Can I just disconnect the MR16 GU5.3 halogen downlighters and leave the bulbs in situ?
 

Suppose I decided to get rid of the halogen downlighters altogether.
Can I just disconnect them? That is, remove the spring ring, pull the
connector off the bulb, then put the bulb and spring ring back in?

Or will each bulb's transformer overheat without any load on it?

I could then reinstate the halogens at any time simply by reconnecting
them.

MM

Can I just disconnect the MR16 GU5.3 halogen downlighters and leave the bulbs in situ?
 

In article ,
MM wrote:
Or will each bulb's transformer overheat without any load on it?

No.

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Can I just disconnect the MR16 GU5.3 halogen downlighters and leave the bulbs in situ?
 

I don't see a problem except you are wasting a tiny current on each
transformer.
Brian

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Suppose I decided to get rid of the halogen downlighters altogether.
Can I just disconnect them? That is, remove the spring ring, pull the
connector off the bulb, then put the bulb and spring ring back in?

Or will each bulb's transformer overheat without any load on it?

I could then reinstate the halogens at any time simply by reconnecting
them.

MM

Can I just disconnect the MR16 GU5.3 halogen downlighters andleave the bulbs in situ?
 

On 16/01/2018 11:29, Huge wrote:
On 2018-01-16, MM wrote:
Suppose I decided to get rid of the halogen downlighters altogether.
Can I just disconnect them?

Yes.



I convinced the local knob head know it all down at my local pub (you
know the sort of person) that it costs more to run a transformer without
a lamp connected to it than with a lamp connected to it due to power
factor corrections.

Easily done as he had had a few beers and I got the local paedo maths
teacher[1] who was in the pub to back me up on my made up maths.


[1] alleged - but we all know he cannot tell the difference between 15
and 16.

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Can I just disconnect the MR16 GU5.3 halogen downlighters andleave the bulbs in situ?
 

On 16/01/2018 18:20, ARW wrote:
I got the local paedo maths teacher[1] who was in the pub to back me up
on my made up maths.


[1] alleged - but we all know he cannot tell the difference between 15
and 16.

I hope he knows that it wouldn't matter if they were 21 if they were his
students...

Andy

Can I just disconnect the MR16 GU5.3 halogen downlighters and leave the bulbs in situ?
 

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:36:35 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

I don't see a problem except you are wasting a tiny current on each
transformer.
Brian

Just as long as it's safe to do this.

MM