I just got done modifying the vanity lights in my bathroom to use LEDs instead of the incandescent lights that it was made for. The fixture originally took 3 60watt bulbs. Here is a shot of it with one 60 watt bulb in it and 2 cheap chinese E27 base LED bulbs.
As you can see the cheap chinese crap does not put out much light...
After trying to figure out what LED to use I decided upon some bridgelux warm white LEDs as I have used them in the past in some other projects and have been very happy with the results.
I took the light down and began taking it apart planing on completely rewiring the whole thing, but after seeing how hard it would be to string new wires through the tiny tubes going from the light bulbs I decided to use the wiring that was already there. I used a DIY E27 bulb from dealextreme sku#13741 as well as round heatsinks from http://www.excesssolutions.com/cgi-bin/item/ES953
Here is a shot of all the components drilled and ready to be put together.
I knew I had to have a circuit to knock down the 120 mains down a bit and also to have a CC going to the LEDs. I decided to try and make the box for these circuits look more like something you would buy at a store.. here are some shots of this..
cover plate "painted with a hammered brown spray paint"
circuitry
back of the light... I hate using wire ties
I drilled some holes on the top of the lights to help with cooling the LEDs, well that was the idea anyway.
everything hooked up and ready for the big test!
powered on!
shot of one of the LEDs in the socket..
As you can see the cheap chinese crap does not put out much light...
After trying to figure out what LED to use I decided upon some bridgelux warm white LEDs as I have used them in the past in some other projects and have been very happy with the results.
I took the light down and began taking it apart planing on completely rewiring the whole thing, but after seeing how hard it would be to string new wires through the tiny tubes going from the light bulbs I decided to use the wiring that was already there. I used a DIY E27 bulb from dealextreme sku#13741 as well as round heatsinks from http://www.excesssolutions.com/cgi-bin/item/ES953
Here is a shot of all the components drilled and ready to be put together.
I knew I had to have a circuit to knock down the 120 mains down a bit and also to have a CC going to the LEDs. I decided to try and make the box for these circuits look more like something you would buy at a store.. here are some shots of this..
cover plate "painted with a hammered brown spray paint"
circuitry
back of the light... I hate using wire ties
I drilled some holes on the top of the lights to help with cooling the LEDs, well that was the idea anyway.
everything hooked up and ready for the big test!
powered on!
shot of one of the LEDs in the socket..
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