Lighting issue

[doog442]

Hi....This light stopped working yesterday. Its a 7 light conical cascade light with 7x12v 20w G4 capsule bulbs.

Its been up about 6/7 years with no issues at all. Its not used all the time as its in the dining room above a table.

That said any ideas what may have caused this ? Could it be a faulty transformer or bad design? We didn't smell burning and it didn't trip the RCD.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Overheating caused by poor and/or loose connections.

 

[doog442]

Overheating caused by poor and/or loose connections.

Cheers, as in the product itself at the location those multiple wires are damaged ? I just want to check the problem might not be elsewhere before I stick a replacement up.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Probably got those nasty halogen lamps in?

Tome got a nice new LED light fitting.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Probably got those nasty halogen lamps in?

Time to got a nice new LED light fitting.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Probably got those nasty halogen lamps in?

Time to got a nice new LED light fitting.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Cheers, as in the product itself at the location those multiple wires are damaged ?

Yes, in the connectors.

 

[doog442]

Probably got those nasty halogen lamps in?

Time to got a nice new LED light fitting.

Yep, halogens. Its a shame as its a lovely looking conical cascade light and wasn't cheap but I guess if it risks burning the house down best bin it off.

 

[SUNRAY]

Looks like loads of slack in the wiring, should be totally repairable. I suspect it's one of those overheated joints that's failed but it could equally be the electronic transformer.

 

[Sureitsoff?]

with 7 x 20w lamps those connectors have just under 12 amps going through them so any slight looseness in the connection will cause them to heat up and fail. I would replace the halogens with leds which will cut the current draw to 1/10 of what it was previously

 

[ericmark]

7.5 watt is rather large for LED, so it seems to go LED either a new power supply or move to 230 volt.

 

[doog442]

I've just ripped the burnt stuff out and re wired one light up and all good so the transformer's fine. Just to clarify in relation to the recent posts I might have a problem fitting 1W G4 LEDs or similar
Cheers.

 

[doog442]

I found a thread that's kind of helped me answer my own question. I need G4 AC/DC LED's or buy an LED driver (I think) ..will go for the AC/DC option initially.

https://community.screwfix.com/threads/g4-led-advice.222944/

 

[securespark]

Probably got those nasty halogen lamps in?

Time to got a nice new LED light fitting.

You can say that again!

 

[SUNRAY]

You can say that again!

Of course there is still a question of taste.