LED Spotlights

borich

I have two spotlights in my sitting room which are ugly and not providing decent amount of light. I am thinking of replacing them with LED spotlights.

The sitting room is 26 ft long and floor plans can be found here

Would the Eglo 93178 Daven 1 here which has GU10 LED Max Wattage: 4 x 5W be acceptable to light the room? There would be one spotlight at end end of the room.

Cheers

Jonesya

Personally I wouldn't buy that set as you don't know what the quality of the led lamps is like - they could be unbranded poor quality ones.

I'd buy a fitting you like then get some good quality led lamps separately, from a good brand like Osram or Philips, you could get more powerful ones like 6w or 7w if you want plenty of light.

borich

So I can get any fitting and then just get LED adapter to fit them?

Jonesya

Pretty much, buy a spot light fitting that takes Gu10 bulbs then some decent Gu10 led bulbs to fit it.

The only thing you need to watch is the design of the fitting and the space around there bulbs - led bulbs can be slightly longer and need air circulation to stay cool.

elstimpo

Jonesya wrote: »

led bulbs can be slightly longer and need air circulation to stay cool.

Thats not true. There are plenty of LED's with heat dissipation systems effective enough to be used in enclosed fittings. They use the body of the lamp itself to dissipate heat away from the critical areas (where components are).

brightontraveller

borich wrote: »

I have two spotlights in my sitting room which are ugly and not providing decent amount of light. I am thinking of replacing them with LED spotlights.

The sitting room is 26 ft long and floor plans can be found here

Would the Eglo 93178 Daven 1 here which has GU10 LED Max Wattage: 4 x 5W be acceptable to light the room? There would be one spotlight at end end of the room.

Cheers

The answers as with most types of lighting e.g wall, up, down, is in the name name “Spot lights” there great for highlighting specific items, defined spots/ areas but even with wider angled beams etc pretty poor overall mass lighting an area, You’d have poorly illuminated areas you can infill these with lamps etc although regs don’t really have same requirements in domestic situation as to lights levels as they do in commercial http://www.qub.ac.uk/safety-reps/sr_webpages/safety_downloads/HSG38Lightingatwork.pdf personally I’d try and get around same levels as required in offices etc illuminance of 300 lux all around

gingerdad

over the last few months i've converted my whole house to LED's from http://convertabulb.co.uk, really pleased so far in the lounge and dining room i've put in LED candle bulbs into the orginal light units. in the kitchen and bathrooms we have downlighters and in the bedrooms with have some B&Q spot thingys with GU10 in, brilliant all round, saved me money in most rooms and much brighter in others

stator

Yes you have to be careful. Some fittings are designed only for 'cool beam' lamps, some are only designed for non-'cool beam' lights. It affects how the heat is dissipated. Just make sure you match the same type. I think 4x GU10 should be sufficient for the main part of your room with an additional light at the other end.

elstimpo

gingerdad wrote: »

over the last few months i've converted my whole house to LED's from http://convertabulb.co.uk, really pleased so far in the lounge and dining room i've put in LED candle bulbs into the orginal light units. in the kitchen and bathrooms we have downlighters and in the bedrooms with have some B&Q spot thingys with GU10 in, brilliant all round, saved me money in most rooms and much brighter in others

Do you know what the actual colour temperature of the products you bought from them are?

elstimpo

stator wrote: »

Yes you have to be careful. Some fittings are designed only for 'cool beam' lamps, some are only designed for non-'cool beam' lights. It affects how the heat is dissipated. Just make sure you match the same type. I think 4x GU10 should be sufficient for the main part of your room with an additional light at the other end.

Whats a 'cool beam lamp'?

stator

elstimpo wrote: »

Whats a 'cool beam lamp'?

Speaking of non-LED bulbs, a cool beam lamp is one designed to produce visible light without infra-red light, so someone sitting in the beam of the light wouldn't feel as hot as they might from a non-cool-beam-lamp. However a cool beam lamp requires more cooling, as the infra-red energy is filtered and conducted to the back of the lamp. So if you fit a cool-beam lamp into a recessed spotlight fitting, it can cause a fire.
So when you buy a fitting it will usually say whether you are supposed to use a cool beam bulb or not.
Some LEDs that produce a lot of heat may say you should only use them with a cool beam holder, so that the extra heat is dissipated safely.