Any idea where to get LED mains voltage light fittings?
Maplins have some mains LED lamps at about ten quid:
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do you get the sockets for them?Is there an adapter that would go into a BC fitting and then take one of these LEDs?
LED mains voltage light fittings
Jun 14, 2006
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:05:44 +0100,it is alleged that Chris spake thusly in uk.d-i-y:
They're GU10 fitting, which is fairly standard for mains voltage halogen downlights and spotlights - see
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an example [plenty of other examples on the site too]
Also note that TLC also do the LED lamps themselves for far cheaper than Maplin too,
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're not really bright enough or wide enough beamwidth for general room lighting yet, but very good for accent lighting or display lighting (No heat buildup, very long life, very low power consumption).
HTH
solely because theyre so low power
depends
most common lamp technologies are aviliable at low power
NT
toolstation stock them
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