Cool-Lux mod to LED?

BrianMurphy

BrianMurphy

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For several years I have traveled with my trusty Cool-Lux miniature 4 light kit. These lights have been super handy and still are but they are hot. I use the oem MR16 120 volt bulbs and the 12 volt ones though they can drain a battery belt or the automotive battery jump start pack I used pretty quickly. I like their size and that an attaché case gives me 4 lights,doors, gels, dimmers, two stands, stingers, light clamps and drop ceiling clips. And as you road warriors know size matters...so to speak. Though they have not be the only lights I used on the road they have made lots of stuff look great by adding the little extra.
So all of that being said, I hate to part with them now and would like to convert them to LED. I have had very poor luck finding any MR16 pin based 120 volt LEDs in any colour temp. I have found quite a few with a GU10 base and I am now attempting to mod one light with that base but it does not look promising and would mean that swapping sorta 3200 to sorta 5600 would require time and tools. Not ideal.
My question is:
Does anyone know where I could find pin based 120 volt LEDs in sorta 3200 &sorta 5600?
Thanks
Brian
 
Mr-16led units are actually operating on low voltage DC like 9-12-28 VDC. AC line of 110-220 volts must be reduced and converted to DC to drive the led driver within the MR-16 footprint.You can always get 12 volt MR-16 leds and have the luxury of using 14.4 brick V mounts or Gold mounts to power them, and if needed to run off the AC wall, then just a simple AC DC adapter will do. Most MR-16 leds are made for home retrofits and may not have the right color or high CRI as filaments but there are some that are adequate to good.
See this one as an example and they also have them in DC if you wish to do portable power

http://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/led-bi-pin/5-watt-mr16-bulb-gu10-base-60-degree/1075/

I custom made my own 3000K and 5000K using the CREE MT-G2 leds with 90 CRI and a whopping 1400 lumens each. All battery fed.
 
Thanks Norman,
I am aware that the MR16 used in homes often use a dc or ac transformer to step down the 120 volts. Cool-Lux fixtures use MR16 (pin connector not GU10) 120 volt bulbs. I don't want to carry a power supply or batteries, I just want to swap out the bulbs for LEDs that are 120 volts and pin connector not GU10.
I am aware that you make lights and thanks again for the invite to check them out. Perhaps when I am not so busy.
Brian
 
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