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LED Driver compatability

aligarjon

Hi guys.   I hope this isn't too stupid a question.   I have a customer who has supplied some under kitchen LED cupboard lights and a driver that comes with a socket to plug in a few individual lights.  The problem is the little plugs on the lights don't fit in the sockets so presumably somebody has sent or ordered the wrong driver or lights.  The Driver is rated at 15W.  Is there likely to be a problem if i just cut off the plugs and socket and hard wire them or is there likely to be a compatibility problem.  So i guess my question is are the drivers standard and any LED fitting will work so long as the wattage isn't exceeded.

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Gary

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    broadgage: 
     

    I disagree, my view is that 12 volt DC LED power supplies are generic items like halogen lighting transformers, fluorescent lamp ballasts, and contactors.

    Did everyone replace halogen lamp transformers with the same brand ?

    Perhaps not the same brand but of a similar or greater current rating. The demand on the transformer depended on the number of lamps connected. Two transformers may both provide 12 Volts D.C., but are they both rated at the same current output? Some lighting arrangements had more than one lamp per transformer. So a lower output transformer may struggle or get very hot.

     

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    broadgage: 
     

    I disagree, my view is that 12 volt DC LED power supplies are generic items like halogen lighting transformers, fluorescent lamp ballasts, and contactors.

    Did everyone replace halogen lamp transformers with the same brand ?

    Perhaps not the same brand but of a similar or greater current rating. The demand on the transformer depended on the number of lamps connected. Two transformers may both provide 12 Volts D.C., but are they both rated at the same current output? Some lighting arrangements had more than one lamp per transformer. So a lower output transformer may struggle or get very hot.

     

    Z.

     

     

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