I managed to break a bedside lamp. Didn't like it anyway so I'm after a new matching pair. Only problem I'm noticing is that very few of the lamps are vented. In fact the globe appears to be enclosed. The broken one is vented around the rim of the globe and at the back. Even at 2-3W I'm not sure about a non-vented lamp inside.
Are others out there using a lamp in which the globe is enclosed with no air circulating about? Below is what appears to be a lamp with a totally enclosed globe.
Led globes do not run as hot as incandescent and halogen.While a flow through of air is an advantage I would be looking at what Road tech Marine and jay car have.There are plenty of different varieties out there. Just keep looking.
We have 2 of these, re-charge with USB once a month or so.
No good for our van as lights are screwed to wall. However, reckon I may get some for no other reason is that they look great. Have several ideas where they will work better than what I already have.
robol said
11:28 AM Apr 9, 2018
Mine are aluminium fittings but well vented and no problems so far.
Cheers Rob.
RustyD said
11:33 AM Apr 10, 2018
After looking in a few vans in a Jayco lot, I ordered a pair of these. I paid a few $ more as this was the only place that I could get a pair this side of 4 weeks.
I managed to break a bedside lamp. Didn't like it anyway so I'm after a new matching pair. Only problem I'm noticing is that very few of the lamps are vented. In fact the globe appears to be enclosed. The broken one is vented around the rim of the globe and at the back. Even at 2-3W I'm not sure about a non-vented lamp inside.
Are others out there using a lamp in which the globe is enclosed with no air circulating about? Below is what appears to be a lamp with a totally enclosed globe.
We have 2 of these, re-charge with USB once a month or so.
No good for our van as lights are screwed to wall. However, reckon I may get some for no other reason is that they look great. Have several ideas where they will work better than what I already have.
Cheers Rob.
After looking in a few vans in a Jayco lot, I ordered a pair of these. I paid a few $ more as this was the only place that I could get a pair this side of 4 weeks.
www.ebay.com.au/itm/202128036284
-- Edited by RustyD on Tuesday 10th of April 2018 11:35:16 AM
The only need for ventilation with LEDs is for the transformer.
In the van, I'd suspect that the light didn't need a transformer, hence no vents.
Are you certain that the originals were LED? From the description, they sound more likely to be Halogen - which DO need venting.
-- Edited by JA2340 on Thursday 12th of April 2018 07:52:59 PM
The attached pic is of my bedside lamps that I screwed to the overhead shelf. I got them from Camec years ago.
If you look closely you can see the cheap Chinese LEDs that I recently replaced the old & power hungry incandescent bulbs with.
They work very well both as muted light if turned sideways & reading light when pointed straight downwards.