Kitchen Downlights Needed - Recommendations

ahll

Hi,
I want to replace my 4 Kitchen Downlights does anyone have any they would recommend or know of any good deals on at the moment. They run from the main 230v I am just looking for fairly basic ones white would be a good colour but others silver, gold would also be ok.

I need them to fit in the current holes which are diameter 7cm/2.75 inches

macman

What kind of fitting are they-that's the info you need to give. And what wattage?

ahll

macman wrote: »

What kind of fitting are they-that's the info you need to give. And what wattage?

Fitting ?

Just regular downlight that slot/fits into the ceiling opening is fine...to use GU10 lamp up to 50w or an MR16 lamp would be ok.

Not sure if to get Fire Rated Downlight or not...

macman

GU10 is the fitting.

searchlight123

70mm cutouts are pretty standard (or at least readily available). just replaced my 9 in a kitchen with cast satin silver ones.(pressed metal ones are cheaper but look it also).
i went for good quality GU10 5w warm white LED lamps in them (make is kosnic). super light output and no heat. not cheap though. i'm in the trade and still paid around £10 a lamp, they will / should last years though. the fittings can be had for less, around £5 for non fire rated and around £8-10 for fire rated.
i originally fitted cool white lamps but my partner hated them (very blue light) said it felt like she was in a tropical fish tank!! warm white is perfect for us.

bobthedambuilder

tonygold wrote: »

i went for good quality GU10 5w warm white LED lamps in them (make is kosnic). super light output and no heat. not cheap though. i'm in the trade and still paid around £10 a lamp, they will / should last years though.

This post prompted me to look at the economics of LED lights. Say you have an ordinary 50W GU10 on for 5 hours/day, 360 days / year. That's 90 kWh / year by my reckoning. At 12p per kWh, annual cost per bulb £10.80. A 5W LED bulb would cost £10 and use about 1/10th the electric, i.e. £1.08 / year. So the LED pays for itself in about a year. They have a quoted life of up to 50,000 hours - about 30 years at that usage. Saving over the life of the bulb c. £290.

I'm off to try out some LED's!

ahll

Thanks I have now selected my downlights I know needs some decent GU10 bulbs to go with them. I have been reading that some of them dont last very long suprisingly. Any recommendations for warm white ?

LED ones seem abit out of my price range at £10+ each...