shower extractor downlight - can you get them in GU10

[Scotchydog]

Hi

im not to clued up on downlights but have changed the whole house to led every spot light in the house is gu10 which is great but in my bathroom 5 are GU10 an the shower extractor is MR16 the problem is she wants them to dim - just wondering what I do next do they even do a gu10 extractor downlight - what is the best thing to do?

 

[Richard Burns]

Manufacturers tend to go for the 12V option for shower/ extractor lights as you are pulling wet air past the lamp and dripping water could be a problem.
However in your case there is no reason not to fit a dimmable LED driver in place of the existing transformer, the worst problem will be getting a matching colour of LED. (oh yes and trying to disentangle the transformer from the fitting in some cases)

 

[Scotchydog]

Thanks for your reply - yeah I thought so I have managed to find one at same colour and yeah I understand I have to change the tranny what I'm wondering what would it be like to dim with the rest would it be totally different and look to out of place?

 

[richy3333]

Do you want to dim the light in the shower? Is it a mood thing or hunt the soap?!

 

[Richard Burns]

Dimmable GU10s and dimmable LED drivers are likely to use similar technology to allow dimming, the electronics in the GU10 may be a little more simple but i would expect that if you get the Gu10s dimming OK then the driver should follow that, I would limit the dimming range as much as you feel you can as it will be at the extremes that things would start to go out of synch.