LED meltdown

Don't waste your money on that. More LEDs do not equal more light - you can get all the light you need out of one good LED. What is limiting the amount of light is the surface area for dissipating heat. Every LED is about 70-100 lumens per watt. In other words more heat equals more light. If that heat isn't dissipated then more heat equal less life or meltdown. Search for a bulb that looks like it can dissipate heat and pick that one. For my rig I picked this one.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Philips-3-Watt-10W-T3-LED-Landscape-Capsule-Cool-White-4100K-Light-Bulb-407998/202514337#.UbCI_pzD_ng

Its 2.5W and 100 lumens which means they aren't lying. It uses the ceramic to dissipate the heat, but still gets warm. I measure the light output and its 20% more or so than the stock incandescent. I did put a bit of aluminum tape behind these to reflect the light down.

There seems to be FOUR TYPES of LEDS being sold (on EBay). Larger 5050, smaller 1210, small hi-intensity 3528 and then there's what looks like a panel of small glass covered LED's that are just called 'LED's'. Of course there's very little doc about lumens, watts, heat, etc