LED Bulb Thread

Lisapete · 25 Jul 2014 at 11:56

1285 mm front wall to bottom of staircase missing on drawing

Am using Sylvania Fire Rated Downlight Fixed GU10 Mains Brushed Stee

Have 20x 4.5 Watt GU10 LED Bulb - Wide Beam Angle - Cool White GU10-4.5W-CW From LED hut

Can anyone help with the number of lights I need and layout.

CF93 · 25 Jul 2014 at 13:53

Can anyone recommend a good replacement for 50w halogen GU10 that has a colour temp of 2700k?

I've kitted out my kitchen with LED but my wife's not so keen on the 3000k colour temp so looking at something warmer for other parts of the house.

Imy · 25 Jul 2014 at 14:41

CF93 said:
Can anyone recommend a good replacement for 50w halogen GU10 that has a colour temp of 2700k?

I've kitted out my kitchen with LED but my wife's not so keen on the 3000k colour temp so looking at something warmer for other parts of the house.

Superflare do a great wide angle one. LightRabbit do a similar specced one with a more narrow angle (probably closer to what you have already).

Swarfega · 25 Jul 2014 at 14:42

I use 7 of these in my Kitchen. I got the Cool White but wish I went with the Warm White.
The light though is great.

RoboCod · 25 Jul 2014 at 14:58

Swarfega said:
I use 7 of these in my Kitchen. I got the Cool White but wish I went with the Warm White.
The light though is great.

After a few days I got used to my cool white kitchen lights. Love them now and I don't think I'd now have warm over cool

Dr House · 25 Jul 2014 at 15:17

I just installed 20 of these in my kitchen
https://www.energysavingled.com/product/led-spots/v7-7w-led-spot/

I can not express just how good they are!.

Participant · 27 Jul 2014 at 09:07

Not surprised that they're good for £30 a pop, blimey! So that's £600 on bulbs, for one room ...surely it'll take you years and years to pay back that investment?

Caged · 27 Jul 2014 at 22:57

That's an insane price for an unbranded lamp

andy_mk3 · 27 Jul 2014 at 23:23

That is an outrageous amount of money on bulbs for one room!

Kimi · 29 Jul 2014 at 09:49

Has anyone got any experience with a solar PIR lights? Im looking for one to go out the back and a smart one for the front

Dr House · 29 Jul 2014 at 09:59

Yep its a lot of money which is why I only did one room, we have 220 bulbs in the whole house so I can't afford to do them all.

I use the kitchen more than any other room in the house hence me putting them in there. They are expensive but the quality of the light they emit is just miles ahead of anything else I have tried.

You get what you pay for

oli collett · 29 Jul 2014 at 11:28

Can anyone recommend some decent MR16 bulbs? I've got some Megaman ones which are pretty good but I've got some other lights to refit in other rooms so I thought I might give some others a try. There's so many options and new bulbs coming onto the market it seems difficult just to work out which ones are best from one manufacturer!

Dr House · 29 Jul 2014 at 22:08

So here are the 135 degree warm white 7W led.
https://www.energysavingled.com/product/led-spots/v7-7w-led-spot/

Here in the middle we have a cheaper bulb, I am still quite impressed overall. The beam angle is a little too wide at 60 degrees.
https://www.energysavingled.com/product/led-spots/5w-led-spot/

2nd one from the left is this bulb, its a little warmer than a Halogen bulb, beam angel is just right at 38 degrees.
https://www.energysavingled.com/product/dimmable-led/7w-dimmable-led-spot/

This one has some sort of LED tape in it, its just way way too bight. quite silly really.

Caged · 29 Jul 2014 at 23:10

I've worked out why you might have 220 lamps in your house now, it's like someone had a box of GU10 fittings they needed to use up.

Dr House · 29 Jul 2014 at 23:17

Caged said:
I've worked out why you might have 220 lamps in your house now, it's like someone had a box of GU10 fittings they needed to use up.

LOL, we have quite high ceilings so we need quit a lot of light, the living room is 5.5m high and the kitchen 3.3 on the lower flat bit.

I am going to try out some of the NextGen III bulbs soon.

Kimi · 30 Jul 2014 at 09:00

I love that ceiling design!

Solus · 30 Jul 2014 at 12:58

I have a ceiling fan with light and remote control dimmer switch. The light fitting is an e27. If i get a dimmable led to replace the halogen that was in there, will the dimmer still work?

Mark M · 30 Jul 2014 at 13:36

What are the best bulbs for a standard GU10 240v refit? No dimming requred but got quite a few to do so a decent price would be handy on the budget.

Mark A · 30 Jul 2014 at 14:20

Mark M said:
What are the best bulbs for a standard GU10 240v refit? No dimming requred but got quite a few to do so a decent price would be handy on the budget.

IMO the COB bulbs seem to be the best about for the price at the moment. Have tried the Nxtgen II and III and these COB bulbs are a better colour and brighter.

http://www.lightrabbit.co.uk/superior-6-watt-gu10-cob-led-spotlight-60w-equivalent.html

I got mine here, but they messed me about a bit as they were low on stock. There are a few places doing them so worth having a look around for the best price.

Imy · 30 Jul 2014 at 16:26

I bought one of them about a month back to compare with the Superflare COB GU10. Overall light output is about the same but there's a big difference in beam angle. The Superflare is twice as wide (120 degrees vs 60) so is more suited as ambient room lighting whereas the lightrabbit one looks like it'd be good in a more traditional spotlight scenario like kitchen worktops or as decorative lighting.

Having a wide angle one like the Superflare really cuts down on the number of light fixtures required too for general room lighting.

I think I'm going to end up using a mixture of the two.