DiCUNO G4, GU5.3 Bi-Pin Ceramic Base Socket, with Wire Connector, 5-Pack

The original base socket bit the dust due to a short. This replacement worked perfectly and if fact has a nice grip on the bulb.

These appear to be quite good quality. The spring mechanism is good and you can adjust it if it becomes loose. The cable length is long enough that you can keep the wire nuts out of the way. Would prefer it to have a heat deflector, but failing that use ceramic nuts to make sure your connections are not compromised over time by heat.

The ceramic body fit my fixture perfectly, and was readily secured by the original screws. If your fixture feeds its socket wires from the back, these should be ideal. However, my fixture fed the socket wires from the side, so I had to remove the included wires, clip off most of the remaining terminals, solder wires to the stubs, and route the wires around to the side. A lot of work, and not well-insulated once done, but it succeeded in getting power to the lamp.

This very inexpensive fix saved us lots of money! Our overpriced electrician said….”Can’t be done! Gotta get new fixture$$$$!” Well, a kitchen without proper lighting is….well, DARK & DANGEROUS! So we researched bases on Amazon and a match appeared. They were simple enough to exchange out. Anybody can do it….even a cave man or cave woman. My own caveman fixed them in an afternoon. Just don’t forget to shut off the power for your safety. So now, there’s no mistaking salt for pepper as I can once again see in the kitchen! Hooray! And the best part….Five bases per package for our five fixtures!

Excellent product snd seller

I have an outdoor accent light that my late Mom had in her yard decades ago. It is a sentimental piece for me, and I was very sad when it quit working. My handy husband took it apart, found a shorted and corroded bulb and socket and had me order this set of new ones. He wired in one of the new sockets, cleaned up the light base, re-assembled it and now it works like new! He said the only complaint was the metal receptacles (where the bulb pins plug into) were very tight. He had to use a sharp pointed awl to stretch the openings a little bit before the bulb could be plugged into the socket without fear of snapping off the pins. Overall, a very inexpensive option to restore light fixtures that would otherwise get tossed in the trash.

I bought these to replace the flimsy bi-pin reflector in my 4 inch halogen can lights. (12 V). The halogen lights got so hot that they discolored and cracked the reflective baffles. They must have also carbonized the pin socket and would only work if they were held in just right. I installed these DiCUNO Bi-Pin base replacements and installed LED lights instead. First, these are only about 5/8 inch diameter. They have a very firm hold on the pins—you may have to wiggle side to side to seat them fully. They worked beautifully! The hardest part of this job is stripping the wires of the old bi-pin wires as they are not a stripable wire. You have to carefully scrape the insulation off of them. Once that is done, you can use regular wire nuts as the LEDs do not run hot like halogen. Thanks for an excellent product. These bi-pin light holders are how all bi-pin holders should be made. Now if you only made a wire stripper for high temperature insulated wire.......

Ordered these to do repair work on landscape lighting, even though it says indoor use only they work well. Only issue was package contained nine pieces when was supposed to be 10. I contacted the manufacturer but not worth the hassle to get one item. Hope they don’t do everyone that way.

Took a while to receive but happy with the quality

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Excellent fait parfaitement le job

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