Old shabby but working 3 x 12v mr16 downlighters installed in bathroom.
Time for change.
Have found & have stock of some good led gu10 lamps for other fittings in house so was going to go the "gu10 shower rated downlighters into existing ceiling holes" route....
Any better ideas?
Cheers
Jim K
Can't see a problem. We've got IP65 GU10 fittings in the bathroom with LED lamps, no complaints from anyone.
in house so was going to go the "gu10 shower rated downlighters into existi ng ceiling holes" route....
I would avoid GU10 LED's - technically they really do not make sense as the bulb housing has to contain electronic bits so drop the mains voltage down something like 12v (assuming a number of LED elements in series), so you n ot only have the heat from the LED elements but also that from the voltage dropping arrangement to reduce the life of the whole bulb.
The LED's on their own will have a long lifespan, but the voltage dropping components will not have. LED lighting is tending to collect a bad name fo r high price and short life and this is because users are expecting the bul bs to be one for one replacement with 240v incandescents/halogen, which in general terms is asking too much of technology.
A little more work to reorganise the wiring and replace the holders but go for MR16 type LED bulbs and a related 12v transformer module that is not sp ace constrained for size and design, and will live a cool environment. Loo k also for COB bulbs as they have a far better light spread.
Rob
robgraham wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:
Look up Halers H2. The electronics are in a separate module. They have a
7 year warranty. I have them in my kitchen and they are superb.
On 29 Apr 2014, JimK grunted:
Just an FYI, having done the same thing myself recently: you'll probably find that the old ceiling holes are significantly larger than required by modern fittings: I was unable to find any at all that would fit.
Not an insurmountable problem, but a different ball-game to just simply swapping in new fittings. I ended up making plasterboard discs to fill the holes, which were also patched/glued from above using squares of plasterboard, and then polyfilla-ing over the discs before drilling new holes.
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