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Hi guys...I'm not a spark but can I ask your advice.

We have 6 GU10 halogens in our kitchen...they use a lot of electricity and I would like to replace them with LEDs.

I tried this maybe 18months ago...and the result was disappointing...the bulbs where quite dim...but where supposed to be similar to 50w halogens.

I wonder if things have moved on with GU10 LEDs...can anybody recommend one thats as bright as a 50w halogen...or even brighter.

Nick in Cheshire.
 
I did an install for one lady, who wanted really bright downlights. So I installed some fittings by JCC, intended to reduce the actual amount of fittings, but give the same overall effect, i.e. normally 4 downlights could be installed instead of 6, so I installed 6. The result was, well too bright for me, burnt my retinas. But she was very pleased.

I mention this, because the downlights in question (JCCFGLED10), have a 850 lumens output and a 60' beam angle.

If you were unhappy with the lamps you bought last year, then you will have to find something approaching something like above. The vanilla flavoured replacement LED GU 10's, typically are 450 lumens and a 38' beam angle.

I primarily install the sealed units like the aforementioned JCC or Click Inceptor, but some other members might be able to direct you to some LED GU10 replacement lamps. You could also consider the colour (temperature) of the lamps, primarily warm white (3000k) or cool white (4000k), the warm white matches the colour of a typical halogen lamp, whereas the cool white is a bit more clinical, IMO. These colours vary slightly between manufacturers.

Here's an example; Superior - 7w GU10 LED Very Bright COB Spotlight - https://www.lightrabbit.co.uk/superior-7-watt-gu10-cob-led-spotlight-bulb.html
 
If you are fitting them into existing fully enclosed "bean can" style downlight fittings, don't necessarily expect them to provide the manufacturers lifetime, especially with the brighter ones. There is not much chance for the heat to escape. 7W LED produces about 6W of heat which needs to get away by convection.
 

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