I found I like my lights Aimable. What I found was that nobody made a light that fit my needs/wants. So I made what I wanted.
I took a 99 cent store gooseneck LED lamp, and modified it to accept a T-20 Cree bulb that was designed to be a vehicle's reverse light.
I pulled fatter wire through the gooseneck and some other modifications so that the light is hooded. I do have a PWM dimmer which does Dim these bulbs.
The best part is I aim them at my white ceiling for a nice ambient light, or turn them around and point them down to my Slide out table.
One of them is on My ceiling, I have another one on about a dozen feet of wire with a ciggy plug on the end, meant to be portable.
I did a write up on the old forum, don't know if it came to the new.
Here it is showing the hood and the nice white light:
I incorporated some strain relief on the wires where they exit the base of the light:
I had to resolder a power lead on the LED driver circuit board which required opening up the bulb for access.
This was the original LEDs
I like the Cree single emitters rather than corncob style 5050 SMD leds.
I just put some aluminum tape as a reflector inside the hood.
I was so impressed with these Cree LED's in these modified fixtures, I ordered two more from the same seller on Amazon. What arrived had Blue heat sinks, which impart the unwanted bluish tinge to the lights.
They are also driven harder consuming .18 amps vs the .12 of the bulbs in the above photos, and are even brighter.
I did not send them back in time and will at some point make another gooseneck task light. On this I will put a 25khz PWM motor speed controller for dimming.
I have a 15khz Dimmer on another light, however it made these Cree bulbs whine when dimmed. I'd bought is as a speed controller for a powerful computer fan but it made the Fan whine loudly too.
The 25 khz pwm controller keeps the whine inaudible to my ears.
This is the 15 khz dimmer:
http://www.amazon.com/LEDwholesalers-LED-Strip-Lights-Controller/dp/B003L4KKF2
I pulled the guts out and installed them in my 'In bed' reading light, which is really nice. I feel too much light to read by makes it harder to fall asleep.
The 25 khz 10 amp motor speed controller is much larger, with large finned heat sinks.
I bought one through Ebay but it was missing parts. They sent me an additional one. In the mean time I'd found the same product on Amazon for a buck more and it came complete. So Now I have 3 of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Converter-12V...rr&keywords=10+amp+pwm+motor+speed+controller
The knob with the dial (potentiometer) is on about 16 inches of wire, and can be remotely mounted.
Anyway there are lots of 12v LED bulbs out there. I think Dimmable Cree is the way to go. I use the regular LED bulbs in some other incandescent fixtures but will phase them out.
The Cree's are so much brighter, and whiter. Mine have seen about 8 hours of use each day since October.
If you really want a LED fixture, check out some Marine based Websites for Ideas.
http://www.sailorsams.com/Lighting_c_2216.html
Oh here are the t-20 Cree bulbs I ordered which I put into the 99 cent store gooseneck lamp.
http://www.amazon.com/RHX-Power-Backup-Reverse-Backwards/dp/B00AZFEXJ4/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
But I ordered from them again for more and received the blue heatsinked bulbs which draw more and make more light(and heat).
I think I am going to stuff both bulbs into another gooseneck lamp, with one of those dimmers. Perhaps tonight.
