Replacing light bulbs with LEDs - LED lightbulb information

citnalta

Thanks for the tip on the LED dimmer. Minimum wattage requirement I guess.

The Modos look good. I'll replace my older CFLs with the Modos and maybe get a bit more brightness in the kitchen without the delay.

Next on the list for lamp replacement is the kids bedrooms which are also lit like football stadiums. I'm sure I can remember a time when the whole house lighting was less than 300W. Progress I guess.

Wahreo

The Modos are in a different league to CFL's. For a Kitchen I suggest the 4000 Modo's, about £7 a pop

Slalom

Hi All,
I Came across this 2 years ago after a divorce. The new home had many old tungsten style bulbs and over 12 50W halogen GU10s.

But did find 1 CFL in cool white.

The big issue was central heating controlled by 24 hour timer. -> 7day 5/2 X24 installed (screwdriver and as shared back panel) for water and a wireless digistat for heating(Electrician required).

Good tip in welcome pack, put central heating to come on at 20:30 hours in the evening. Perfect if you go out after work, but if you are in and cold override it.  You can not do it the other way around cheaply.

I found daylight CFL's for centre lights in 8w to 25w according to the location, with age this sort of light helps reading and the old tungsten lamps were not Warm white probably more like half way to Cool.

The halogen GU-10s were replaced by a purchase of 10 packs of  4W wide coverage and 1.8W narrow beam LEDs. I alternated these for the 8 in the kitchen and 4 in the "family" bathroom. And put 2 4W ones in the ensuite.  

There were three 100W halogen uplighters in the lounge, I found some GU10 ones in J Lewis and put in 4W Led.

The remaining 1.8W went in a lounge reading lamp from Ikea and some clip on spots I found, which are on the bed headboard.

End result. House runs on 220 - 390 watts unless I am heating something with electricity.

Also Dual fuel is about 70 per Month, but I live alone. And I can read almost anywhere.

The bulbs seem to vary every time I look and my LED supplier has already been mentioned in this thread.

Rod

vince31

Hi there, just replaced my living room spots with a 5m strip of leds I bought off ebay for £27.  There are 300x 5050 SMDs on the 5m strip and you can cut to length as required.  I cut mine into 2x 2.5m strips and mounted them onto the ceiling; there is certainly more than enough light for the whole room and the spread is really good too.  I'm so impressed with the result I'm doing the dining room next but as its a smaller room then only using 4m and changing from the mild "warm" yellowish type to a brighter white led.  See pics.

mundstick

Wondered if anyone could help me fine what I am looking for.  After a house fire we are in the latter stages of a complete house renovation. We have three new light fittings downstairs each holding 5 or 6 bulb fixings of the E14 SES type.  I am trying to find some suitable LED lights.  Does anyone have any recommendations???

Stuart Wright

Haven't got any experience of these myself, but is this the kind of thing you are looking for?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Candle-Replace-traditional-chandelier-pendant/dp/B009ZS8L86/ref=sr_1_1?s=lighting&ie=UTF8&qid=1369405304&sr=1-1

mundstick

That is exactly the kind of thing I am looking for thanks. After a bit more research I have found these which seem to fit the bill.

Would just be nice to find someone who has had some dealings before I shell out the £300 on them

Stuart Wright

I have seen a lot of Megaman products on the web and they look ok.  I would be interested in reading your experiences.

Wahreo

Out of the 5 or so Electricians I know, all of them use The Megaman Modos in their spots- the GU10's.

I use them too, they are the first LED that I tried that I was actually impressed with.

LogicalSong

Hi, That would work. The reason there is a problem is that a lot of transformers only work from 20W to 50W and there's one per incandescent light. If you run say 4 off 6W LEDS from one of the existing transformers it should be OK. If not you can get one new 0W to 50W transformer, such as

Premium Electronic Lighting Transformer 0w - 50w

and run all 4 of the LEDs from it.