Doomed to Fail (I have had 4 of these lamp heads fail due to a cheap plastic part breaking) These track lights were installed by the builder in my new home. While I like the design and appearance of these track lights, the base (the black cubic area that connects to the track) is made of cheap plastic which breaks (fractures). In the past few years, I have needed to replace four of these heads due to the exact same failure. In fact, I have replaced the heads (due to failure) more often than I have changed light bulbs.If you are installing new track lighting, I would highly…
The solution to change a Halo track light system to full dimmable LED. NO instructions for use. Used common sense and after a horrendous time got these to work. This was place in a Halo track system. I used M16 GU10 LED bulbs and got them to dim nicely using a DIVA sliding dimmer.The reason I bought this was that I needed to eliminate the original transformer units when I wanted to have dimmable LED. With the transformer units I was not able to dim the LED light unless I left one Halogen in the track. Now with a 120 AC system and no transformers, the…
Doomed to Fail (I have had 4 of these lamp heads fail due to a cheap plastic part breaking) These track lights were installed by the builder in my new home. While I like the design and appearance of these track lights, the base (the black cubic area that connects to the track) is made of cheap plastic which breaks (fractures). In the past few years, I have needed to replace four of these heads due to the exact same failure. In fact, I have replaced the heads (due to failure) more often than I have changed light bulbs.If you are installing new track lighting, I would highly…
The solution to change a Halo track light system to full dimmable LED. NO instructions for use. Used common sense and after a horrendous time got these to work. This was place in a Halo track system. I used M16 GU10 LED bulbs and got them to dim nicely using a DIVA sliding dimmer.The reason I bought this was that I needed to eliminate the original transformer units when I wanted to have dimmable LED. With the transformer units I was not able to dim the LED light unless I left one Halogen in the track. Now with a 120 AC system and no transformers, the…