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Generic Chinese 12v-60v LED retrofit lamp Here we have something someone gave to me today. It's a generic Chinese LED retrofit lamp which is apparently for 12v-60vDC systems. (Well, it worked fine on the 32vDC we tried it on on their boat). The light color is less than ideal for home environments and I could live with that normally but this is pretty dim. If I had 12v lights in my off-grid house (I don't; I just run 120v bulbs on an inverter) I would use this as a nightlight though as I could leave it on all the time on my batteries. There are absolutely so specs marked in the chart but I was told it was for 12v-60v operation. (The person who gave me this has a bunch of them and, as they put it to me, "I use them where I don't have to be or if I don't have another bulb, then leave it there till I can't stand it any longer". It's rather directional and the light output is a gloomy purple-blue-white that makes wood, etc. look awful. But if it actually doesn't draw much power I could live with that in certain applications. Like I said, if I had 12v lights in my (off-grid) house I'd use this as a nightlight in the bathroom or something, running 24/7. Keywords: Lamps

Generic Chinese 12v-60v LED retrofit lamp

Here we have something someone gave to me today. It's a generic Chinese LED retrofit lamp which is apparently for 12v-60vDC systems. (Well, it worked fine on the 32vDC we tried it on on their boat). The light color is less than ideal for home environments and I could live with that normally but this is pretty dim. If I had 12v lights in my off-grid house (I don't; I just run 120v bulbs on an inverter) I would use this as a nightlight though as I could leave it on all the time on my batteries.
There are absolutely so specs marked in the chart but I was told it was for 12v-60v operation. (The person who gave me this has a bunch of them and, as they put it to me, "I use them where I don't have to be or if I don't have another bulb, then leave it there till I can't stand it any longer". It's rather directional and the light output is a gloomy purple-blue-white that makes wood, etc. look awful. But if it actually doesn't draw much power I could live with that in certain applications. Like I said, if I had 12v lights in my (off-grid) house I'd use this as a nightlight in the bathroom or something, running 24/7.

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Filename:PICT0023~1.JPG
Album name:GEsoftwhite100watts / CFLs
Keywords:Lamps
Company and Date Manufactured:Some generic no-name brand, 2000s-2010s sometime
Wattage:(no specs)
Lamp Type:energy-saving LED retrofit
Filesize:431 KiB
Date added:Dec 29, 2013
Dimensions:2000 x 1500 pixels
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DateTime Original:2003:01:01 00:00:00
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ISO:100
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Model:DiMAGE Z1
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=16823
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streetlight98   [Jan 01, 2014 at 04:46 AM]
ahh low voltage LEDs? I wonder if they'll be more reliable than the 120V ones. At 12V, you probably wouldn't even need a transformer, just an AC to DC converter (not even that if you don't mind the crazy 60Hz flicker). another one of the CFLs in the kitchen died and a 14W A19 Maxlite CFL replaced it. After 10 years the CFLs re all of a sudden failing together. that's the 2nd one within the past three months in the same fixture (well, they ARE 10 years old and very black at the ends where the tube goes into the plastic. The plastic bases are turning yellow and I'm thinking of just taking the other two out of service too but they still work fine and we don't run them unattended so there's no huge deal...
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Jan 05, 2014 at 01:31 AM]
Can you get a pic of those ones? We're about 2-3 years on all mine except for a few that are older/newer and they're all still going strong although I'm thinking the one above my woodstove and the one in my generator room are getting close, they have lots of blackening. Granted, they're frequently switched though. Also one of the 34w GE Watt-Misers on the T8 ballast in my bathroom light is getting close I think, it first lights with that the-end-is-near purple glow at first and last night it even got the bright orange and swirled a bit! Since then it's been fine but I bet it's close. It's been there almost a year (February 2013-January 2014) but in it's defense it's frequently switched so what should I expect? Laughing

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