G9 LEDs

[Jeff Layman]

I've got to get some more of these for the kitchen. The ceiling light fittings were designed for use with halogen bulbs, and I guess the LED G9 electronics in the bases get too hot over time and eventually fail.

Looking at the specs for a Screwfix G9 (

) it doesn't show the working temperature. However, the TLC one does, and it's only up to 40°C (). Now that sort of temperature wouldn't be difficult to reach in a kitchen, so it's perhaps not surprising the G9 LEDs are stressed.

Having said that, half the current ones (supposedly 450+ lumens, but in fact probably nearer to 200) have survived for several years.

Anyone else got experience of G9 LEDs in "halogen" kitchen light fittings?

[Sysadmin]

Mine are not flush mounted, but in stainless swivel housings and have lasted over ten years.

[Michael Kilpatrick]

They are all shitty, useless things which don't last a minute. We have these awful wall lights in the living room - fittings with two glass crystal spheroids with a G9 bulb. Halogen or LED, they don't last long at all. I made the mistake of buying a G9 fitting for a bathroom too.

Lights are still often designed for halogen bulbs which are significantly shorter than LED replacements and so the LED is not centred in the shroud and so looks a bit wrong. Both get hot if the fitting doesn't have enough air or flow. They are a disaster.

I will never, ever buy a G9 fitting whether for halogen or LED, ever ever again.

Michael

[Tim+]

+1

Of all the LED bulbs available it?s the one that most closely resembles the mayfly.

Tim