Yes they got very hot. I had one with what looked like a car headlight bulb
in it and the outside could burn you if you left it on for a long period.
Brian

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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?

For a reading light I reckon LEDs should be fine. I am always a bit
nervous of quartz halogen lights in close proximity to paper.

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