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Type of bulb required for cooker hood?

Baxter100 · 2021-12-15 10:24:35

I'm struggling to work out exactly what type of bulb I need for my cooker hood: https://ibb.co/hLcDLVH https://ibb.co/nLv3Y80 The opening for the bulb itself is about 450mm. The base socket has a gap of about 10-12mm where the bulb pins get inserted. With the previous bulb that was in there (halogen spot), the pins were…

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molerat Posts: 35,958 Forumite

16 December 2021 at 5:44PM

Rodders53 said:

I'd 100% agree with @Section62 - and a look at this YouTube video may explain why...

https://www.instructables.com/Reusing-a-GU10-halogen-lamp-reflector/

Once the old base is removed a new GU10 can be installed - make it LED though with a good colour rendering index.

Yep, certainly looks like a GU10 where the lamp has broken off leaving the base stuck in the lamp holder

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