Patent ID: 6565230
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: F21S,F21V

Abstract:
A method for converting a recessed light fixture having a first higher voltage connection base to a lower voltage halogen fixture and delivering illumination from a halogen bulb, said light fixture having a housing and an exposed open end with a cross-section dimension and with a border flushably mounted with a surrounding structural surface, the method comprising:a) connecting a transformer with a base connector element complimentary to the connection base into the connection base, said transformer functional to deliver halogen bulb voltage and having a receptacle for a lamp connector of the halogen bulb, said bulb having an exposed illumination face; b) connecting the halogen bulb to the transformer and applying electric power to the transformer; and c) providing an end enclosure for covering the exposed open end of the housing except for a generally concentric opening through said end enclosure substantially the size and shape of the illumination face of the halogen bulb, said end enclosure having a planar dimension less than the cross-section dimension of the open end such that the end enclosure fits within the open end and interfacedly abuts the housing.