12V LED Lamps, two questions....

discosparky · May 7, 2014

Hiya!

A friend has 27 12V downlights in his kitchen/dining area and wants to change them for LED to save on his electricity bill. I've not had any experience of these lamps and was wondering whether anyone on here could answer 2 questions, the first being, are they any good? In terms of light output, and secondly, can they run off the existing 12V transformer or do I have to change it for a specific LED driver??

Any help would be appreciated, thanks,

DISCO.

telectrix · May 7, 2014

best bet would be to ditch the transformers, replace the lamp holders with GU10 ones, then fit 230V GU10 LEDs. good sources for quality LEDs are LED hut, convertabulb, light rabbit, also consider sealed units. these don't have replaceable lamps ( bulbs ), but have good guarantee period. forget 12V LEDs, too much toi go wrong.

trev · May 7, 2014

Some manufacturers give very long guarantees on the lamp life, some as much as ten years

R G · May 7, 2014

Just as Tell says , the only real use for 12 V led lamps is where you have an low voltage track fed by a single transformer and don't want to replace it , like I have , best bet is what Tell says to avoid future tranny faults,,,

GMES · May 7, 2014

Ray Galea said:
Just as Tell says , the only real use for 12 V led lamps is where you have an low voltage track fed by a single transformer and don't want to replace it , like I have , best bet is what Tell says to avoid future tranny faults dont go to shady bars,,,

Corrected that for you Ray

R G · May 7, 2014

GMES said:
Corrected that for you Ray

No faults in my wardrobe , theres always a mini skirt to hand ....LOL....

DPG · May 7, 2014

And don't buy bargain-priced LED lamps from ebay! Daz

uksparks · May 7, 2014

I've just had another 12 60 SMD GU10's from light rabbit arrive today, they are good, always use them.

uksparks · May 7, 2014

Here you go, this was the previous batch...

uksparks · May 7, 2014

The one in the pic are the 12v 30SMD lamps.

as for drivers, I tried using the old driver and the lamps just had a strobe like flicker, so I got a proper one from light rabbit and it worked a treat.