12v LEDs

[i=p/u]

We installed 30 x 12v down lighters in a kitchen a while back and the guy just asked me today would i put in LEDs , I know you can get 12v LEDs m16 but have never used them or checkled them out or I could remove transformers....

anyone any experiences with 12v LEDs

 

[telectrix]

personally, i'd remove the trannys, change the lamp holders to GU10 then fit GU10 LEDs.

 

[applemac]

i have looked at similar job this evening funny enough, im ripping the lot out and redoing in gu10 leds but i just had e-mail with this led, no spamming by the way.MR16 LED Bulb-Startled Online

dont know anything about these people at all but looks cheap.

 

[Richard Burns]

Even if the manufacturers say you can use standard transformers it will shorten the life of the lamp, so you should change the Txs for drivers and then you might just as well have removed them and used GU10, less work, less cost.

I would expect MR16 LEDs to be fine with the correct supply, but why add more hassle.

 

[Richard Burns]

i have looked at similar job this evening funny enough, im ripping the lot out and redoing in gu10 leds but i just had e-mail with this led, no spamming by the way.MR16 LED Bulb-Startled Online

don't know anything about these people at all but looks cheap.

Not quite sure why that company is so surprised all the time, but startled it is.

 

[i=p/u]

It's what I thought , it's what I told him when he phoned....

 

[i=p/u]

These are the ones my wholesaler dishes out now I hear , ever used them?

Crompton LED GU10 5w Non Dimmable Daylight 50 Deg

 

[Richard Burns]

Not used them but they look generally OK, good brightness because of the 50° beam angle.
Seems the same size as halogens so easy retrofit, would not use the daylight ones for customers in general, they do not like them.
Crompton ought to be OK.

 

[bigspark17]

Waw i didnt realise people still installed 12v halogens, so used to ripping them out and converting to gu10 and putting gu10 led in

 

[i=p/u]

I was only a mate on that job too, an old school spark, and I told him and said no more as was his job..... 30 lights to change now sure ,

 

[sparkstu]

i have used the philips master 7w 12v led and 3w gu10 version would recommend them but they are costly.

 

[davethsparky]

What's with the hatred for 12v down lights these days?

Personally I don't recommend led replacement lamps to anyone, I always recommend downlights which have been designed as led fittings to start with.

 

[Dizzy_Maskell]

Defiantly change the fittings to take 230v LED GU10s