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"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.

I have given up on physical books completely now and only read ebooks
and that fixes the lighting problem completely and can be done anywhere,