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    Driving LED Chip

    Hi everyone, I would like to use LED chips for DIY projects, to power them I would start from 12V drivers for LED strips. For some chips it is necessary to convert the 12v to 3 or 6v. Could you recommend some products that are easily available online? If not, someone can advise me where to...
  2. R

    Italian LED Floodlight Moisture Issue

    I'm from Sri Lanka. We have installed LED Floodlights from two different Italian Brands (I can mention the names if wanted) on two different sports grounds. Both fixtures are IP66 protected. Yet, both types had the issue of retaining water (mostly moisture) inside the LED compartment. This led...
  3. C

    Anything to consider replacing below-cupboard kitchen LED lights?

    We bought a house with an array of broken (some cosmetic issues, some functional) downlights under cupboards in our kitchen. The bulb seem to be integrated into long wires and tracing them back up it seems there's a bunch of what I presume LED drivers on top of the cupboards. Should I be...
  4. D

    LED replacement for 90v E27 frosted/pearl glass bulb

    Hi all. Slightly out of the ordinary, but I'm looking to replacing between 60 to 100 standard size E27 bulbs with LED equivalent. The catch is the LED must run at 90v, rather than 230v. "Why?" you ask, these bulbs are used in heritage diesel-electric pulled coaches and we're looking to 1)...
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    Fixing recessed LED ceiling profile in place

    Hi, want to installed some LED strips in the ceiling and wanted to know how the recessed LED profile is fixed in place and stop the plasterboard from cracking or sagging when it is running parrallel to the ceiling joists. Has anyone done this? Thanks
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    Hiding led strip driver in bedroom?

    Hi everyone I’m after some advice please. I’m installing some LED profile around a customers bedroom ceiling for some led strip to sit in and diffuser on top obviously. My question is how do people hide the driver? In ceiling void and drop in through back of driver? But most are plug top...
  7. GeoPag

    Rewiring Medicine cabinet to accept LED light tubes

    Hi, I am restoring an old art deco, wall mount medicine cabinet. The cabinet has an 18” fluorescent light tube on each side. Before I put a lot of money into restoring this (mostly chroming parts) I want to make sure I can get lights for it, preferably LEDs, and need to know what I should...
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    Replacing led bulbs

    Hi I currently have 4 led bulbs in the bathroom and 3 of them arent working. The bulbs that are currently in are LOMAS LED GU10 220-240V 6000k 6w Not-Dim. I cant find any 6w online would it be okay to fit a 4.6w? Also the bulb doesnt say what colour they are what would they be? Or should i just...
  9. Mark Wright

    LED flickering in cold staffroom

    Most of the replaced halogen lights are flickering something terrible until the room warms up? Never heard of this. Any ideas? O and there GU5.3s
  10. J

    LED spotlight to illuminate war memorial

    I'm looking for an LED spotlight that can be mounted on an existing lighting column. The aim is to illuminate a war memorial that is 20m away. Any recommendations on where or what I should be looking at?
  11. dlt27

    LED High bays flashing!!

    Hi all, any advice would be greatly appreciated. Went to do some work at a factory unit on Monday ( changed 20 florries to LED battens and changed 20 400w metal halide to 150w LED high bays). The florries were fed from different circuits and different DB’s and the high bays were fed of one DB...
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    Halogen to LED (dimmable)

    Hi all I've been changing the halogen downlighters in my house to LED's. I have three rooms that use dimmers, two of them have two switches each to control the lights, all rocker type dimmer switches. I've had no issue replacing the dimmer modules in the rooms with multiple switches as they are...
  13. J

    can keyboard led glow on

    Hello Can keyboard led on when i remove data pin Data Clock will caps on without data and clock
  14. pnutttz

    How can I add a candle flicker LED to my static LED circuit?

    Hi everyone. I should start by saying I'm not sure I'm in the right place here (this isn't a householder issue - I'm making a Ghostbusters backpack for my son!), and that I have no knowledge at all of electrical circuits. I have a simple circuit with 3aaa batteries powering a string of static...
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    UK LED Xmas Tree Light Transformer Replacement

    Hi, DIY’er here. I need a replacement transformer but can’t find the exact model required anywhere. It is Golden Power GP-SW120DC0700(UK) Input/Pri - 220V-240V - 50/60Hz Output/Sec - 12V - 700mA 8.4W Please can anyone help or suggest an alternative model that may work. Thank you
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    Led floodlight to exsisting 4 core flex

    Am fitting a new pir led floodlight . The exsisting light is connected to 4 core round flexible cable, core colours green/yellow, blue, brown and black . Should i use the green/yellow , blue and brown and just terminate the black Many thanks
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    Bathroom led strip query

    Had to remove a led strip from a bathroom today because it’s getting tiled, now the led strip that was there was low voltage but didn’t have anything covering it. I’ve seen the wee aluminium profile things before, is this something that the led strip should be fitted in when in a bathroom? It...
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    LED Downlight Dims Intermittently

    Hi, I have an a single LED (240v Robust Fixed, LAP GU10 LAD 250 Lm 4w) downlight which is going through a squence (after being on for a while), I ran a lap timer for an example of the behaviour : Dim for 16 secs Fully on for 2 mins 13 Secs Dim for 16 secs Fully on for 2 mins 11 secs...
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    LED mirror has double insulated symbol & earth wire - what are your thoughts?

    I recently bought a bathroom mirror with LED & Bluetooth speakers (from Amazon). There is a double isolated symbol on the back of the mirror yet there is also an earth wire connection. Is this unusual and should it be a cause of concern? It has not been installed yet - just wondering what your...
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    What LED floodlights are people using?

    Hi all, I'm looking for a couple of PIR floodlights to replace old halogen ones, probably around the 50W mark would provide sufficient lighting, so just wondering if anyone is able to recommend some brands that will last and aren't too expensive either, so when they inevitably stop working...
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