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Hi,
I have a pendant light with 7 independent G4 bulbs, each labelled as "G4 10W 12V". I thought I'd try replacing these with LED equivalents and found some 1.2W ones on Amazon. I latterly realised I'd bought a pack of 6 when I needed 7...which may be a factor here.
The lights are equivalent in brightness to the halogen Philips bulbs I was replacing, I currently have 6 installed, plus a dead halogen as I await a further delivery. However, I'm finding that all the bulbs randomly switch off by themselves - not sure of time range, but at least 30min - 2hrs+ after being switched on. Going to the wall switch and immediately toggling it off and on again brings them back to life, so it doesn't appear to be any form of heat cutout on the bulbs.
*edit* I've just experienced repeated cutout's when power cycling which leads me to suspect overheating. Might just be these being cheap Amazon bulbs, but think I'll simply swap back to halogen *edit*
I wondered if there might not be enough current draw through the DC transformer which must be in the base of the light.
An annoying problem, which I could easily solve by swapping back to halogen, but thought I'd check here for any insights/suggestions first
Thanks
I have a pendant light with 7 independent G4 bulbs, each labelled as "G4 10W 12V". I thought I'd try replacing these with LED equivalents and found some 1.2W ones on Amazon. I latterly realised I'd bought a pack of 6 when I needed 7...which may be a factor here.
The lights are equivalent in brightness to the halogen Philips bulbs I was replacing, I currently have 6 installed, plus a dead halogen as I await a further delivery. However, I'm finding that all the bulbs randomly switch off by themselves - not sure of time range, but at least 30min - 2hrs+ after being switched on. Going to the wall switch and immediately toggling it off and on again brings them back to life, so it doesn't appear to be any form of heat cutout on the bulbs.
*edit* I've just experienced repeated cutout's when power cycling which leads me to suspect overheating. Might just be these being cheap Amazon bulbs, but think I'll simply swap back to halogen *edit*
I wondered if there might not be enough current draw through the DC transformer which must be in the base of the light.
An annoying problem, which I could easily solve by swapping back to halogen, but thought I'd check here for any insights/suggestions first
Thanks
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