MR16 LOW VOLTAGE LED BULBS

36 LED - Warm White and Cool White

The 36 LED unit available in cool white and warm white is as far as we can go with a standard 5 mm LED. Nowadays we pump them up to 20,000 MCD per LED but they can't compare to halogen output and viewing angle. These can be used in hallways and areas where you need a spotlight effect. Even though we make the LEDs protrude from the rim of the reflector, providing some decent side light, they still are more of a spotlight than a floodlight.

Single 3 W diodes - Warm White and Cool White: 60° viewing angle - comparable to 20w halogen.

The 3w units are currently available in both the Warm White and Cool White. Cool White are $3 more expensive than warm white units but they produce 15% more light and will maintain their lumens output a lot longer.

The Warm White single 3 W units are from Nichia in South Korea - we have found their Warm White to be of excellent colour consistency and we have seen no fading. By nature they aren't quite as bright as the Cool White because of the colour temperature but they do make up for it in ambience.

3x1w units available in Warm White and Cool White - 120° viewing angle - comparable to roughly 35 W halogen.

By far the best MR16 we've produced - these also incorporate thermal cutout just in case they get too hot, make sure you never put installation or any other materials close to the fitting because these need to breathe. Not as bright as a 50 W halogen unit they will use 1/5 the power of a halogen bulb the same size (roughly 35 W)

Can I use 240v AC/12v AC transformers with these bulbs?

Yes - although only with the iron core transformers, they will not operate properly with electronic transformers.
Electronic transformers are looking for a constant high load and will flicker from continuous start-up and shutdown.
Rectifiers are built into all our AC capable bulbs, this brings the current back to DC as LED's themselves are DC driven.
Given the choice - we advise our customers to run these bulbs on DC only.
Our new 240vAC~14vDC power supply has a 14 vDC output.
This this allows for long cable runs of a standard house without affecting the voltage getting to the bulb.
Keep in mind that the new 3w and 3x1w MR16 units are 8~15v DC - this gives greater ability to withstand voltage drop anyway.
The LED bulbs that we stock have small bridge rectifiers inside (this converts the 12v AC power to DC)

How bright are your 8~15v DC 3w 10 degree bike lights?

The 10 degree spotlight when measured directly in front will rival a 40w halogen - we must qualify that by saying it will rapidly fade after that narrow spot beam - it's a spotlight - much like a torch.
We also have 3x1w 25° units currently available.

What is the difference between the 5500k and 3000k color range?

The 5500k colour is about as close to neutral light as we can get - daylight being about 5800k - anything after that and you start getting that blue tinge which is actually called daylight. The amber usually are at about 2000~3000k with Warm White being in the 4000 K. zone. Cool White then take it up to about 5500 K. with daylight starting to cut in and taking it all the way to 7000 K. in comfortable viewing White range.
Most of the early white 5mm LED lights had that blue tinge because they actually were a blue LED with some doping phosphors added - as they aged they got more blue because it was the doping phosphors breaking down not the blue chip itself.

Can you dim MR16 LED bulbs?
Our LED bulbs are current driven - dimmer type voltage variations will not affect them.
To dim an LED bulb you would need a current based dimmer.
These are called pulse modulators - these devices keep the voltage stable whist switching the current on and off millions of times per second.
By adjusting the pulse rate (or gap) - this creates a dimming effect and causes no lasting problems for the LED bulb.

Why don't you sell LED deck lights?

With regard to recessed deck lights there are several types available these days but we highly recommend that if you are going to use a recess on deck light then you would need the type that has a replaceable bulb.
We've seen many LED deck lights that are one unit, the LEDs are actually sealed inside the fitting.
We don't like this type of idea because our experience has been that LEDs fail sometimes and often when LED bulbs fail only a couple of LEDs will actually stop working but this doesn't look very good and renders the bulb defective.
We've seen this many times and we see even more so where there aren't enough quality controls over the production of the LEDs.
The company putting together the fitting will obtain their LEDs from any particular area.
We sell LED bulbs that have passed all the regulation standards and we highly recommend that if you are going to get any LED lights in the future make sure that the fitting can take a replaceable bulb.
The most common type of replaceable fittings are MR 16, these are the common recess downlights that you see in houses and garden fittings.

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MR16 - 36 LED Warm White and Cool White

We use 20,000 MCD LED and incorporate a wide 8~30vDC operating range in these. They tend to have a spotlight effect and are for use in narrow areas. The LEDs do protrude past the rim of the reflector however and quite a lot of light is thrown off to the side. If you have a small tent it would generally light the tent although throwing about a 1 to 1 1/2 metre circle on the table.

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MR16 - High Power 3w and 3x1w

We've been through several versions of the 3 W unit over the years firstly using Luxeonics for our initial production runs but quickly moving to the Cree Company. Cree have developed the XLamp® XRE LED diode recently and we have moved to that as it is superior in lumens maintenance and brightness. When you are pricing units from LED suppliers please ask them what type of diode is in the lamp they supply. With both the single 3 W unit and a 3x1w units we always use Cree’s XLamp® XRE LED now.

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MR16 3w Bike Light 10° (New MR16 Containing Cree’s XLamp® XRE LED 25°Now Available)
We started out with Luxeon units back in 2004 but slowly moved to Cree's diodes.
Testing combinations of 1w diodes yielded higher performance lumens per watt with no thermal cut-out under normal room temperature conditions.
So we moved all our MR16, GU10, E27 and B22 to the 3x1w type except for the bike light however - we can't narrow the beam down to 10° or 25° using 3x1w units. The best we can do is 40 ° in 3x1w footprint..

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MR11 SMD

These are now available in the 6 SMD version with reflector or if you don't have any room we have a small G4 style version 4 SMD unit.

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MR16 sockets - These can take the MR11 and the G4 bulb if needed.

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LED Light Bars 18 SMD and 36 SMD Cool White

Please send an e-mail to us asking for photos of customers using these in their caravans and motorhomes. We've had quite a lot of satisfied customers and some have sent us their photos to use.

The lightbar I have received is labelled 12V. The product description states 8~30V. Have I been sent the wrong item?

This label is a mis-print from the factory. Your lightbar is indeed 8~30V.

 

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100 to 240vAC TO 12v (14.4vDC) power supply - 18w max (15w optimal)

The new switching adaptor (also called transformer, or power supply) works in a input voltage range from 100 to 240 volt and is suited for both the US and Australian type mains power supplies. We produced this particular power supply with a 14.4vDC output so that it would be capable of long cable runs in gardens for example.

How many LED lights can I run from one power supply?
The transformer is capable of delivering 18 watts but it is recommended to use 15 watts for continious usage. We will be able to tell you how many power supplies you need if you send us an e-mail.

What is the maximum cable run distance from switching adaptor to lightbar with the normal cable?
Once again it would be best for us to assess each situation independently as there are so many variables. We have successfully achieved garden runs of 50 m at 15w.

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240v AC12v AC Transformer

Standard AC transformer - Australian made by Tridonic Atco - these units will safely run your LED bulbs over quite a large distance.

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LED mood candles (single white candle with AA batteries!)

The ON/OFF switch is on the bottom of the candle - so is the battery compartment latch. These LED candles look like real candles and when lit up only the 'wick' flickers - the body of the candle stays unlit just like a real candle.
The candles go inside the silicon holders and the wick lights up and shines through.
Do not pull off the white cap - that is the 'wick'!!

Does the candle come out of the silicon for battery replacement?
Yes - but it won't be neccessary - the battery compartment is at the base of the candle and the ON / OFF switch too