LED for SMEG Cooker Hood

Is it really worth all the effort for a handful of watts saved when you are cooking? couple of hours per day maybe?

Bob Minchin wrote in news:n3cm1q$d6q$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

I would leave them on more to match the illumination from the undercupboard lights.

You would need a LED driver.

Then you only need LED lamps and not new fittings. MR11 by any chance?

LEDs don't like heat whereas incandescents *are* heat.

Cheers

Are we sure he needs to change the driver? I'm sure I've seen leds that claim to run on 12v ac or dc in the shops. However it might be interesting to see if the sockets are some kind of standard type, in which case the job might well be very easy indeed. In my very limited experience of lights in domestic appliences, the sockets tend to be rivetted or welded in place so if they are a bit of an odd ball major graunching surgery might be required to replace them. Brian

So a new driver and a pair of LED G4 lamps them!

I tried to replace the G4 capsules in my cooker hood with LED bulbs. All went well initially but then they started to flicker on and off. I was told that there is insufficient resistance in the LED bulbs for the 12v transformer and that I would need to fit a proper LED driver. As I didn't fancy pulling the hood to bits, I compromised by fitting one LED and leaving the standard bulb. This arrangement works OK for me.

John M