LED light bulbs

chrisw

Leona keeps posting on led threads mentioning 'lighting ever' so I assume they are spam posts.

GT60

Asda have a set of 3 duracel LED warm white lights for £10 ( GU10)
they are on the end of isle's in red point of sale bin's
don't know what they are like though but have thought of getting some

buglawton

almillar wrote: »

buglawton - cooker hood lights - my cooker hood just takes e14 fitment bulbs. In a cooker hood you're a bit restricted for space, but if you can find, for example, candle fitting LEDs, you could use them. I've been using CFLs in mine for quite a while. With the environment they're used it, they may not last as long.

I have been on Youtube to see some videos - keywords e.g. dangerous GU10 LED - and have decided never to source unknown brands from discounters.

The issue is the cheap circuitry in them means the chance of the unit becoming live is high.

But still looking.

savemoney

I been using these in kitchen since April with no problems. They dont sell them now but they do sell others. These came with 5 year guarantee

When I got them I did get a new light which states it i compatible with led's I mainly got it as I wanted to be certain and also we previously had mr16 in kitchen and wanted a new modern light

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BVZI4W4

Aurora are a well known brand

GT60

what is the difference between "warm white" and the other "whites" and which would you all recommend
Thanks

JohnB47

My 7w gu10s, bought from energysavingled.com and fitted three weeks ago, are excellent.

When I saw this thread had been revisited I thought I'd post to point out something else I'd noticed about halogen gu10s. In my own kitchen , the gu10s had been in place for over five years and every one had misted up. That is, the front glass seems to have acquired a sort of coating on the inside. Recently I was in a lift and of the six halogen spots in the roof, four were misted, one was blown and the other was bright (presumably because it has recently been fitted).

The sharper light you get when replacing old halogens with (good) new leds is another benefit to be considered I think.

Hopefully the led gu10s won't mist up over time. I'm thinking that the misting must be to do with the hot running of the halogens and the leds wont suffer as they run much cooler.

JohnB47

GT60 wrote: »

what is the difference between "warm white" and the other "whites" and which would you all recommend
Thanks

Warm white is much closer to the actual colour balance of a halogen bulb. Natural white is much cooler and in the cheaper makes, is a sort of ghostly empty light.

You really need to experience this for yourself so make sure you buy from someone who offers a really good no quibble returns policy.

2013yearofthehouse

GT60 wrote: »

what is the difference between "warm white" and the other "whites" and which would you all recommend
Thanks

We bought one bulb that was 2700k and one that was 3000k and then tried them around the house to see which we prefered, before buying any more. We ended up with 3000k in the bathroom, kitchen and study, where we wanted a "more white" bright light, and then used 2700k in the bedrooms and living room as it's a "warmer white". We have a dimmer on the landing, which was only compatible with one bulb I could find, which happened to be 2800k, so it's inbetween the two, but closer to the "warmer white".

JohnB47

Just a bit more info. The 7w dimmable gu10 led spots I bought are 2580k and these are almost identical colour balance to the halogens they replaced. Bear in mind that not all halogen spots are the same colour balance anyway. I can't be the only one who's replaced an original halogen spot with one bought at the local hardware store and found the colour of the replacement slightly warmer or cooler than the original.

PositiveBalance

Hello everyone,

I'm new to this whole LED bulb thing, so please be kind and give me some advice.

I live in a small 2 bedroom flat. However, what it lacks in size it makes up for in excess lighting. Not counting the bathroom, which has a totally different light, each of the light fittings holds 4 spotlights (and the en-suite 3), resulting in 27 bulbs being needed in a really quite small flat.

Several of the bulbs have gone in the past few weeks. The electrician, who was passing the other day about another matter, suggested that I should consider replacing them with GU10s to reduce my electricity bill. I've tried to do some reading online to see if it is worth replacing them all (bearing in mind that I live in a rented flat and may leave soonish - wish I'd know about them when I moved in over a year ago), and the concenus seems to be that they don't actually save *that* much electricity compared to a standard bulb, it's just the length of time they last for that tends to make the savings.

What do you think? Does this sound about right to you? If so, I will just replace the bulbs as they expire. The electrician suggested replacing them all and then removing them and taking them with me when I move to my next abode, but there's not guarantee that the next place I live will have the right light fittings for them, so that might not be possible.

I was in Home Bargains today and they had a SunSolar 4W 380 lumen bulb for a bargainous £2.99. Has anyone heard of or used this brand? It's a warm white colour. I wonder if I am better to go for this shade or the colder one. (Any girls on here know which is better for putting on your make-up?! :rotfl:)

Also, in terms of power as there are so many light in each fitting I don't need to have particularly powerful bulbs. Have I understood correctly that 380 lumen is about right for 35 - 40W?

Thanks for your help.