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It's not efficiency as you loose out on the 240V to 12V converter, the 12V do give a better light than the 240V though, that is better from my view point.
Any lighting experts here? Replace kitchen halogens with LED
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It's not efficiency as you loose out on the 240V to 12V converter, the 12V do give a better light than the 240V though, that is better from my view point.
I went with LEDs 3 years ago - paid themselves back in 6 months on the electricity bill. A bit dim and purply.
Lest year I went with a second generation which were B+Q which are much better, more yellow and brighter. Actually I'm pleasantly surprised how good they are. I added a couple of the CCFL ones for critical task areas, e.g. over the sink.
The biggest problem with the cheap LEDs from China (tend to be ebay etc) is a 50% brightness falloff in the first 1000 hours or so.
Lest year I went with a second generation which were B+Q which are much better, more yellow and brighter. Actually I'm pleasantly surprised how good they are. I added a couple of the CCFL ones for critical task areas, e.g. over the sink.
The biggest problem with the cheap LEDs from China (tend to be ebay etc) is a 50% brightness falloff in the first 1000 hours or so.
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Aha!
I bought 100 quids worth of energy saving dimmable halogen Gu10s from my local lighting place. These are essentially like florescent strip lamps in a small coil and are slighgtly deeper than conventional bulbs.
They worked out at around 8 quid a pop.
They are pretty good- very white light though, bit wierd at first. Also my dimmer doesnt really like them
These are fine for the kitchen, but I need 18 for the living room and this could prove even more costly...
I would like to get dimmable, LED, yellowy light variants that cost less than a fiver a pop ideally.
I bought 100 quids worth of energy saving dimmable halogen Gu10s from my local lighting place. These are essentially like florescent strip lamps in a small coil and are slighgtly deeper than conventional bulbs.
They worked out at around 8 quid a pop.
They are pretty good- very white light though, bit wierd at first. Also my dimmer doesnt really like them
These are fine for the kitchen, but I need 18 for the living room and this could prove even more costly...
I would like to get dimmable, LED, yellowy light variants that cost less than a fiver a pop ideally.
I've got the bulbs through, the second one with more leds is a pain in the arris to fit if you fitting is the clip type. Other than that there fine, they do have a bluish tinge as said. I'm going to order 2 more 20 led ones and replace 5 of my 9.
