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Hi,

I am not an electrician but I wondered if I might ask for a little bit of advice?

My parents have just bought a house and all of the rooms are lit with LED light bulbs, which give me a bad headache after half an hour.

I would like to switch to halogen light bulbs, but I've never really worked with LED spotlights before and I wondered if you could tell me what I need to do to get the spotlights out of the ceiling and figure out which halogen bulb I need to buy to replace them?

Some of the rooms have 8 spotlights embedded in the ceiling, and some rooms have three bulbs sticking out of the ceiling in the mounts of some kind.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jen
 
Hi,

Thanks, that's okay. Tbh if that's what needs to happen, it's easier to know that before I spend two weeks slogging through websites.

Ta!

Jen
 
I also get on with fluorescent energy saving bulbs and incandescent bulbs if they would be any good.
 
I am going back to visit, and I will take out the bulbs and look at them. If you could even give me a list of information to find out that would be extremely helpful.
 
I think it may be the flickering that is the problem though. I gather that is the main issue with LED, is it not? I've spent such a long time experimenting with LED-everything and it does such epically bad things to me each time. Tbh I'd rather just get rid of them.

I also have an old phone, and old computer and so on.
 
LOL! I have a Samsung GT-E1080, which is very easy on the eyes and also can make and receive telephone calls, which is what I need it for.
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/GT-E1080ZKIXEU

My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite pro U400, which is also splendid.
Satellite Pro U400-18S - Toshiba - http://www.toshiba.co.uk/discontinued-products/satellite-pro-u400-18s/

By training I'm a research scientist, and I'm currently making videos on how to build automated microscopes from scratch using arduinos and bits and bobs and very expensive lenses, so I'm okay for a bit of mickey taking. :)

My next project is to convert a ccfl laptop screen into a desktop screen using a special gizmo that's coming in the post from China and a few instructables webpages. I'm hoping that will tide me over after this laptop keels over. It turns out necessity really is the mother of invention. :)

Thanks for the tips on LED bulbs. It really is very helpful. I'm kicking myself for not photographing the dimmer switches now.
 
I don't think that getting rid of the dimmer switches so that the leds are always on maximum brightness would solve the problem, because then firstly they would be super bright, but then also I think they still flicker even on maximum brightness. Is that not right?
 

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