the hardware store to match the M6 thread and got three real long bolts 100 mm
long. Add 25 ~ 50 mm to the existing bolt length.
Then I made three
holes in the old lamp shade and bolted the new LED lamp into place.
Three new bolts and three
existing nuts.
These new LEDs are
cool “white which” means really bright.
The lamp looks good whether on or off.
This lamp is kind of like
strobe lights though, giving out 120 flashes per minute. If I wave my hand right by the light, I can see some strobing effects.
Perhaps there are some better LED lights out there, which would have more components
such as capacitors to store some energy and reduce the voltage ripple inherent
in the 60 cycle AC power. A
more-expensive lamp fixture might give a more steady light.
Then again
I could build some rechargeable batteries into the lamp base, which would run the LEDs
on direct current. Light output would be steady.
The search for a
suitable replacement goes on.
fin