Re: How do LED 12V Dimmable light bulb works?

[Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Better off? "

The OP already has the lamps.

For less than what he probably paid for one lamp, at my local big box  I
bought a fixture with power supply for MR-16 lamps that is dimmable. It dims
a MR16 LED well when powered through a plain-jane INSTEON lamp model.  See my
previous post in this thread

HTH ... Marc
Marc_F_Hult
www.ECOntrol.org

On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:03:00 GMT, nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote in
message  <4dad985f.38720234@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>I know of no way to use that with 120V nor does Insteon make a dimmer that
>works with 12V AFAIK.
>
>You would be better off with a 120V dimmable LED with a standard screw base.
>
>
>"emoreno@xxxxxxxxx" <emoreno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I bought the following LED dimmable light bulbs :
>>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003SFBB4I
>>
>>However I?m not sure how to make it work. I?m sure that I can?t just
>>connect it directly to the power outlet as I can burn it, probably I
>>need some type of power adapter but I?m not sure.
>>
>>I would like to use an INSTEON dimmer but I was wondering if anyone
>>has any experience doing this before and could share some thoghts with
>>me before I buy any dimmer.
>>
>> This is the first time that I see the MR16 power input (the two
>>pins), and I don?t know where to buy those either, or how to make
>>connect them on serial (or parallel) to control multiple light bulbs
>>from a single power source/dimmer.
>>
>>I noticed that this light bulb has some type of heat dissipation thing
>>attached to it; but I thought LEDs didn?t produce much heat, does
>>anyone know why these light bulbs have to manage heat when these
>>consume only 12V?
>>
>>If anyone could tell me what is what I need to buy and where to buy it
>>to have my setup working would be highly appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks