Right, the bulb came yesterday and I put it in last night, really nice light coming from it, decided to order 10 more (I'll have 1 spare now) but the swines have put them up a £1 since Sunday, gonna cost me an extra tenner
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Right, the bulb came yesterday and I put it in last night, really nice light coming from it, decided to order 10 more (I'll have 1 spare now) but the swines have put them up a £1 since Sunday, gonna cost me an extra tenner
Right, the bulb came yesterday and I put it in last night, really nice light coming from it, decided to order 10 more (I'll have 1 spare now) but the swines have put them up a £1 since Sunday, gonna cost me an extra tenner
Any chance of a photo, would be nice to see how good they are.
Been looking at theses myself, going to get couple this week to try.
But, I'm confused, some sites show them with a black front casing, others with a white front casing, has Nxt Gen change the colour, I know some on here have ordered Gen 3 & got Gen 2 lamps.
http://www.simplyled.co.uk/led-spotlights/gu10-led-bulbs-240v/gu10-led-nxtgen-series-iii.html
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No worries, when I get home I'll do a halogen and then LED shot and you can compare.
Sounds about right.
That would pretty much match my experience, except I didn't buy 4 or 5 different types to find the best. I looked at this thread a lot first.
My other 12 bulbs turned up last night, so now all the spots downstairs have been replaced with LEDHUT 4w and 5w GU10 bulbs. More than happy with them, just need a decent trailing edge dimmer now
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Right this is probably gonna sound silly.
I'm wanting to light the kitchen with striplights and was wondering if it's feasible so that when you walk into the kitchen the ones on the bottom of the cabinets light up automatically.
Doable or silly complicated?
I'm wanting to light the kitchen with striplights and was wondering if it's feasible so that when you walk into the kitchen the ones on the bottom of the cabinets light up automatically.
Doable or silly complicated?
Simple.
Under cabinet led pir.
This or similar.
http://www.sycamorelightingltd.co.uk/infra-red-sensor-i90.html
http://www.leyton-lighting.co.uk/
When fitted under the cabinet,just wave your hand under for switching on, sure you could locate the sensor elsewhere, as it's only the size of a 10p coin.
EDIT: Leyton lighting do lighting ir sensor switches, When I'm home, will find the other links.
Under cabinet led pir.
This or similar.
http://www.sycamorelightingltd.co.uk/infra-red-sensor-i90.html
http://www.leyton-lighting.co.uk/
When fitted under the cabinet,just wave your hand under for switching on, sure you could locate the sensor elsewhere, as it's only the size of a 10p coin.
EDIT: Leyton lighting do lighting ir sensor switches, When I'm home, will find the other links.
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Did you program its range? I had to remove a huge dead spot in the lower area of the dimmers rotation.
Could be a better article.
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There's still the temptation to get carried away with this topic. If we consider a room with say 6x50W GU10s. And the lights are left on full power 3hrs a night, we end up with an annual cost of:-
(6 * 50 * 365)/1000 * 15p = £16.43 (plus they're contributing to your house hold heating)
I've got a kitchen with three 50W GU10's in, and it's simply not worth the effort of LED'ing them for a few pounds a year.
The only way I'd be interested in replacing these is if I could find three LED bulbs that gave a good warm light spread, but which were even brighter than the 50W originals.
(6 * 50 * 365)/1000 * 15p = £16.43 (plus they're contributing to your house hold heating
)I've got a kitchen with three 50W GU10's in, and it's simply not worth the effort of LED'ing them for a few pounds a year.
The only way I'd be interested in replacing these is if I could find three LED bulbs that gave a good warm light spread, but which were even brighter than the 50W originals.
What do you mean?
I read it as more of a blog post.
And the LED industry being a minefield sums it up nicely.
Lots of misleading info out there. I am just glad I found this thread and did some research before going out and splashing loads of cash
Well, when I turned my v-pro dimmer down, the lights went out well before the rotation ended (anti-clockwise). ie: There was a large dead zone on the dimmer which did nothing.
So I programmed the dimmer's minimum brightness so the entire range of rotation has an effect, with the full anti-clockwise setting being minumum brightness.
I also set the lights to change smoothly, which is suppose to help the longevity of the bulbs.
Have you not seen this? - http://www.varilight.co.uk/leaflets/V-Pro Push Dimmer Instructions 761.pdf
I read it as more of a blog post.
And the LED industry being a minefield sums it up nicely.
Lots of misleading info out there. I am just glad I found this thread and did some research before going out and splashing loads of cash
I just wish he provide a link to each lamp he used.
With my Aurora 6w LEDs I found there was a region where you could dim them down to, but if you then turned them off, and back on again, they didn't come on. It was as if you could lower the current to them right down to a very dim level, but if you turned them off/on, this current wasn't enough to bring them back to life (light) again.
So after a few attempts I managed to program the v-pro dimmer down to an easily low enough minimum brightness (dimmer full anti-clockwise), that still made them come back on if you turned them off/on.
When I turn mine down to minimum it doesn't go out. There is a nice glow coming from them. I have to press the nob to turn the light on and off. Seems fine to me.
Waiting for the 5 x E14 LEDs I bought from another company for my ceiling rose now. I ordered LED candle type, equivalent to 20W each. Used to have 5 x 60W in there!!!!!
Waiting for the 5 x E14 LEDs I bought from another company for my ceiling rose now. I ordered LED candle type, equivalent to 20W each. Used to have 5 x 60W in there!!!!!