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floor lamp halogen to LED - new transformer?
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Ant555
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We have a floor lamp in the living room that currently has 6 x 10w Halogen G4 bulbs in.
I'd like to go brighter and thought about LED's so ordered some but they flicker and I believe its because I have a foot dimmer on the floor lamp.
The foot dimmer is a 240V-12V thing that we never actually use as we use the wall plug switch for on/off. e1§
Its actually one of these
http://www.savemylight.co.uk/kaoyi-kft6022-sliding-foot-dimmer-transformer.html#.WK7iw2-LSpo
My question is that I wonder if its a simple enough job to replace the 'foot dimmer' with an LED compatible box/transformer/driver and then the lamp (which we quite like) will then use LED's. Non dimming is absolutely fine.
Any opinions if its doable?
Thanks
I'd like to go brighter and thought about LED's so ordered some but they flicker and I believe its because I have a foot dimmer on the floor lamp.
The foot dimmer is a 240V-12V thing that we never actually use as we use the wall plug switch for on/off. e1§
Its actually one of these
http://www.savemylight.co.uk/kaoyi-kft6022-sliding-foot-dimmer-transformer.html#.WK7iw2-LSpo
My question is that I wonder if its a simple enough job to replace the 'foot dimmer' with an LED compatible box/transformer/driver and then the lamp (which we quite like) will then use LED's. Non dimming is absolutely fine.
Any opinions if its doable?
Thanks
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