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L E D bulbs

puman · 2011-03-22 15:39:47

I need to start replacing the spotlight bulbs in my gallery. I wanted to know about the and how effective they are compared to halogen GU 10 which I’ve been using to date. I have three questions: 1. Will they be as bright? 2. Will they have a longer life span? 3. And where can I get the best value? All helpful comments and…

22-03-2011 3:39pm

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puman

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I need to start replacing the spotlight bulbs in my gallery. I wanted to know about the and how effective they are compared to halogen GU 10 which I’ve been using to date. I have three questions: 1. Will they be as bright? 2. Will they have a longer life span? 3. And where can I get the best value? All helpful comments and experience would be very welcome. Thanks.

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#2 22-03-2011 6:36pm

jeepers101

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I have replaced a number of GU 10s with a number of different LEDs and have found that the light output is never as good. Some people claim they are but I don't think so. They are, however, far less expensive to run and will last a lot longer. Here is a previous thread on the subject. There are some recommendations on where to buy them...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056085175

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#3 22-03-2011 6:42pm

dolittle

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i find the light levels very low indeed
have switched a few clients back after them requesting lights to be changed for led

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#4 22-03-2011 6:46pm

stimpson

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The cheap ones have a different colour temperature. You can get ones that have a similar temp to halogens but last time I looked they were very pricey. You could try replacing 50% of your bulbs to see how you get on. B and Q have cheap ones.

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#5 22-03-2011 6:49pm

Irish Fire

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I replace GU10 with minimum 5Watt LED the nearest I can find to the standard GU10, have had no customer complaints yet........ yet

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#6 22-03-2011 8:09pm

paddy147

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This has been covered a million times on this forum.

Search and type in in LED GU10s and it will give you a heap of threads to read.

Ive also posted several pictures and posts of Philips 4 watt dimmable LED bulbs that I use too.

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