Replacement light fitting

[Vanterrier]

The shower room ceiling light has been a bit yellow and a new fluorescent tube was not to be found. I first looked for a replacement tube the a replacement light fitting but 8.5 inches dia fittings could not be found either. I reckoned a 5 or 6 inch fitting would look lost in the moulded ceiling space, but then thought I could fit a complete new LED light fitting to the base of the old and it could shine through the original lens ok.
So, I bought one of these...

Pardon our interruption...

I wired it to use the original light switch and it fitted easily into the depth of the original fitting.
It just looks like I have just replaced the old 9W fluorescent tube with a nice new LED "bulb", which I suppose I have...
Well pleased
K

 

[Ingwe]

I did something similar but find that when the pump runs, the light flickers in time with the pump. Need to find a way to regulate the voltage.

 

[wildebus]

I did something similar but find that when the pump runs, the light flickers in time with the pump. Need to find a way to regulate the voltage.

A voltage regulator is typically a mechanism to maximise the voltage level. you are experiencing what sounds like a voltage drop when the pump runs so you might need to look at a way to keep the voltage raised to a suitable level. A Water Pump is quite a power-hungry bit of kit. You could also check you have a decent connection both on positive and negative wires on the lights

(FWIW, I use a Victron DC-DC controller to output a set voltage and works as a buck/boost device).

 

[Ingwe]

A voltage regulator is typically a mechanism to maximise the voltage level. you are experiencing what sounds like a voltage drop when the pump runs so you might need to look at a way to keep the voltage raised to a suitable level. A Water Pump is quite a power-hungry bit of kit. You could also check you have a decent connection both on positive and negative wires on the lights

(FWIW, I use a Victron DC-DC controller to output a set voltage and works as a buck/boost device).

Thanks for this. I've checked the connections and they're fine. I was wondering whether to buy a better quality led lighting strip from say, Aten Lighting than the cheap ebay one I bought?

 

[wildebus]

Thanks for this. I've checked the connections and they're fine. I was wondering whether to buy a better quality led lighting strip from say, Aten Lighting than the cheap ebay one I bought?

What you will need to do is make sure whatever LED lighting fitting you buy is suitable for a variable voltage. Lots of people used to buy the IKEA LED Strips which needed a 12V supply and wire them into their "12V" campervans. Trouble is those lights needed an actual 12V supply with very little tolerance and the "12V" supply in a camper will vary from 11.5V to 14.7V and the lights will then fail.