The definitive low-energy GU10 lighting thread

[ade73]

Wickes 5W 350 lumen 2700K warm white. £2 each when you buy 10 or more, fitted 24 in my place and they seem the same if not brighter that the halogens they replaced.

[matty g]

hairyben said:

Consider the icage as it's open backed while being fire and acoustic rated, the more common enclosed designs may reduce lamp life through inadequate ventilation/ running hotter. I fit them all the time where people aren't opting for contained fittings

http://www.fastlec.co.uk/lighting/downlights/low-e...

Thats all I fit. Our local dealer has some IP rated ones for £3.50 at the moment but they are bigger and I've already cut 20 holes....Damn

[hairyben]

matty g said:

Thats all I fit. Our local dealer has some IP rated ones for £3.50 at the moment but they are bigger and I've already cut 20 holes....Damn

If your arbours got a long enough thread (some do, some don't) you can stack two holesaws on it so the smaller guides the larger...

[TSCfree]

Cheers all. After chilled morning looking at the various options I've gone with the icage and megaman 6W for the extra lumen power. Just new hobs/oven to go and the kitchen is sorted.

[TSCfree]

hairyben said:

TSCfree said:

Thanks for that. I was considering Philips bulbs togo in the holders, out of supplied bulbs on the site do any of those bulb chipsets compare?

The megamans are worth the extra- one of the wholesalers I use swears by them and they'll be the first to know when stuff fails to meet expectations. Plus the 7w is rated 550 lumens which not much else comes near.

Thanks Hairyben. I had the Icage and Megamans fitted today and they look great. Very bright and a good amount of light throw with no shadowing. The light isn't especially blue, to my eyes anyway, although I'm going to have to change the hallway lights too as the difference is pretty obvious now.

[Harry Flashman]

Chaps, would you mind posting pictures of your "warm white" LEDs in action. I am struggling a bit as everything I have seen is too cold, to my eyes, when compared with halogen.

[E36GUY]

Harry Flashman said:

Chaps, would you mind posting pictures of your "warm white" LEDs in action. I am struggling a bit as everything I have seen is too cold, to my eyes, when compared with halogen.

See other thread Harry

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[dmsims]

In Screwfix this morning: 5 packs of Gu10 - £7.99 and even better for me 5 packs of MR16 have crashed to £5.99

[Mattt]

Anyone had any issues with contacting Ecoled?

One of my units failed, tried emailing Guy but no reply recently (he did reply a few weeks back saying Tech Support would call me but never heard anything) - emailed him a week or so back, and emailed their general email last night with no reply as yet.

[thebraketester]

Google > Ecoled > Phone number > ring ?

[Mattt]

Unfortunately been tied up during office hours at the moment on Client sites - so not my top priority, hence the email.

[louiebaby]

I'm struggling chaps, please help.

I need GU10, long barrel "light bulbs" to replace the ones that are going. (I'm down to 4 of 6 remaining!) They're currently quite old 11W energy saving thingys that take ages to warm up.

I had Megaman LED bulbs, but they've all strobed and died within about 12 months. (Not all at once.)

I'm looking for a power equivalent to what I have, but LED, and warm white. What do I get?

Budget wise, lets look mid-range. I want them to last years, so not too cheap, but I'm also not made of money.

Any advice welcome!

[dmsims]

http://www.screwfix.com/p/sylvania-led-gu10-long-r...

Edited by dmsims on Thursday 26th January 23:11

[C0ffin D0dger]

Whilst this thread has been bumped I thought I'd just say that I've just replaced the 9 halogen GU10s in my kitchen with these from Screwfix:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-gu10-led-reflector-l...

Also changed the dimmer module in the switch to a Varilight VPro. All I can say so far is that these are brilliant. So much more light for so much less power. I went for the cool white as I think they're better suited to a kitchen. I'll be replacing all the other halogen GU10s in our living area (15 of them) for the warm white versions of these at some point in the future.

On offer at the moment for £2 per bulb provided you buy a box of 10. Amazing value.

[louiebaby]

dmsims said:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/sylvania-led-gu10-long-r...

Many thanks!

[westtra]

Anyone able to find or supply 7w stainless cool white zep 1s as I have one starting to flicker.

Have swapped it to an other driver and still have the same issue.

I can find the new versions but only finding white bezzel or warm white light in the old versions

[strath44]

I was lucky enough to get a batch of high spec led chroic bulbs from Aurora they have a clearance website if you google it.

They were GU10s rrp of £40 and I bought 15 for £3.99 each!!!

They had been superseded and were non dimmable but the quality of light is very very good and they have a lens which looks like halogen.

Annoyingly they don't seem to sell them anymore and I want another 20! But if anyone knows where they can be got I highly recommend them. They were warm white with a very appealing warth not a yellow or green cast that megaman or aurora enlite bulbs produce IMO.

Aurora AU-DGU10L5/30

[Swervin_Mervin]

Bumping again - I'm actually after some GU5.3/MR16 bulbs.

Specifically though I was wondering if it's possible to get halogen replacement LEDs with a beam angle of more than 36 degrees? All the ones I've seen seem to be specifically quoted as being a narrow beam of that figure.

[Craikeybaby]

Where is good to get Gu10 LED bulbs these day? Are there any brands that are better/more reliable? I did have some LAP ones from Screwfix to replace some Aurora bulbs, but they weren't great. The first LAP one needed to be replaced before the last Aurora one died.

As I am only replacing as I go, I guess I need to match wattage and colour temperature etc. Or would slight differences not be noticed.

Whist I have the attention of LED experts, I would like to replace the bulbs in my outside lights, with normal energy saving bulbs they take a while to warm up when triggered by the PIR. I tried swapping to cheap LED bulbs, but they flicker when they are waiting for the PIR to trigger them. Is the a bulb or fittings problem? If bulbs, can you recommend any that wouldn't do this?

[Max M4X WW]

I've had a number of 'Bell' bulbs in various colour temps and wattages and have been impressed with them all. The new ones almost look like halogens when off!