Recessed Halogen Downlighters

[terry_hughes41]

Got a customer, Who's house and business premises we have the maintenance contract with, Just moved into a new house, with a large number of recessed halogen downlighters. She's complaining about the heat generated from them, I was thinking along the lines replacing them all with LED bulbs,
there seems to be a lot of crap out there with smoke and mirrors,
has anyone actually Tried .... and I mean bought and installed some and found them to be decent ?.

 

[telectrix]

diamond LED lighting. 3watt GU10 fit £8 +vat. excellent , warm white best for living areas.

 

[westham_872]

I had a similar experience in a shopfitting we done, The LED bulbs from QVS & WF are double dear for what they are, not very bright at all & I have installed (although keep it quiet) some LED bulbs that a customer got off ebay, which were about 80 round LEDs clustered together... They lasted about a week, Predictably.
I done a few of these now and only really found one worth installing again and again, We have tried a few.
Are yours Mains or 12 volt ?

 

[terry_hughes41]

I have seen ones like those Diamond ones on display, but not sure they are bright enough, the type with a metal casing, lens and 3 LED's inside.
Westham ;-), Most in her house I think are mains.

 

[westham_872]

Ah mains, they are p**s easy to swap then, you just have to change the bulbs, Avoid the lens type mate, unless your clients like living in the dark, You want the Flat surface mounted LED type, Infinately better.

 

[terry_hughes41]

Ah I'll look out for them fella, Where did you last get yours then ?

 

[westham_872]

I can't remember if they came from a shop or we got them online, I just fit them, they are good though, think they came with quite a long warranty as well.

 

[westham_872]

Ah just googled them,
When we last fitted GU10's to replace Halogen bulbs, in recessed fittings we used these ones last time, Finbright.
Pretty sure last time we ordered we got trade discount as well ;-).
Finbright GU10 LED Pro

 

[telectrix]

the diamond 3watt are really bright. i fitted 6 in our kitchen. aas bright as 50watt halogens.

 

[londonlec]

Finbright pro are very good, I just bought ten for my house and am very pleased.

 

[terry_hughes41]

Ah cheers fella's, I've had a look at them finbright ones, yea they look good.
I'll order a couple in the morning, see if they are up to the job, then probably go the whole hog.
cheers boys