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Low energy GU10 fitting light bulbs?
viticella
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This is a continuing saga of trying to be moneysaving and green!
in our kitchen we have two spotlight fittings that take 50V GU10 halogen light bulbs - total of seven bulbs ie. 350 watts when both are on!
Every other light bulb in the house is a "warm white" low energy one and they generally give a nice light and do us fine.
At considerable expense (nearly £10 each) I've got hold of four 11 watt GU10 low energy bulbs for the kitchen, and CHECKED they were the same colour temp as the other bulbs in the house, 2700 kelvin, etc etc.
They arrived today, but the light from them is awful - dull and greenish, totally different to the bulbs in all the other rooms. Yet they are technically the same spec, aren't they?
Has anyone else had this problem? I wonder if it's because the compact fluorescent tube is squeezed into such a tiny lamp. I know you can get LED ones too but nothing like as bright.
Rather disappointing at the moment though. Any ideas welcome.
in our kitchen we have two spotlight fittings that take 50V GU10 halogen light bulbs - total of seven bulbs ie. 350 watts when both are on!
Every other light bulb in the house is a "warm white" low energy one and they generally give a nice light and do us fine.
At considerable expense (nearly £10 each) I've got hold of four 11 watt GU10 low energy bulbs for the kitchen, and CHECKED they were the same colour temp as the other bulbs in the house, 2700 kelvin, etc etc.
They arrived today, but the light from them is awful - dull and greenish, totally different to the bulbs in all the other rooms. Yet they are technically the same spec, aren't they?
Has anyone else had this problem? I wonder if it's because the compact fluorescent tube is squeezed into such a tiny lamp. I know you can get LED ones too but nothing like as bright.
Rather disappointing at the moment though. Any ideas welcome.
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Probably not the best solution, but have you considered just getting lower wattage halogens. I have 6 halogens in my bathroom. With 50W bulbs thats a whacking 300 watts. However I changed them to 20 watt halogens and now get 120 watts output, about the same as a normal tungsten bulb. Ok for a bathroom, maybe a little too dim for a kitchen. There are 35 watts types available too..."...IT'S FRUITY!"0
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Have you considered buying LED GU10's, cheap very low wattage and last for ages.0
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these will always be very poor light, spotlights require energy and are at odds with being green, pays your money and takes your choice there are no solutions but power consumption, although led technology getting better not there yet0
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