{"id":3424,"date":"2012-08-03T15:10:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T22:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?p=3424"},"modified":"2012-09-20T08:17:31","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T15:17:31","slug":"2012-08-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?p=3424","title":{"rendered":"2012-08-03 Candelabra Adapter Made From Junk CFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=3983\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3983\" title=\"DSC_0142S1\" src=\"http:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0142S1-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0142S1-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0142S1.jpg 613w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a>I needed a candelabra socket with a switch, like the ones that are available for the regular light socket.\u00a0 But I couldn&#8217;t find one, so I improvised.\u00a0 I took the base from a dead CFL and soldered the wires to the candelabra base of the LED light, then positioned it in the &#8216;adapter&#8217; and glued it in with a bit of silicone seal.\u00a0 The light and base should never get hot enough to damage the silicone seal, and now I can screw it into a regular light socket with the switch built-in.\u00a0 The 2.5 watt LED light should draw very little current and I&#8217;ll be able to leave it on for longer without being concerned about wasting electricity.\u00a0 And it&#8217;s a great way to get rid of those leftover CFL parts that we seem to accumulate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update Sep 20<\/strong> &#8211; I ordered some adapters for two dollars U.S. apiece from an amazon seller, Econotone.Inc.\u00a0 They&#8217;re called Satco 92-400 Medium to Candelabra Socket Reducer.\u00a0 For two bucks each, I figure it&#8217;s not worth it to mess around with the CFL sockets, especially since once you glue the light bulb in, you can&#8217;t take it out and use it in a candelabra socket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I needed a candelabra socket with a switch, like the ones that are available for the regular light socket.\u00a0 But I couldn&#8217;t find one, so I improvised.\u00a0 I took the base from a dead CFL and soldered the wires to the candelabra base of the LED light, then positioned it in the &#8216;adapter&#8217; and glued<a href=\"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?p=3424\"> <\/p>\n<p> (Read More&#8230;)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lighting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3424"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3979,"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424\/revisions\/3979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}