The 1 volt LED lights in my range hood are going out and very dim, almost like a night light. Cheap hood. I cannot find replacement bulbs for these because the bulb cannot be removed. The whole kit would need to be replaced.
IKEA has spotlights for under the counter that would probably fit in the same space. I would like to buy the IKEA lights, cut off the connectors and replace with the connectors from the hood lights so that I can just plug them into the hood in place of the old lights without having to add a transformer.
The problem is that the IKEA lights are 2 volt, not 1 volt like the hood lights. Will this even work? Will the lights just be dimmer or would the transformer overwork itself?
Best Answer
Short answer: No
There may be a way to redesign the circuitry but you are better off, in almost every case, to find replacement lights equivelant to what you are replacing.