GU10 spotlights, power consumption and should I go LED?

pault123

This seems to be the cheapest i've found

http://www.yourwelcome.co.uk/acatalog/GU10.html

I find my kitchen quite dark at the moment with 35w, would 50w add a lot to my electric bill (6 GU10's in total)

and is LED really worth it and what brightness in Halogen watts do they compare to? most LED's are £20 ish but i've found these which I could just about justify
http://www.yourwelcome.co.uk/acatalog/led198.html


ps. any tips for getting them out?! :rotfl:

zax47

6 x 15w (addition) = 90W

Average unit of electricity (1kWh) = 15p

90W/h = 15p/(1000/90) = 1.35p

So changing to 6 x 50W GU10s will add a whopping 1.35p to your electricity bill for every full hour they are in use.(beyond what the 6 x 35W bulbs cost to run)

Getting them out? Remove any locking ring / fixing clip (if there) Push slightly and turn. Try one of these;

http://www.delightful-uk.com/12vledgu10mr16-remover-lampbulb-removal-sucker-tool-420-p.asp

julianashcroft

I changed all the 50w GU10's to 9w fluorescents. They take about a minute to warm up, but are almost as bright as the Halogens once they have done so. The cheaper LED's throw out a poor cold light at the moment. You will pay about £15.00 for a good quality GU10 LED which has a warm but bright light.

loracan1

I bought an led replacement for one of my bathroom spots 'alpha 3.7w led low energy bulb - 3 white highpowered led bulb fits gu10' to quote the blurb. Cost about £13 and is guaranteed for 10 years.

It gives off a very very bright light. (another quote on the packet is 'ultra bright white')

Unfortunately it is a shade of bluey/grey white that is really unflattering. It hits one mirror straight on and that particular mirror makes me look 20 years older than the others, it's awful. And I'll get round to pointing that particular bulb elsewhere yet.

No evidence for this but I've a feeling 'warm white' will mean 'fairly dull'.

Arfa__

Tried some LED GU10's a few years back. Found they way too dim. Can't remember the spec of them, but there's probably better options now. Either way, I use CFL GU10 bulbs, yep take a few seconds warm up and get bright, but have lasted a few years now and fine. For me it wasn't just the power consumption of the normal GU10 halogens that got me, it was the fact I was replacing one every 6 months off (I have four in the kitchen).

BTW don't forget to check out putting some CFL bulbs in the lights of your extractor hood. Found two high wattage bulbs in mine.

pault123

i've checked and it turns out most of my GU10's are 50w!

im' looking at frugality so eco bulbs which need to warm up but throw out same brightness at 50w sound great?

Best place to buy x10 of these?

CFL GU10 bulbs

julianashcroft

pault123 wrote: »

i've checked and it turns out most of my GU10's are 50w!

im' looking at frugality so eco bulbs which need to warm up but throw out same brightness at 50w sound great?

Best place to buy x10 of these?

CFL GU10 bulbs

Buy one first and see if it will fit, as the CFL bulbs are deeper than the halogen one.

BargainGalore

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If that aint spam then please define a new definition of what spam is

Mar10_W wrote: »

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pault123

oooooooh that amazon link is a good price thanks


thanks for the links mar10 too, bit pricey it seems.

I had to chuckle at the "[URL]ilovetospam:.co.uk[/URL]" sorry couldn't help it :rotfl:

Mar10_W

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pault123

zax47 wrote: »

6 x 15w (addition) = 90W

Average unit of electricity (1kWh) = 15p

90W/h = 15p/(1000/90) = 1.35p

So changing to 6 x 50W GU10s will add a whopping 1.35p to your electricity bill for every full hour they are in use.(beyond what the 6 x 35W bulbs cost to run)

Getting them out? Remove any locking ring / fixing clip (if there) Push slightly and turn. Try one of these;

http://www.delightful-uk.com/12vledgu10mr16-remover-lampbulb-removal-sucker-tool-420-p.asp

so based on this as my lights are alreadys 50w. thats 300w for six lights = which is 300/1000*15 = £4.50 an hour to light my kitchen? that doesn't seem right?

i have my kitchen lights on 2 hours a night so that would be £270 a month to light my kitchen?! :eek:
is a 0. decimal place missing from the above 15 p?

should the calc be 300/1000*0.15 = 0.045

x 2 hours a night = 0.09 x 30 days = £2.70 a month to light kitchen for 2 hours a night

and in above example of extra workings to upgrade from 35w to 50w in a kitchen of x6 the calc should read

90W/h = 0.15p/(1000/90) = 0.0135p

i've been trying to stop using my kitchen lights since reading this post, but then thought hold on those figures can't be right LOL