what driver for for desk lamp mod?

[millerman]

In this post it is mentioned that they are using a 3v 4A powersupply to run an MCE - why did that work ?

Converting an expensive old incandescent reading lamp into LED.

About 15 years ago, I bought (what was at that time) a rather high end (and expensive) reading lamp for my desk. Internally, it converted 120VAC to 12VDC and used a 50W halogen bulb for illumination. I was very pleased with it for a while until CFL's came out, then I converted to them instead because Im rather energy conscious and CFL's consumed less power than incandescent bulbs. So the expensive little lamp sat in a box in my basement for the past 5 years being unused. Its actually lucky to ha…