Shop Light LED Conversion

[Les White]

I've got several of these old halogen shop lights. The bulbs are expensive and extremely delicate which means they're usually burned out and sit around gathering dust more than being used. They also throw off a LOT of heat, which is great in the winter, but sucks in the summer.

After buying a LED version of a shoplight I've been looking for a way to convert the old halogens. There were some "bulb" type options but they looked stupid and ineffective.

Found these 120v 50w COB wafers on ebay, $10.50 for two, and thought I'd give them a shot. High power LED without the big expensive driver.

bigclivedotcom on YouTube reviewed them and was more or less impressed, but his video was geared towards how they work and not so much towards longevity.

Two COB LED AC 110V 50W | eBay

Led Chip Model:COB Smart IC Chip (Short chip / Long chip) 50W. Housing material:Aluminum.

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Once you pull all the halogen guts out, grind off some rogue cast marks, attach these with some heat sink compound, and screw them in place they work pretty well.




They read just under .5A, show 57W at power on but drops to 48W after a few minutes, and have a power factor of 0.95!






I'd show you a picture of it powered on, but it would be relative and not really show you how bright it is. It's plenty bright. The housing does get warm but it's significantly less hot than it got with a 500W halogen bulb.

Not a bad conversion for about the same cost as a replacement halogen bulb. I'll have to revisit this thread after a few months of use to report on reliability.


What the heck....

 

[Jayne]

LEDs are awesome.

I swapped all the fluorescents in the barn with chinesium LED versions a few years ago, still going strong. I think you're going to be happy with those conversions.

 

[NC Boy Scout]

I’ve got two of these shop lights with burned out bulbs. Just placed an order for these LEDs. Thanks for the lead.

 

[Les White]

I’ve got two of these shop lights with burned out bulbs. Just placed an order for these LEDs. Thanks for the lead.

The wafer has an aluminum base, you're going to need a beefy soldering iron to attach the L & N leads. Make sure you use heatsink compound for good heat transfer. Heat is their enemy.

 

[Les White]

FWIW.

I have a fishing trip planned in KDH the first week in Oct. I really enjoy fishing off the Oregon Inlet Bridge at night with lights. The lights attract bait, which attracts bigger fish. In the past I'd always used the a fore mentioned halogens, and even with the conversions I wanted MORE.

Picked up a set of these 300W (100w per panel) lights for under $50 thinking I could use them for fishing then repurpose them in the backyard,

300W 200W 100W LED Flood Light Outdoor Module Spotlight Garden Yard Lamp Bright | eBay

TypeA 300W 200W 100W LED Flood Light. Power: 100W. 1x LED Flood Light. TypeC-100W/300W/400W LED Flood Light. Luminous flux: 10000Lm. Beam angle: 120°. Viugreum Lighting introduces the latest solid-state LED technology to the market and uses the Helios technology we are applying for a patent.

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HOLY HELL!!!

They're bright AF.

Actual usage is a tad under 300w at 250w with a PF of 0.95 and a little over 2A.






The tall pine trees between the two predominate trees are an EASY 200ft away.