Someone donated some PAR56 Light fixtures. They came equiped with 500 watt light bulbs. That means that you can only have three of them on a typical 120 volt circuit. So I thought I would retrofit them with some LED lights. But a direct replacement LED light is $100 each! Then I came up with a retrofit that can fit almost any light from a PAR38 sized bulb. Now they are not as bright, typically 1000 to 2000 lumens. The 500 watt lights are around 6000 lumens! But the LED lights are still very bright, even blinding to look at.
All you need for the retrofit is a metal strap, it needs to be strong, I have doubled up some of the wimpy straps to get enough strength. Then you need a 1000 watt ceramic socket. I bought several of them on ebay.
Here is an ad for the ceramic light sockets. You have to reroute the wires so the mounting hole can be used. A 10-32 screw and nut works well to mount the socket to the strap.
Here is an ad for some 1650 lumen, 19.5 watt LED light bulbs. Make sure they are dimmable and daylight 5000 kelvin lights.
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