LED Bulb Thread

King85 · 14 Jan 2017 at 10:31

Wool the hue hub recognise different bulb types or do they have to all be one type? Some rooms are bayonet some are edison in my house.

Psycho Sonny · 14 Jan 2017 at 10:39

fitting would make zero difference.

different brands of bulbs however use different tech. there is a standard in place though and some other brands are compatible with the hue hub.

LIFX for instance doesn't require a hub at all.

miller745 · 14 Jan 2017 at 19:37

miller745 said:
Any tips on an LED strip to light the inside of my shed?

I got a 6m run of 3528 LEDs with 60LEDs/meter which was just far too dim to be of any use.

Is it worth trying a strip of 5050 LEDs or should I just get a 30W 6ft batten? Have a 70W batten currently which is ok, but ideally the LED strip would help to light up the dark corners.

Got a 5m strip of 5050s which is perfect, loads of light and just what I was after.

AS_Platinum · 15 Jan 2017 at 09:24

dmsims said:
Screwfix MR16's are good (indistinguishable from Philips)

Got another batch from screwfix, all flickering.

Just converting them all to GU10's now, bit of a laborious task, but better in the long term.

King85 · 15 Jan 2017 at 18:21

Psycho Sonny said:
fitting would make zero difference.

different brands of bulbs however use different tech. there is a standard in place though and some other brands are compatible with the hue hub.

LIFX for instance doesn't require a hub at all.

Thanks!

theone8181 · 17 Jan 2017 at 07:41

Has anybody got any recommendation for an led pir security light thats IP67 rated? Struggling to find any so far.

robj20 · 17 Jan 2017 at 08:08

theone8181 said:
Has anybody got any recommendation for an led pir security light thats IP67 rated? Struggling to find any so far.

What wrong with IP65, or do you plant on putting it in a swimming pool.

https://www.ledhut.co.uk/led-flood-...ine-led-flood-light-100-watt-replacement.html

theone8181 · 17 Jan 2017 at 13:06

robj20 said:
What wrong with IP65, or do you plant on putting it in a swimming pool.

https://www.ledhut.co.uk/led-flood-...ine-led-flood-light-100-watt-replacement.html

I suppose i can settle for that

It just looked as tho most seem to be 54 which seems a bit low. Thats exactly the thing i was looking for. I had a look at wickes and most seem to be around 600 lumens which seemed a bit dim to me.

Felix · 17 Jan 2017 at 14:11

I was looking at the security/flood lights and notice those ones are hard wired. Are they all like this?

Psycho Sonny · 17 Jan 2017 at 14:33

Felix said:
I was looking at the security/flood lights and notice those ones are hard wired. Are they all like this?

Well the ones with PIR would run out of batteries frequently. How else do you imagine powering them?

Drill a hole and run them off the nearest socket.

Felix · 17 Jan 2017 at 14:55

Psycho Sonny said:
Well the ones with PIR would run out of batteries frequently. How else do you imagine powering them?

Drill a hole and run them off the nearest socket.

According to the reviews these are hard wired, ie they come with a loose wire coming out the back of the light which is then to be connected to your existing supply. Now there is no point having a nice slim line light and then having to put up a junction box to conceal the join. I'd prefer just to use the existing wiring straight into the back of the light.

Thanks for the sarcy remark though.

robj20 · 18 Jan 2017 at 07:01

I use a solar powered PIR light, been brilliant so far, lights up the back garden enough for when we need to go in the garage.

Minstadave · 18 Jan 2017 at 07:45

robj20 said:
I use a solar powered PIR light, been brilliant so far, lights up the back garden enough for when we need to go in the garage.

We've got a couple of theses and they're excellent. Still working all through winter.

CF93 · 19 Jan 2017 at 22:09

Two of the halogens (50w GU10) in my bathroom died at the weekend. Coincidentally so did two more of those carp Diall LED's I had in the kitchen. So I bought these for the bathroom; http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-gu10-led-glass-reflector-lamps-345lm-650cd-5-8w-5-pack/1590p and moved the halogens to the kitchen till I can get more.

Wow, those Screwfix bulbs are amazing. Much - much - brighter than halogens ever were, and the colour temp is much better for a bathroom. My wife thinks it's like Kamino from Attack of the Clones in there now :grin: Only downside is they're buzzing cause stupid me forgot to pick up a proper V-Pro dimmer at the same time.

As for the halogens, well they make the kitchen so dark and dingy even compared to the few remaining LEDs in there (which are 3000k v the halogens 2700/2800k but the same lumens) - can't believe that's all the brightness we used to have for so many years. Definitely getting new bulbs this weekend to finally be rid of those!

Puzzled · 24 Jan 2017 at 10:07

Lunatic Dreyfus said:
I bought a 4 pack of Ascher G9 bulbs (warm white 2800k) from Amazon back in April. I used one to replace a halogen bulb in my desk light which liked to blow every now and again.

It does the job, uses 5watts instead of 35/40w. The light colour gives my spare bedroom/computer room a nice feel in the evening and it doesn't pump out a ton of heat either.

Never heard of the brand, but they work.

Would you say its a warm white or more of a cooler warm white?

Trying to find some warm white G9 LED's but the ones I picked up before seemed more of a cooler white despite saying 2800k.

NeilF · 24 Jan 2017 at 10:11

Two questions:-

Regular Bayonet
Anyone able to recommend some replacement for regular bayonet cap bulbs? We have three 60w bulbs in our lounge that would be nice to change over to more efficient LED ones.

They need to be dimmable, ideally without me have to replace the (conventional) dimmer switch?

GU10 Spot Lights
I have seven 50w GU10s in a playroom and four in a study.

Can I replace these straight over to LED versions, again running off conventional dimmer switches? Or would I need to replace the dimmer controllers etc?

Or in all these cases do you need to buy dimmers specifically for LED bulbs. We have such a situation in our bedroom and I recall actually programming the dimmer so its range was "correct" for the bulbs and could dim them down to a nice low level...

ozaudio · 24 Jan 2017 at 10:17

the cheap ebay ones ive had for a long time now have paid for them self many times over, I think every room but 2 bedrooms has them now, a lot of fittings have 4 x gu9 aswell. not one has blown out of the many bulbs I have over all the fittings. don't think I spent more than £20 and this site suggests ive saved over £200 so far ( or to be exact 244.13 )

http://www.londonelectricdesign.com/led-savings.php

Puzzled · 24 Jan 2017 at 10:21

Does it matter if you run LED's and Halogens together in the same light fitting? Going to compare some bulbs.

Psycho Sonny · 24 Jan 2017 at 10:27

NeilFawcett said:
Two questions:-

Regular Bayonet
Anyone able to recommend some replacement for regular bayonet cap bulbs? We have three 60w bulbs in our lounge that would be nice to change over to more efficient LED ones.

They need to be dimmable, ideally without me have to replace the (conventional) dimmer switch?

GU10 Spot Lights
I have seven 50w GU10s in a playroom and four in a study.

Can I replace these straight over to LED versions, again running off conventional dimmer switches? Or would I need to replace the dimmer controllers etc?

Or in all these cases do you need to buy dimmers specifically for LED bulbs. We have such a situation in our bedroom and I recall actually programming the dimmer so its range was "correct" for the bulbs and could dim them down to a nice low level...

Dimmable bulbs are expensive. So I tend to go for phillips ones as at least I know they will last.

If non dimmable I'll just get whatever is cheapest from screwfix.

MonkeyMan said:
Does it matter if you run LED's and Halogens together in the same light fitting? Going to compare some bulbs.

I've done it without any issues.

Caged · 24 Jan 2017 at 20:43

Philips lamps are excellent. Screwfix do them for a decent price.