LED light bulbs

savemoney

If its anything like the led floor standing light I have you might need a led driver. You can get led capsules for it but there not that cheap from, around £6 each for cheap ones and there not as high as ones you rate

This is a led driver shown for example only

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MR16-MR11-G4-Long-Life-Lamp-Company/dp/B003DV8QBS/ref=sr_1_1?s=lighting&ie=UTF8&qid=1387294364&sr=1-1

I wouldn't bother if I was you I aint for mine and has mostly led in house now

marjrie wrote: »

I have a floor standing lamp that has 5 halogen G4 capsules, 3 are 10w and 2 are 20w, this lamp is used a lot, my husband sits close to it to read....
Will this be using a lot of energy, is there an led bulb I could switch to ?

marjrie_2

savemoney wrote: »

If its anything like the led floor standing light I have you might need a led driver. You can get led capsules for it but there not that cheap from, around £6 each for cheap ones and there not as high as ones you rate

This is a led driver shown for example only

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MR16-MR11-G4-Long-Life-Lamp-Company/dp/B003DV8QBS/ref=sr_1_1?s=lighting&ie=UTF8&qid=1387294364&sr=1-1

I wouldn't bother if I was you I aint for mine and has mostly led in house now

Will the halogen lights be costing a lot? We do have them on most of the day

molerat

marjrie wrote: »

Will the halogen lights be costing a lot? We do have them on most of the day

About 1p - 2p per hour depending your tariff (one unit every 14 hours)

marjrie_2

molerat wrote: »

About 1p - 2p per hour depending your tariff (one unit every 14 hours)

Sorry to be thick, is that for the whole 5 light lamp or per bulb?

savemoney

Your using 70w an hour assuming its on full power 1000w is 1kWh around 12-16p so 14 hours would be that cost roughly

sunshinetours

marjrie wrote: »

Sorry to be thick, is that for the whole 5 light lamp or per bulb?

All, per my reply on your other thread

Biggles

leona912 wrote: »

I know 12W PAR38 LED Light Bulb can replace a 100watt halogen bulb and a 10w outdoor LED Flood Light can also replace a 100w halogen lights.

Absolute nonsense on both counts.

Neither of those are anywhere near up to the power needed, just look at the lumens ratings.

zaax

RosieBirkett wrote: »

Hi there,

I am the Sales Manager for a Cheshire based LED lamp manufacturer and can tell you there are a lot of lamps in the market today that won't be in coming years.

There are 3 major components to an LED lamp that mean it'll work consistantly well and for its full life:
The chip, the heat sink and the driver.

If any of these is made to a poor standard the entire lamp is likely to be compromised. Unfortunately there are not yet any helpful UK standards to meet before distributing the lamps to market and, as a result, the UK is seeing a lot of poor quality products.

I just wanted to write that I'm happy to answer any questions about the market in general and offer tech advice upon request.

So I have noticed, the ones I have brought off feabay have failed with-in months. The 3 Phillips 1w ones I brought from Tesco seem to be going fine (so far).

Biggles

leona912 wrote: »

the luminous flux of 12W PAR38 LED light is 900 lumen and the 10w outdoor LED Flood Light is 850 lumen.

That's my point. I think you'll find a 100w halogen is around 1500l.

almillar

leona - you haven't told us the brightness or wattage of what you replaced, but there's a lot of confusing terminology out there. The PAR38 light sounds not too bad but the 'flood light' won't be doing much flooding at 850 lumens. That's equivalent light output to a normal 60W bulb, not a halogent floodlight.