LED Bulb Thread

Colbaker · 6 Nov 2012 at 18:08

Hi all,

Just thought i would share my LED bulb story.

In my kitchen i have 2 4 way light fixtures that used to have halogen bulbs in, I recently got an Electricity monitor and to my utter astonishment found that these lights were pulling 480watts :O, I thought "no way hoe-say", Popped to B&Q got 9 GU10 LED bulbs for under £20 installed them and now i have not seen the lights pulling more than 30 watts and they are brighter.

Am gonna go LED bulbs throughout the house especially as the darkness is closing in, Only issue is Bayonet LED's are not as easy to source. Why bother with stupid energy saving bulbs that take ages to get to their full brightness which is still dismal

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Colbaker · 6 Nov 2012 at 19:09

mollymoo said:
Is there a dimmable version though?

Yep although a little more expensive.

Colbaker · 6 Nov 2012 at 19:11

kierenharrold said:
How much brighter would you say these are than the energy saving bulbs (none LED), because i have these in my house and they are utter pants... Its like sitting in a room lit by a candle.

I would say at least 10% brighter than the old 60watt Halogens.

Colbaker · 7 Nov 2012 at 22:54

Quink said:
Which ones did you get mate? I can't see anything other than the £10/£12 per bulb at three for two - for nine that comes in at £60/£72

http://m.diy.com/mt/www.diy.com/nav...18960?skuId=12939666&un_jtt_redirect#features

Its actually a pack if 3

Colbaker · 8 Nov 2012 at 08:44

passey89 said:
there only 1.4W how bright actually are they?

Brighter than the 60 Watt halogens that they replaced for sure.

Colbaker · 20 Nov 2012 at 17:32

One More Solo said:
Thread failed here.

Surprised it took so long for this to be mentioned

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Colbaker · 14 Jan 2013 at 18:04

Colbaker said:
Hi all,

Just thought i would share my LED bulb story.

In my kitchen i have 2 4 way light fixtures that used to have halogen bulbs in, I recently got an Electricity monitor and to my utter astonishment found that these lights were pulling 480watts :O, I thought "no way hoe-say", Popped to B&Q got 9 GU10 LED bulbs for under £20 installed them and now i have not seen the lights pulling more than 30 watts and they are brighter.

Am gonna go LED bulbs throughout the house especially as the darkness is closing in, Only issue is Bayonet LED's are not as easy to source. Why bother with stupid energy saving bulbs that take ages to get to their full brightness which is still dismal

The end

"I know, cool story bro!"

Just a bit of a follow on, These are still going strong, Not had any issue with any of them. When i had the Halogens fitted i was often getting them blowing on me to the point i stopped replacing them, But as said all 8 GU10 B&Q LED's are working with no issue's whatsover.

Colbaker · 1 Feb 2013 at 08:51

Waxmyballs said:
Hi All

I've converted all 43 GU10 fittings in my flat to LED - all from the Diall range @ B&Q. I absolutely stand by the quality of these products. I am slightly biassed - i was part of the team who sourced them in the Far East.

Furthermore, the current range of Philips lamps (now withdrawn from Tesco) were severely over claiming according to the latest legislation. As will most of the bulbs you are finding on e8ay. Diall 35 & 50w are approximately equivalent to a 38 & 52w GU10 using the latest DIM 2 legislation.

If you join the B&Q club, you will get 3for2 on all bulbs as a permanent deal.

Sales pitch over

These are the ones I installed from the OP and have been going strong for months now, used often, hope b&q have the same deal.as they did when I first got them soon, 9 for £20, its probably saved me more than that in electricity by now.

Colbaker · 26 Sep 2015 at 02:06

Colbaker said:
Hi all,

Just thought i would share my LED bulb story.

In my kitchen i have 2 4 way light fixtures that used to have halogen bulbs in, I recently got an Electricity monitor and to my utter astonishment found that these lights were pulling 480watts :O, I thought "no way hoe-say", Popped to B&Q got 9 GU10 LED bulbs for under £20 installed them and now i have not seen the lights pulling more than 30 watts and they are brighter.

Am gonna go LED bulbs throughout the house especially as the darkness is closing in, Only issue is Bayonet LED's are not as easy to source. Why bother with stupid energy saving bulbs that take ages to get to their full brightness which is still dismal

The end

"I know, cool story bro!"

Just in case anyone is interested in the lifetime of the B&Q GU10 bulbs I installed in my kitchen, they are all still going strong, not had any problems at all and it's been nearly 3 years, whole house is LED now and so far I have not had to replace any.