Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Vamps]

Or spot lights in this case. Refurbishing Master Vamps bedroom ready for Miss Vamps I have installed new lighting, in all this includes 6 spot lights at 50 watt each, so if she has both on it is 300watts; and she is a booger for leaving lights on.........

Bought 6 x LED spot bulbs rated at 4.5 watt each, and they are brighter with a more natural light, total of 28 Watts if she left them on, quite a saving for a better light.........

Bought a 'normal' bulb for our lamp in the lounge, but not tried it yet........

[Jusme]

"SNAP". Well, almost... Just ordered 11. 4.5 watt G.U.10 wide angle bulbs. 

[Vamps]

"SNAP". Well, almost... Just ordered 11. 4.5 watt G.U.10 wide angle bulbs. 

These are GU10, in warm white.............

[TheBoy]

I've converted virtually all my bulbs to LED, bar living room and dining room (no suitable types available).

My big bro, as most here know, has 2 retail shops, and in one of them has ripped out all the old halogen and those ultra bright display lights (can't remember what they are, magnesium?) and replaced with LED spots, and his energy company are suspicious, has his electric usage has dropped from "a four figure sum" to a couple of hundred quid a month in that premises.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Or spot lights in this case. Refurbishing Master Vamps bedroom ready for Miss Vamps I have installed new lighting, in all this includes 6 spot lights at 50 watt each, so if she has both on it is 300watts; and she is a booger for leaving lights on.........

Bought 6 x LED spot bulbs rated at 4.5 watt each, and they are brighter with a more natural light, total of 28 Watts if she left them on, quite a saving for a better light.........

Bought a 'normal' bulb for our lamp in the lounge, but not tried it yet........

I'm sure Miss Vamps is well aware of the cost of electricity and won't leave any lights on. All teenagers are energy conscious.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Can LED lights be used with a dimmer switch?

I know that some low energy bulbs can't.

Are LED lights expensive?

[kev2b4]

I've put dimmable B22 ( normal ) bulbs in living room ( candle type) using original dimmer - works ok , but when on low light is white not orange oon the old incandesent type- cost £4.50 each ( off amazon) , Wilkos are £7.50 at moment so now missus is allowed to have lights on in living room when it gets dark. I thought would have to change dimmer switch @ approx £18 per dimmer , which increases the pay-back time

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I have just checked out the cost of LED's......

I would need to live for a thousand years to get my money back.

My guess is that two or three years from now these things will cost pennies.

I shall wait until then.

 

[Varche]

I have just checked out the cost of LED's......

I would need to live for a thousand years to get my money back. keep drinking the blood

My guess is that two or three years from now these things will cost pennies. I wouldn't be so sure

I shall wait until then.

I saw and didn't buy some lifetime guarantee bulbs - about £12.50 each. Who keeps a receipt for that long and would the shop honour it?

Only two ways for manufacturer to make money on a product. replacement (short lifespan) or high initial outlay.

[AndyRoid]

Can LED lights be used with a dimmer switch?

Yes, although both the lamp and the dimmer switch have to be designed to do so (same applies to the "low energy" fluorescents).

Are LED lights expensive?

A decent GU10 replacement will set you back around £6 - £7 per lamp, don't bother with the cheap Chinese shite from the likes of fleabay.

[Kevin Wood]

Yep, don't bother with Ikea ones either. Just had a LED candle fail after 3 months in a bedside table lamp.

[Jusme]

  Went to the LEDHut. Bought these... 
*NEW* 4.5 Watt GU10 LED - Wide Beam Angle - 350 Lumens Option Cool White
GU10-350-CW..... 11  £62.48 + VAT Hope these aint those 'cheap Chinese shite from the likes of fleabay'.

[AndyRoid]

  Went to the LEDHut. Bought these... 
*NEW* 4.5 Watt GU10 LED - Wide Beam Angle - 350 Lumens Option Cool White
GU10-350-CW..... 11  £62.48 + VAT Hope these aint those 'cheap Chinese shite from the likes of fleabay'.

No they're not, and LED Hut would be a definite contender for me if I were going down the LED route.

[TheBoy]

My (normal bayonet and e27) LED ones I bought from Tesco when they were BOGOF, so basically a fiver each for dimmable Osram 60w equivs.

The light output seems warmer than CFL enery saving bulbs, the light is instant on full brightness, and seems an awful lot brighter than the 60w equiv CFLs they replaced.

[Vamps]

  Went to the LEDHut. Bought these... 
*NEW* 4.5 Watt GU10 LED - Wide Beam Angle - 350 Lumens Option Cool White
GU10-350-CW..... 11  £62.48 + VAT Hope these aint those 'cheap Chinese shite from the likes of fleabay'.

That's where I went.............. just checked paid £5.98 per bulb, identical to yours and £8.00 for the standard bulb all plus VAT. Free delivery and I found a packed of Haribo's in the box........