LED Light fittings for energy saving bulbs

FlyingDonkeys

Well just spent (fruitless so far) loadsa time trying to find suitable energy saving spotlight.
Have managed to come across Megaman Energy Saving GU10 9 Watt Lamp but seems that the bulb which is warm light ( great) is bigger than standard spotlights, so it will look pretty ugly sticking out of the fitting.

Any ideas appreciated as its going near bedhead and I can't use standard halogen as its sizzling hot. :mad:

Cheers

nickcardwell

are these the ones that are on the ceiling?
If so they wont stick out of the fitting


However check out led ones (same size as a normal 50w gu10 one)

premkit

thy these and the others

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/24624/Lighting-Lamps/Lamps/LED-Lamps/Accent-Light-1W-LED-Lamp

MarkyMarkD

We have bought the Megaman bulbs, and I will replace most of the (ridiculous number of) halogens in our house.

They are no good in flush ceiling fittings, because they are a lot longer than standard GU10s. But they are fine in non-flush fittings IMHO.

The "warm white" is still not as yellow as a halogen, but I find it OK.

Re brightness it's worth thinking hard how much light you need. Our bedroom had 3 x 50W halogens and now has 3 x 11W Megaman bulbs and that is fine. My daughter's playroom - bigger than our bedroom - had 6 x 50W halogens (yes 300W!) and now has 6 x 9W Megaman bulbs and it's too bright.

I am going to get some 7W Megaman bulbs and downgrade in locations where there are lots of bulbs e.g. the playroom; migrating the 9W bulbs to places where there are only 2 bulbs.

By the way, we didn't fit all these awful halogen fittings - we bought the house and nearly every bulb is halogen. There must be thousands of watts of lights in this house! (But there won't be, soon).

When we bought the house there were 2 LED halogen substitutes already in place. They are pretty useless. They are on the landing outside my daughter's bedroom and OK as a nightlight, but very blue and not very bright! (They say on them Innovation 1.2W).

Fire_Fox

Sylvania Superia GU10 35W halogen lamp:
http://www.lightonenergy.co.uk/GU10-Superia-p/gu10-sylvania-superia.htm

Or a 20W Xenon lamp, might not be sufficient light:
http://www.energybulbs.co.uk/products/Dimmable+Light+Bulbs/Dimmable+Halogen+Bulbs/GU10+20W+Xenon+240V+5000H++Extra+Long+Life/3543370936

Or 7W CFL that is smaller than the Megaman but the same ugly face:
http://www.yourwelcome.co.uk/acatalog/YWCFL100.html