Lumens measure the light output of a bulb so this is the number you should match to ensure you get the same effect from your led bulb as you did from the halogen bulb.
Convert halogen fixture to led.
I just completed the conversion from florescent to led and removed the florescent tubes holders and printed circuit board from the fixture and purchased the 2 rolls of the led light and connectors from amazon.
Shown are g4 g5 3 g6 and g8 bulbs in both led left and halogen right technologies.
If you have low voltage halogen light bulbs installed with a transformer the first thing you need to do before replacing halogen mr16 light bulbs with led light bulbs is to find the transformer s maximum load.
You should be able to find this on the body of the transformer itself in the form of a va number.
From a cost standpoint replacing many halogen or incandescent fixtures with led fixtures could stretch your budget thin.
There is a tread on the forum with all of the information you need to make the conversion.
In general in my hunt for the led fixtures i had a hard time finding the 12 inch size.
Average halogen bulbs are between 650 700 lumens but you may have different needs for customized lighting effects.
More recently it has become popular to implement a halogen to led conversion.
The sizes i used to replace my existing fixtures make sure you measure the amount of space under the cabinet to know exactly what to buy.
Replacing halogen mr16 light bulbs with led light bulbs.
Even though low voltage landscape light fixtures are pretty easy.
Led bulb manufacturers will not warranty bulbs that.
The benefits of led conversion.
From a power consumption standpoint if you have many halogen or incandescent fixtures converting to leds will result in a big savings in power consumption.
The bulb and fixture must precisely fit not allowing any water to penetrate the fixture.
Some halogen fixtures can be retrofitted which includes updating or replacing specific elements to hold an led bulb.
The number of fixtures matters for two reasons.
If even a drop of water leaks into the fixture or socket the bulb will stop working.
The difference of the power consumption is 500 50 450w which means we can save 90 energy.
If we maintain the same brightness we can save lots of electricity cost after converting the old halogen with led bulbs.
For instance we can use a 50w led bulb to replace t3 500w halogen bulb.