LED Halogen replacements?

Abraham · 26 Apr 2010 at 10:44

I've got 3 in my kitchen and think they're brilliant, I got white ones rather than blue and they're great, it just looks like it's daylight in there.

achitophel · 26 Apr 2010 at 12:16

Does anyone know whether Halogen LEDs are available:-

1) as dimmable, and
2) in the same size as the existing GU10 Halogens
3) of a sort where the light is at least reasonable.

I've over twenty 50W Halogensof these in our kitchen / diner and I hate to think what they are costing to run...

I've seen LED replacements that meet two of the above three criteria, but not all three

Dandle · 26 Apr 2010 at 12:29

achitophel said:
Does anyone know whether Halogen LEDs are available:-

1) as dimmable, and
2) in the same size as the existing GU10 Halogens
3) of a sort where the light is at least reasonable.

I've over twenty 50W Halogensof these in our kitchen / diner and I hate to think what they are costing to run...

I've seen LED replacements that meet two of the above three criteria, but not all three

You cant get dimable LED GU10s. Thats why I went for the Silvania Superia ECO halogen Bulbs. They give the same light as the normal bulbs but dont seem to convert as much energy to heat.

achitophel · 26 Apr 2010 at 12:45

Dandle said:
You cant get dimable LED GU10s. Thats why I went for the Silvania Superia ECO halogen Bulbs. They give the same light as the normal bulbs but dont seem to convert as much energy to heat.

Cheers for that. I was hoping that I'd missed something, but obviously not...

chipperhead · 26 Apr 2010 at 20:21

You can get dimmable cfl's though if that's any use to you, Megaman do them.

Dandle · 26 Apr 2010 at 21:16

chipperhead said:
You can get dimmable cfl's though if that's any use to you, Megaman do them.

I really like megaman bulbs I have R63 and R50s in my kitchen, the one major problem with them is the time they take to start producing reasonable light. I tend to find once turned on I leave them on as the start up is so slow. That said they produce massive amounts of light for not a lot of power.