Hey there,
I recently moved into my new home which is entirely lit by 50 watt GU10 halogen spotlights, though I am gradually purchasing LED equivalents whenever money can be spared due to the fantastic efficiency.
Last night I switched on the livingroom lights which is lit by a total of 8...
Just been to Eddys to get three of these and they said they don't stock them any more due to constantly failing and they got sick of the amount of returns.
Seen a few icky reviews on Amazon, but most are positive. And I have generally only heard good things about them.
So are they a potential...
Hello all,
I have been getting a lot of advice and tips from this site, so thank you.
I am interested in restoring old lights and lamps and wondered if anyone could tell me what qualifications / training would be needed to be able to do this with a view to selling to the general public.
This...
Afternoon..
I have been to visit a regular client who has said that some lamps that I fitted having been blowing regularly.
I fitted 11 halogen (ES fittings) outside lamps along a long driveway. SWA along the route sperated with adaptable boxes, from which seperate cable leads up to light...
I am looking for peoples personal opinion on what they think is the brightest Lamps out there, I currently am using COB LED's that are 4.5 Watt and give off 360 Lumens. anyone know of anything reliable they would recommend.
Thanks
Anyone fitted any are they any good. They are 346 lumens cool white. But xant see any information on the beam angle.
and at £20 for 5 thinking of using them.
Recently been using crompton 5w daylight they are good gor £6 each
or any other recommendations please at good prices
Hey all,
I am looking at putting in some color changeing LED's into existing fittings.
The info I have been supplied with is the fittings are "GU 395 CH IP65" I cant really find any info on these but lots of GU10's keep flashing up so I was wondering does anyone know if these are GU10's by a...
Does anyone have recommendations? I've tried the Screwfix LAP 5w ones, they are ok but don't dim right down. Is this the same with others such as Sylvania? cheers
Hi guys my first post....we have in our living room a ceiling light filament with 5x60 watt candle type bulbs....the type with a wire filament,
My prob is these bulbs are quite cheap at ASDA £1.50 for 4 but when one blows it also blows my fuse...we have old style wire fuses...5amp,
We also...
Hi all
Currently in the market for a new set of test lamps as the Fluke set i bought 12 years ago are getting tired and keep falling apart, quite miracuously they have the same batteries in since day one !
I dont fancy another set of Flukes as around 2-3 years in of ownership, where the lead...
A friend of mine has just replaced some halogen GU10 lamps in his bathroom with LED lamps from Amazon.
Hes saying since swapping the lamps, the extractor fan runs continuously. (230v in-line unit in the loft with over run timer)
He tried swapping one LED lamp back to halogen and it worked as...
"Hello All",
As this might be seen as an insignificant `problem` I tried to post this in the DIY section but there was no `New Thread` button showing and my `Status` was showing as `You may not post` - `You may not edit` etc. on that Forum webpage [I was logged in] however I may get more views...
i have 2x 400 watt mercury vapor lamps for sale by crompton
both new and in very good packaging, just a little bit of staining
I've already sold a 250 watt and a 400 watt with damaged packaging for £60 each on eBay
Museum pieces, anytime i get these they sell to lamp collectors and museums
This one v strange.. Couldn't verify it because an ex client rang me up. I had changed his fusebox for the usual dual RCD setup, no problems on installation or testing, about 10 months ago, he was fitting some lights himself but he says he was fitting led lamps into downlighters in hallway...
please could anybody explain why I am getting a high insulation test live to earth on a chandelier with 7 of the above lamps in when a lamp is removed the reading improves by 2 m ohms for each one.
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