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  1. yellowvanman

    GU10 keep blowing

    Spotlight fitting on the landing and the lamps keep blowing. Can't find a reason, anyone any ideas? I'm going to suggest getting better quality GU10s, and failing that try some LEDs
  2. S

    Led 4/5 Watt gu10

    I'm looking to purchase quite a few led lamps I've looked on eBay they are around £3 each from china direct anyone else got them cheaper! They will last there duration but buying from a wholesaler they want £7 each I've got 2 sites on the go both with 10 houses and each house takes 30 ish lamps...
  3. M

    Best true retrofit GU10 LED lamp

    I've been doing a little research to try and find a suitable LED GU10 retrofit lamp to offer my domestic customers, has anyone found a retrofit that offers like for like in terms of light output and colour? Please give any relevant technical info: lumen output beam angle colour temp etc...
  4. S

    For Sale For sale - preston area - 5w led gu10 dimmable

    I have a bunch of them Warm White & Cool White work on Varilight dimmer. £7 a piece. I also have a load of white low voltage eyeballs as well as excess stock of 2 gang 2 ways switches, 20 amp DP switches and 20amp JB's.
  5. Strima

    PVC Ceiling Cladding and GU10 Halogens

    Evening all, Has anybody come across problems with GU10 halogens causing damage to PVC ceiling cladding? i.e. Yellowing of the finish, melting of the cladding etc? I know this stuff is fire rated but can't seem to find much information on heat damage from lighting. Was asked the question...
  6. B

    Cheap gu10 leds on Ebay?

    Anyone have any experience with cheap gu10 leds on ebay? How do they compare to the branded versions? Any info would be appeciated
  7. Y

    Mixing low voltage MR16 Halogen and mains GU10 LED bulbs in a circuit

    Good morning chaps, I stumbled upon this forum and seems to be a good source of experts. I'm not an electrician so hope i'm not breaking any rules by posting here. We have a house full of low voltage MR16 halogen bulbs. I wanted to slowly change the ones in my kitchen and hall to LED as the...
  8. D

    Best GU10 LED bulbs?

    Hey everyone, just wondering what everyone thinks the best LED GU10 bulb is. Factors include: lux, spread, cost, lifespan, colour and size. Also which make of bulb is most equivalent to the 50watt halogen bulb including all the above factors.
  9. P

    Light flickering for dimmable GU10

    Hi all I have a light in my living room which are standard GU10 bulbs with dimmer switch, in the last month I noticed that when you turn the dimmer up, the lights start to flicker. Then to get it to be stable, you have to turn it down to a certain point until the flickering stops. The thing is...
  10. S

    GU10 Halogen and Dimmers

    Hiya Fellas. Got a strange one here. recently done a new kitchen , new CCUs,cables, lights switches etc , basically every thing in this kitchen is new. Its large so there are 4 lighting circuits.3 of which are on a dimmer. Utility room isnt and has a standard 10 amp chrome switch. on 12 spots...
  11. L

    LED GU10 lighting max number per circuit , circuit design, dimmers

    Hello everyone, lately alot of customers have been asking to change there standard 50watt lv halogen spotlights for the more energy efficient LED gu10's. My question is... is there a max number of these that can be on a circuit? Previously the rule of thumb was 10 but with the loads...
  12. S

    gu10 230v no earth

    Hi, went to fit 3 downlights today customer purchased them. And they had no earth. i am correct in thinking that downlights metal surely should be earthed? They had the gu10 lampholder then plastic junction box attached. No earth. I drilled the corner and put and attached a cpc, just found it...
  13. SolarCity

    GU10 downlighters - Class II?

    This has probably been covered before but I can't find any info on it. Can anyone tell me how some GU10 downlights can be declared class II by their manufacturer when their general build appears to suggest they should be earthed?
  14. S

    Flickering GU10

    One of the three GU10's in my sons bedroom is flickering, the other two are fine. I presume that the bulb is on its way out so i am planning to replace it but thought i may source a LED alternative to the 50w halogen Gu10. Can anyone reccomend a replacement for the 50w GU10 halogen?
  15. C

    Leds gu10 spots in my kitchen

    just after some advice/ideas im putting some cladded eiling up in my kitchen and some downlights, just finding it hard on how many to put in, my kitchens 4meters long and 3 meters wide , so i was going to come 1 meter off each wall and have 2 rows of 3, but im worrie this wont be enough, what do...
  16. BigSi

    LED Lamps in GU10 downlights

    This may seem a daft question, but can you replace standard 50w GU10 halogen lamps with GU10 LED lamps? I’ve got a customer who wants the lamps changed in his fire rated down lighters. But during a recent visit to the wholeseller, I was told that I could only use LED down lights with LED lamps...
  17. L

    NxtGen LED GU10 Has anyone used them

    Hi Fella's Im lighting a barn conversion in a few weeks, there are 18 downlights and LED has been requested (at a budget), Ive got ROBUS fittings but looking for a GU10 LED, I once used the SMD 5050 and found them to be ok but now they have been apparently surpassed by the new NxtGen SMD5050...
  18. rainstorm

    GU10 LED's

    Evening all, Has anyone been fitting "Lamp & Gear" 4W LED's? I've fitted quite a few, mainly in shop lighting to existing fittings, and have had a few failures, some within weeks. Some have been in downlighters and some in spotlight fittings (not enclosed). Just wondering if I've been unlucky!
  19. T

    GU10 replacement LED units??

    Just after some thoughts really: I want to replace the halogen GU10's in our kitchen downlighters with some LED lamps, I've been waiting for the halogen lamps to start popping and the 1st one popped tonight) I was after some thoughts and opinions from guys using them all the time as to what is...
  20. D

    GU10 downlights failing - LEDs/CFLs - any advice?

    Hi. I installed some GU10 LEDs for a customer's kitchen approx a year ago and have had about 4 failures at varying points in the year. Having not being able to establish a cause, I replaced them with CFLs and 2 of these have now failed as well, after just a couple of months. The customer seems...

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