Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
If you look at REALLY OLD posts in the lighting forums here, you'll find dozens if not hundreds of DIY MR16 halogen setups.
This album from 2004 shows my solution, whipped up in about 20 minutes at a home improvement store. It ran great for 2 years until I upgraded.
http://www.hauntedfrog.com/gallery/m...g2_itemId=2636
Yeah, but what is new is the LED replacements for the older MR16 bulb. And no, they won't generate the heat that the ceramic socket is designed for. The LED bulb I'm using is made by Toshiba, and is the equivalent of 20 watts halogen, but uses only 6.7 watts.
So, yesterday, before I updated this post, I was riding a recumbent bike that I keep in a shed in my Mothers back yard, and I happened to swing around the Electrical Supply house, so I parked the bike in front and went in, to see what they've got. Let me tell you, this LED thing is growing, they have more LED bulbs and fixtures than the last time I went there. (Same is true for the auto parts store, where I bought the marker lights, 12 volt red and amber.
So I bought the two pin socket , and last night / this morning I built a fixture to house the new MR16 bulb...