LED lights

[ruddlad]

Has anyone here got GU10 LED's fitted?

The ones I bought were sufficient enough in light, although they did spot on the floor which I figure was down to the beam angle of 45°

The surrounding colour was horrible though, it made you look jaundice, so I returned them. I need to replace 50w halogens.

It's all lumens and "equvalent to . . ." etc.

[andrewsmith]

Yes
We're trialling GU5.3 12V lamps at work.
Are's are fine, throwing the same amount of light and colour as a 20w Diochloric lamp

Where did you get them from?

[tigersaw]

I've got them everywhere, very pleased with them. Got the 1 watts in hall, landing, they are the sort with lots of surface mounts, soft even light, no spot. Ones in utility room are the 5w ones with 3 kinda lenses, very white light but not that bright. Kitchen was the hardest to get right - they are some I got from B+Q at £10 each, (although 3 for 2), 5 watts as well, not as bright as the 6 50 watters I had before, but along with with the cabinet lighting (also LED) its just fine.

edit - we are replacing flourescent lamps with LED tubes at work, they are very good, and have bought some 100,120 and 140 watt LED lamps for outdoor lighting - they are truely blinding

[happysv]

I've got gu10 Philips 7w in the kitchen and bathroom 4200k and there spot on

[Bibio]

shell garages are rolling out LED lighting across Britain. the one round the corner from us has them and they are as good as sodium, they also go half bright till a car comes along. they must be saving a fortune in power.

[ruddlad]

Got mine from ebay, just didn't like the surrounding colour.

They were 8w (4x2) so am now looking to get the smd versions where there is up 60 LED's to spread more evenly, though have read they aren't as bright???

Considering I have 34 in total in my house you can see the savings I can make.

Kitchen is the main area I want to get right.

[andrewsmith]

Go to City Electrical Factors or Newys
Spend about £15 a lamp, you'll be paying less than that as your getting bulk supply

[ruddlad]

£15 a lamp is way of the question. Asda do 11w CFL's for £3.50, granted not as bright and take time to warm up. Just didn't know if my returned lights were par for the course with the colouring.

Majority of lights on ebay are from sellers based in China, considering a vast majority of products are made there these days and all the lights I have seen on UK based websites look identical, I figured I'd try them out.

They were warm white so going to try white light next time.

[happysv]

The Philips ones come up on eBay a lot so worth watching a few sets of 6-10 lamps on there.

[ruddlad]

Managed to get gu10's that were a great replacement at a good price and have a very good light. I went for daylight (6000k) instead of warm white.

Only problem now is I have some accent lighting that is still warm white. Three of which are on the same circuit as the ones I replaced but are 12v mr11 (gu4) smaller bulbs that use a transformer where the only access to it is through the ceiling as its now nestled snuggly under our recently refurbished bathroom with a tiled floor.. I cannot seem to find anywhere that sells day white halogen bulbs.

Have read on internet that the existing transformer may not be suitable if I get LED's,

Has anyone just replaced 12v halogens and used the existing transformer?

Simple solution is to disconnect, then patch and skim the holes but I'd like to keep them.

I know, forward planning and all that for the transformer positioning!!!!!!