11w gu10 lamps

[JPC]

Thought id share with you my saving of the day....just replaced some 75w gu10s (yes 75w ...of ebay...they probably burnt too many houses down in china so the're selling them here) replaced them for some 11w gu10 megaman....had to increase from 5 lamps to 8...but not far off the same level of lighting and for 1/4 - 1/5 of the price! (if i ignore the £70 odd quid they cost to buy !?)

[pphilpot]

Do tell more, I'm in the market for GU10's for both the lounge and the less debatable kitchen ;-)

[Nicedad]

The Megaman units are good. I'm fitting them as standard on kitchen refurbishments now.  

But the dimmable version don't work well with some of the electronic dimming switches (ie Richmond). Recently I had to change out a Richmond switch for a fixed Crabtree one (and yes I did conform to the rules on loading which are quite restrictive).  

One other thing, the GU10 Megaman lamps are physically longer than a standard GU 10 lamp (by about 1cm) so require a purpose built fittting.

[guydewdney]

buying gu10's on fleabay in a box of ten or more saves a lot.

we have ten 7w's in the kitchen - seems enough to me (19' x 19', light walls, very little natural light, pine units). Theres not a lot in it from make to make - as long as the colour temp is 2700K or so.

[JPC]

yes as stated, they are longer 76mm i think, my fittings do not have any restriction as the electric "head" (as it were) is not connected to the fitting body...but yes keep it in mind.

they throw out around 50w equivalent, seems a whiter light and more diffused.

As stated i had 75w bulbs, so i decided to remove my centre gu10 and wire up a ceiling light with 4 gu10 in it, to give me more light....all worked out well

[billi]

Hi

I have got  these LED ones in warmwhite with six SMD LEds ..... pretty bright   wonder how bright the 12  and 24 version is 

http://www.ledmeile.de/de/LED-GU10-230V/LED-GU10-SMD-NEW

Billi