"newshound" wrote in message
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On 15/04/2020 10:02, newshound wrote:
We have a number of those "bedside lights" with a transformer in the base
and a pair of "radio aeriels" taking 12 volts AC to the light unit
containing a 20 watt halogen G4.

I've just used my last spare halogen bulb, I see there are loads of LED
replacements around.

For main domestic lights I have long since replaced halogens with LED but
I am not so bothered about energy saving or safety for bedside lights,
and I do find halogens give good light for reading.

Are LEDs OK in this type of light, or would you stick with halogens?
Presumably the crude power supplies work fine with LED?

TIA

Thanks everyone for the comments, I'll give LEDs a try. (I actually quite
like the blue-ish halogen light for reading).

I like a reading light to be behind my shoulder, illuminating the page
mainly and leaving the rest of the room darker to avoid distraction.

I used to have a fluorescent tube desk lamp on an Anglepoise-type arm. This
was good but I was conscious of the mains-frequency flicker when I first got
it.

I now have a lamp with a shade on a bedside table, using a Philips Hue bulb.
This is a nice restful light, and can be dimmed and altered in colour
between very warm (candle-light) and very cool (daylight in the shade). But
it's not as easy to get good lighting on the book, without my body getting
between the light and the pages. I need to find a *cheap* Anglepoise-type
desk lamp. The one I've got on my desk in my study is probably overkill
(expensive and a very large head) but I'm sure smaller ones are available
now as bedside reading lights.