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Extractor fan lights - lesson learnt, don't leave them on too long
youth_leader
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I bought this bungalow last year, and the seller left me the brochure for the extractor fan, apparently installed in 2016.
It's a CDA Group ECH 61/2SS. The lights went after six months, and the brochure said to replace with 50W maximum halogen 2 pin GU10. When I replaced the bulbs they didn't work. I tried LED's too and they didn't work either.
I've just had an electrician here to do other jobs and he had a look - he said it is common for the lamp holders to distort if the lights are left on too long. Unfortunately I definitely left them on regularly when I'd finished cooking.
Unfortunately I've now got to buy a new extractor fan as I can't get replacement holders.
It's a CDA Group ECH 61/2SS. The lights went after six months, and the brochure said to replace with 50W maximum halogen 2 pin GU10. When I replaced the bulbs they didn't work. I tried LED's too and they didn't work either.
I've just had an electrician here to do other jobs and he had a look - he said it is common for the lamp holders to distort if the lights are left on too long. Unfortunately I definitely left them on regularly when I'd finished cooking.
Unfortunately I've now got to buy a new extractor fan as I can't get replacement holders.
£216 saved 24 October 2014
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youth_leader said:
Unfortunately I've now got to buy a new extractor fan as I can't get replacement holders.I think GU10 lampholders are more or less standard and all are fixed with 2 screws.
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Thanks so much, I'll try and get some.£216 saved 24 October 20140
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I've never heard of GU10 holders distorting due to being left on, they are ceramic and metal, normally up to the task?
the likelyhood of you finding replacement lamp holders with the same fixing dimensions are quite slim in my opinion, I would just fit one of these instead of the Gu10's https://www.internet-electrical.co.uk/lighting-fittings/led-fluorescent-link-lights/ansell-lighting-matrix-led-cct-link-lights/ansell-lighting-amaled50-cct-matrix-white-led-cct-link-light-with-colour-selectrable-leds-fixed-opal-diffuser-fixings-15m-mains-lead-ip20-7w?gclid=Cj0KCQiAlKmeBhCkARIsAHy7WVsDg0vTH7xY1Y35yyAM9Mi1dK3a7K97Ny6GtLl1WzPAV23QNSGWATcaAmgPEALw_wcB
thats assuming it's the lampholders, it could easily have been the switch thats failed0 -
The overriding lesson is to replace all halogen bulbs with LEDs ASAP. It's a pointless waste of energy, which is becoming very expensive.0
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FFHillbilly said:I would just fit one of these instead of the Gu10's
You can possibly fix it externally somehow, but not replace
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CDA = Cheap Domestic Appliances.Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.0
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Ha ha is that what it stands for? Not surprised, everything here is cheap and nasty.£216 saved 24 October 20140
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