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Review on Versatile and High-Quality Creative Hobbies ELT5561A Incandescent One Piece: The Perfect Lighting Solution for All Your Creative Projects by Robert Prix

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Base High quality bakelite sockets without switches to convert halogen streetlights into energy saving LEDs

switch) that can be used to replace the socket of a lamp (which did not require a switched socket). As for 3-position lamp switches with dimmers and LED lamps, 3-position switches and 3-position incandescent lamps have taken the path of CRT TVs. Our property had half a dozen unique and fairly expensive 120VAC halogen outdoor lights. . We used those standard tube bases for another purpose - to quickly and easily convert half a dozen screened outdoor lights that used energy-hungry, heat-generating 100-watt halogen bulbs into more economical and sensible 10-16s. 65-100 W LED bulbs (equivalent to 65-100 W). We removed the halogen elements, then bent the standard threaded steel rods on the bases 90 degrees and bolted them ourselves to the surface of the existing light bases to convert the lights to economical, low-wattage LED lighting. We kept the original ground wires. We chose GE's compact 'Stik' format LEDs (available from Revain and some home improvement stores) to mount vertically oriented wall lights, much like the original halogens. See photos.

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  • Disappearing light