Megaman 11w low energy GU10 .... rubbish !!

**sythai** · 21-01-2011

Anyone else had problems with these.... Megaman 11w low energy GU10 ?

Recently fitted a kitchen with 6 of these as specified by customer, and 2 have given up already after a couple of months ??

Makes me look a bit stupid as I was saying they should last a good year, suppose I should have know better buying 'wilts plus' stuff... not again.

So now comes the job of changing them all. What do you chaps recommend instead ? Maybe an LED is the best bet, but bit more pricey ?

Many thanks,

Sy

**tony mc** · 21-01-2011

Just started to fit Kosnic 7w GU 10 and Kosnic 4w led GU 10.

Hope they last as the 7w are £4 4w led are £9 each.

The bulbs cost more than the fitting the customer supplied.

**sythai** · 21-01-2011

The bulbs cost more than the fitting the customer supplied.

Thats sounds about right, quite pricey at the mo

**Amp David** · 21-01-2011

Originally Posted by tony mc

Just started to fit Kosnic 7w GU 10 and Kosnic 4w led GU 10.

Hope they last as the 7w are £4 4w led are £9 each.

The bulbs cost more than the fitting the customer supplied.

Where do you get the Kosnic from?

**tony mc** · 21-01-2011

Tried to reply but might be because I am naming a company.

Bondgate Electrical *******

**telectrix** · 21-01-2011

Originally Posted by Amp David

Where do you get the Kosnic from?

that price can't be correct for the 7w. sorry, misread. thought was 7w led for £4. must be cfl at that price.

**Amp David** · 21-01-2011

Thats what I thought at first, did a search then noticed they were CFLs

**telectrix** · 21-01-2011

the C in CFL stands for crap

**Apollo** · 21-01-2011

Hi There,

I use Super Compact 7w GU10's I've got some that have been on constant for over 2 years and still going strong (yes constant - NEVER been turned off)

Bit pricey but worth every penny....

**Amp David** · 21-01-2011

The L stands light and the F stands for fu.............., you get the idea HAHA!

**telectrix** · 21-01-2011

thought the full title was " can't find light". i do some work on a residential home, cfl's in the passages. i have to use a torch to see what i'm doing. get more light from my zippo

**tonys** · 21-01-2011

My house is full of them, includes 10 dimmers as well, never had problem with them and they ain't cheap. Been in a good couple of years as well now.

**SKY** · 21-01-2011

Me too mate, I have over 12 of those CFLs in my house.
They are all Sylvania branded and the 11w version and cost about £5 each at the time i purchased them 2 years ago.

I have not had a failure in 2 years and I do a lot of switching where I turn on for a few seconds to do something and then it off.

My ones only take about 20 seconds to reach full intensely

**sythai** · 25-01-2011

Swapped them all over for Aurora 11w LED's, much better and bright staright away, quality lamp

**Marvo** · 25-01-2011

Originally Posted by Apollo

........I've got some that have been on constant for over 2 years and still going strong (yes constant - NEVER been turned off)

That's why they've lasted so long, the turning on and off shortens the lamp life.

Before I renovated I had 58 x 50w 12v diachronic down-light fittings. I had them on two lighting circuits which totaled 14.3 amps load using an ammeter. They were costing a fortune in electricity to run plus with the heat we used the air conditioners unnecessarily which compounded the cost.

After the renovations I replaced all lighting with wrought iron pendant fittings which take 2 x 14w CFL lamps each. I have three times the floorspace of the original house and the lighting load is about a third of the down-lights at 4.7Amps. I used Philips CFL's which cost me ZAR14.00 (about one pound fifty) VAT inclusive each and I haven't had a single lamp failure in 18 months. To me it's a no brainer, the only thing I miss is not having a dimmer in the lounge, I overcame this annoyance with a standing lamp that illuminates straight upward..