LED Bulb Thread

Nightglow · 1 Mar 2014 at 18:35

Lisapete said:
Nightglow

I just went to measure from the drawing you did me an I've measured wrong. Sorry for messing you about. Have remeasure and had help this time.

If you can reply to the trust and want the job more than happy to pay you

Have sent another reply, as I have a few gremlins this end cause problems.

Will work out your sketch this evening.

With all the led lamps, have a look at Click Flow connectors.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLCT300.html

Lisapete · 1 Mar 2014 at 18:50

Nightglow said:
Have sent another reply, as I have a few gremlins this end cause problems.

Will work out your sketch this evening.

Got your trust thank you.

Legend!! Thank you. As I said in my trust more than happy to pay for your time on this.

Lisapete · 2 Mar 2014 at 16:21

Just seen your comment about junction boxes.

Hager J501 junction box is what i bought from your previous post

Caged · 2 Mar 2014 at 16:23

Wago boxes and connectors for the win. None of this screw terminal rubbish

Lisapete · 2 Mar 2014 at 16:43

Caged said:
Wago boxes and connectors for the win. None of this screw terminal rubbish

Screws are good

RJC · 2 Mar 2014 at 17:18

Looks like a trip to Toolstation tomorrow as my LED GU10 lamps purchased seem to have a fault were the base comes away from the Heatsink / lamp area, removed one and it split in half... tried another the base is very loose and the 3rd has come completely away. The fourth seems to be ok for now.

It looks like the base and lamp / heatsink have been over tightened and with the heat has coursed it to expand and break the screw mounts.

Lamps in question:

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Lig...p+GU10+Cool+White+350lm+A+/d220/sd3276/p72565

Lisapete · 2 Mar 2014 at 21:01

Nightglow,

Any luck with the drawings, need to get the extra items ordered asap whilst on offer

Lisapete · 3 Mar 2014 at 19:43

Bulbs have arrived and looks really good quality! Will crack one open and test soon as

RoboCod · 3 Mar 2014 at 20:33

Lisapete said:
Bulbs have arrived and looks really good quality! Will crack one open and test soon as

Which ones?

Lisapete · 3 Mar 2014 at 21:13

Captain Planet said:
Which ones?

http://www.ledhut.co.uk/spot-lights...lumens-60-watt-equiv-24-x-5050-smd-chips.html

Ordered cool white. Wow these are bright. Really bright. Left it on for an hour and it's not even hot. Mega impressed. Can't wait to get them properly installed. Need Nightglow to do his thing for me so I can order needed extras and get them installed.

Caged · 3 Mar 2014 at 21:15

You've bought cool white for your upstairs landing?

Lisapete · 3 Mar 2014 at 21:24

Caged said:
You've bought cool white for your upstairs landing?

Have you concidered my landing has no windows and is being painted Dulux Chic Shadow and Matt black with only door frames and skirting in gloss, celling and coving in white. Brighter the better.

Why what you suggest.

Nightglow · 3 Mar 2014 at 21:34

Lisapete said:
Nightglow,

Any luck with the drawings, need to get the extra items ordered asap whilst on offer

Just doing them now, just couldn't get my sums right, made a silly mistake.

One question,overall length of bottom hall is 5170mm, what's the width from front wall to bottom of staircase?

Lisapete · 4 Mar 2014 at 06:55

Nightglow said:
Just doing them now, just couldn't get my sums right, made a silly mistake.

One question,overall length of bottom hall is 5170mm, what's the width from front wall to bottom of staircase?

1285 mm

Sorry missed that one

Caged · 4 Mar 2014 at 10:47

Lisapete said:
Have you concidered my landing has no windows and is being painted Dulux Chic Shadow and Matt black with only door frames and skirting in gloss, celling and coving in white. Brighter the better.

Why what you suggest.

I don't think any light is going to save you when you've painted a room with no windows in matt black, but cool white will look incredibly harsh.

Colour temperature and brightness aren't the same thing - cooler temperatures are perceived as being brighter, but there's no reason you can't get bright light in 3000k.

Caged · 4 Mar 2014 at 10:48

Trip report on the Integral GLS lamps - I think the highest praise I can give them is that they are totally indistinguishable from the lamp they are trying to mimic, other than the lack of dimming.

There's no perceivable flicker, the colour temperature is spot on, and the brightness definitely matches the claims.

booyaka · 4 Mar 2014 at 12:17

http://www.ledhut.co.uk/spot-lights...umens-45-watts-equiv-best-internet-price.html

Need to potentially replace 18 of these over next few months in a open plan kitchen/sitting area. (3 strips of 6)

I've currently got 4 bulbs out so was going to order 6 bulbs just now to test and see how they look in one of the strips.

Should I go with cool for that area? It's pretty light during the day time so bulbs only on in the evening/night time etc.

Nightglow · 4 Mar 2014 at 12:36

Wow! 120 degree is very wide angle, suggest you try a 60 degree lamp for comparison as well.

Some find Cool White too harsh, I know some using Daylight lamps, again order say one of each & see how you find the light, a lot depends on the room.

Lisapete · 4 Mar 2014 at 18:25

Nightglow said:
Just doing them now, just couldn't get my sums right, made a silly mistake.

One question,overall length of bottom hall is 5170mm, what's the width from front wall to bottom of staircase?

Lisapete said:
1285 mm

Sorry missed that one

That measurement ok?

Vaglin · 5 Mar 2014 at 21:50

Sorry if this has been asked already, but has anyone gone from standard energy saving bulbs to LED's?

Do you notice any improvements in energy usage etc?

Thanks