SATCO Lighting S9492 6.5W, LED MR16 LED, 3500K, 25 degree Beam Angle, GU5.3 Base, 12V AC/DC

The S9492 runs on 12 volt AC or DC at 60Hz, so it goes in a low voltage system fed by a transformer, not a line voltage socket. It draws 0.542 amps, which is what you need to total up against your transformer's minimum and maximum load. Many magnetic and electronic transformers have a minimum wattage they need to see, and a 6.5 watt lamp replacing a 50 watt halogen can drop a circuit under that minimum if you change out every lamp at once.

Yes. The S9492 is an enclosed rated lamp, so a sealed or gasketed fixture is fine, where many LED MR16s are not rated for it. It also carries a damp location rating, which covers covered porches, soffits and bathrooms, but not direct exposure to rain or sprinklers. Burning position is universal, so it can be aimed up, down or sideways.

The S9492 is fixed at 3500K, a neutral white that sits between warm 2700K/3000K residential lamps and cool 4000K office lamps. It will read noticeably cooler next to halogen-look 2700K lamps, so if you are relamping one fixture in a run, match the color temperature of the rest or you will see the difference. The lamp is not CCT selectable, so what you order is what you get, and CRI is 80.

25 degrees is a narrow flood, meant for accent and display work: artwork, retail merchandise, signage, or a tight pool of light on a counter. At 500 lumens it puts most of that output into a defined circle rather than spreading it across a room. If you are lighting a whole space or want overlapping wash from a track run, you want a wider beam lamp instead.

It is a dimmable lamp. Keep in mind it is the low voltage system that has to dim as a whole: the dimmer must match the transformer type (magnetic or electronic) and the combined 6.5 watt load per lamp is often well below the dimmer's minimum, which is what causes flicker or drop-out at the bottom of the range. It is not a three-way lamp, so it will not step through levels on a three-way socket.

Satco rates the S9492 as a 50 watt incandescent equivalent at 500 lumens on 6.5 watts, so you keep roughly the same light for about an eighth of the draw. Rated life is 25,000 hours against the low thousands typical of halogen MR16s, which is the real argument in hospitality and retail where relamping a track grid is labor.

No on both. The S9492 is not BAA compliant, so it will not satisfy a Buy American Act requirement on a federal job, and it is not DLC listed, so it will not draw a rebate from a utility program that requires DLC qualification. It is FCC compliant.

Clear lens, which keeps the 25 degree beam tight and defined rather than softening the edge. The housing is gray, so in an open track head or an exposed monopoint the visible body reads gray rather than white or black.

Yes. Satco lists the S9492 as lawful for sale in California, so it clears the state's lamp regulations for distribution and installation there.