Brightest GU10 LED - or maybe something else ?

Viktor · Sep 24, 2017

Hi All,

I'm not an electrician but trying to research the following issue for our lighting needs :

I am replacing GU10 halogen lights with LED spotlight but have found the following problem :

I don't want to save electricity I want a much brighter living room/kitchen.

In theory since all the sockets rated 40watts I think I could get a 40 watt LED bulb that would be multiples brighter but so far the best I've found is only 9 watts and 850 lumens.

So the questions is if there's any brighter GU10 bulb out there? In theory a 27 watts LED could be around 2550 Lumen but I can't find anything online.

Floorstanding lights have this amazing 4000 lumen bulb, 3 of those would be great for our space but they look terrible/don't fit the style of the rooms and of course I couldn't put any of those in the middle of the kitchen.

Any comments, suggestions or ideas are welcome.

Thanks,
Viktor

Rpa07 · Sep 25, 2017

I’d do what @telectrix suggested and stick in some commercial larger cut out 24-30watt in the light colour of your choice.

Jymbob · Sep 25, 2017

Just to second getting some wider beam LEDs. I've got 4x 110 degree 400lm GU10s that illuminate my living room, which is about 5m x 4m. Brighter lights aren't worth anything if they're only pointing at a 1m spot on the floor

The Ghost · Sep 25, 2017

I think the problem with cutting larger holes is the Landlord may charge megabucks to re-instate the original lighting (bang goes your deposit). At least with surface mounted LED panels as @HandySparks has observed they are easy to remove/re-instate. You could leave the spots as is and just have the panels switch on.