LED Bulb Thread

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.

-Ad- · 28 Sep 2015 at 12:46

Caged said:
Where are you sourcing them for ~£25 a unit?

I take your point on the efficacy (going by the quoted figures at least, 100 lumens+ per watt is a bold claim), but the EcoLEDs are roughly 50% more expensive and I can't find any trade publications that have tested them to verify the claims. There's more to a luminaire than the amount of beans you can get out of it for a given wattage.

I would imagine the Aurora's lose some output due to the lens arrangement to make them look more like a halogen, and this is something they do incredibly well. Seeing as that was part of the brief for this project that was an important factor in the purchase.

Edit: It's bugging me now, I've definitely seen a large amount of the Ecoled range before under a different brand. I'm struggling to remember who it was though.

I source everything direct through ECOLED. ZEP1s are a great standard fitting, but I have to say the ZEP6 darklight is on another level. But that comes at a cost.

As with anything, comparing both in an installed environment side by side is ideal, and true independent measurements are the only way to be 100% sure of accuracy. I'm just going on the published figures.

Will be trying my ECOLEDs with some Fibaro dimmers/relays shortly, so hoping they work well enough with those installed behind the switch.

uchuff · 28 Sep 2015 at 13:15

FinglisHobbit said:
Looking to update our house from old style bulbs to new LED stuff.

Can anyone point me in the direction of some kinda starter information?

Thanks.

If you are replacing traditional GLS bulbs in old fixtures but using LED tech then do check out the current crop of "LED Filament Bulbs", e.g.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/sylvania-gls-led-lamp-clear-es-5w/9948f
http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-gls-led-lamp-clear-es-4w/8648f

the_r_sole · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:26

I'm in the process of designing some built in furniture - does anyone have bulbs that can be controlled by an app/or remote control and maybe also grouped?
Had a look at some of the links on this thread but not 100% sure about any of them...
how reliable are the controls and do you have to have a manual switch somewhere? are there any that you can program on a timer or such?

cheers

matthewwhitton · 5 Oct 2015 at 07:17

Any recommendations on led floodlight/spot light for the yard outside and around my home outside? Looked on eBay, but it's a bit of a minefield....

Skiddley · 5 Oct 2015 at 08:32

matthewwhitton said:
Any recommendations on led floodlight/spot light for the yard outside and around my home outside? Looked on eBay, but it's a bit of a minefield....

Need the same, but with double-click function too...

Haggisman · 5 Oct 2015 at 09:16

Haggisman said:
The 2x 4.5w in the 3 gang and the single 3x4.5w are those GU10s you linked.

The other 4.5w ones are these:
http://www.ledhut.co.uk/led-bulbs/e14-led-bulbs/new-4-5-watt-e14-led-golf-ball-shape-bulb.html

The 2 GU10s don't "need" to be dimmable, they're just additional spotlights in the living room, but ideally the clusters of 3 E14s would be!

Just an update to this, I ordered a Varilight JCDP303* and it dims the 3x 4.5w E14s and the 2x 4.5w GU10s with no issues

* That's the product code for the chrome finish, but there are various other colours in the same range

divuk83 · 9 Oct 2015 at 08:28

Does anyone know of any shops I can get a 2d bulkhead light in warm white? The one here is cool white and is fine for the garage (I fitted one yesterday) however the wife was not impressed with the idea of one in the bathroom due to the colour of the light.

http://www.ledhut.co.uk/commercial-...hts/15w-2d-integrated-ceiling-light-ip44.html

Cheers

Dave

Trifid · 21 Oct 2015 at 20:22

I've just replaced 2x GU10 spotlights for Philips 5W GU10 LEDs which work OK one at a time but when I connect them both, they both start strobing. Any ideas what's wrong?

Duke · 21 Oct 2015 at 20:38

Trifid said:
I've just replaced 2x GU10 spotlights for Philips 5W GU10 LEDs which work OK one at a time but when I connect them both, they both start strobing. Any ideas what's wrong?

What voltage were the old ones and the new ones? Sounds like the old ones could have had converters to 12v or something and the new LEDs want 220v for example?

topgun06 · 21 Oct 2015 at 22:55

Got myself some LED BC bulbs from Screwfix. They are very bright!

Trifid · 22 Oct 2015 at 13:07

Duke said:
What voltage were the old ones and the new ones? Sounds like the old ones could have had converters to 12v or something and the new LEDs want 220v for example?

Old ones are standard 230v 50w halogens. These are the new ones: http://www.johnlewis.com/philips-5w-gu10-led-spotlight-bulb/p1941268

They work great if I just have 1 LED on. Just not both.

Business Man · 22 Oct 2015 at 15:47

uchuff said:
If you are replacing traditional GLS bulbs in old fixtures but using LED tech then do check out the current crop of "LED Filament Bulbs", e.g.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/sylvania-gls-led-lamp-clear-es-5w/9948f
http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-gls-led-lamp-clear-es-4w/8648f

I got a couple of the Sylvania bulbs to try out the other day after seeing this post.

I replaced the landing and downstairs hall light which were 60w and 75w with 4w and 5w bulbs, not knowing what to expect with these led bulbs i can say after trying them out, I could not tell any difference between the halogen and
led.

I'm now going to replace all the other bulbs in the house with these

The Lap bulbs were a lot cheaper and are on offer but I don't know
how good they are.

topgun06 · 22 Oct 2015 at 16:14

It turns out I mistakenly ordered the wrong colour temp. I ordered cool white instead of warm. So got some of the warm white ones ordered for collection tomorrow.

noj · 22 Oct 2015 at 17:16

really must get round to replacing the halogens our house is full of...got a bit of spare cash so will get on with it

Scougar · 22 Oct 2015 at 19:39

Just started replacing all my 60w bulbs with LED versions. The 8W LED's are actually too bright lol, even with a dimmer, so had to get the 7W which are a bit easier to dim.

Just got another load of 7W's and a 6W to do the upstairs and a lamp.

a1ex2001 · 23 Oct 2015 at 15:50

I'm struggling with a dimmer switch that can be used with a single 7-8w LED we simply want to be able to dim the light in our nursery but every switch I look as hasa minimum load of 10W anyone seen or own something that works for this?

n111ck · 29 Oct 2015 at 14:36

How do you know whether you need DC or AC/DC leds? This is for G4 ones from ebay.

kona786 · 30 Oct 2015 at 12:58

Bargain?

Philips GU10 Dimmable Master LED Spotlight, 4 W 2700 K

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B014JBYK1K?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B014JBYUM4/?tag=ho01f-21

divuk83 · 3 Nov 2015 at 14:04

Any current/decent LED hut voucher codes that are still valid, I think the 20/25% off plus a free torch one has just expired?

Cheers

Dave