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The light is functional but it’s the yellow’ish (soft white) and I prefer the daylight option instead. It has 40 LEDs on it. The light is a wall sconce light. Here’s a link: http://www.lampsplus.com/products/possin… And here’s a pic of the leds.
My question is broken down into several actually. -Can I remove the current LEDs and replace them with my preferred variety? -Suggestions on how to remove them? -Recommendations for where to pickup the replacements? Alternatively, is there a better option instead of spending the time to swap out 40 of these? (Technically 80 b/c there’s two lights) This piece actually sits behind a piece of clear acryllic shield. The wiring that hooks into the gang box exits through the rear center. This is going into a bathroom if that makes a difference in any way. Thank you for any assistance.
Your best option, if you want to keep those sconces, is to leave those LEDs where they are. Just cut through the copper layer on the board coming from the output side of the driver circuit. Test voltage of output (probably 12 vdc). Get some new LED light strips rated for the same voltage. Pay attention to how many LEDs per foot and the space between places they can be cut. Be sure the new strips are 5,000 kelvin (Color temperature 5,000K). Scrape through the white layer of board to access the copper layers. there will be a positive thin copper layer and another one that is negative. You can usually see their profile looking across the board. Pay attention to polarity. LEDs don’t work if connected backward. Solder on SMALL wires (maybe about 22AWG) to the copper and solder the other ends to your strips. Don’t overheat the copper or it will just burn. Use flux core solder. I would use leaded, as opposed to silver because silver has a higher melting point. Then, with your strips cut to length, stick them to the board, or glue them over old LEDS. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GJ3O0J8/ref…
