Philips Essential 5-50W 2700K Warm White LED - MR16 24D $7.99 (down from 9.99)+ delivery or click and collect+ extra 10%off using code GROCERY10 or Woolworths docket voucher
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I bought a few of these and was impressed with the quality of the lighting. Only downside its 24 degree lighting as opposed to standard 36 degree, however my lights are spaced narrowly so it wasn't an issue for me.
Enjoy
These are equal to 50W! and the lighting is almost equivalent to halogen lights.
Link to the philps website: http://www.ecat.lighting.philips.com/l/lamps/led-lamps-and-s…
I just replaced some 50W halogens with these exact globes.
They are good but I don't know about as bright as a 50w halogen, they do a good job considering they are using 10% of the power.
I was really surprised at how hot my light fittings where after having the 50w halogen globes in them, I kinda wonder how they have't set the insulation in the roof on fire after all this time! The LED globes are significantly cooler.
If you have a hallway or something that doesn't need 5W warcom have 3w led globes for $2.70 + $2.00 shipping:
http://www.warcom.com.au/products/51895_nationstar-dimmable-…
You are right. I said almost equivalent. May be because my lights are narrowly spaced I didn't notice much difference.
Why would you use 50W halogen bulbs when you can use a fluoro bulb that uses 1/4 the amount of power? If people made smart lighting decisions to start off with, they wouldn't have to spend all this money putting in ridiculously expensive LED bulbs.
Tell me about it, for some reason LEDs are almost worth their weight gold.I am renting so I don't have much choice.
Because you can't get fluro's in MR16 format. They only ever came as halogens until recently when LED's came on the market.
No kidding? I'm talking about when you installed the light fittings, why choose energy hungry MR16 format in the first place?
Yes the halogens get incredibly hot. I used to sell lighting and when halogens first came out one of our clients commented that it melted their displays, they were chocolatiers. We were selling to trade at the time and the tradies didn't tell us what they were going to be used for.
People living close to trees and who have halogens should also check that dried leaves don't land on the halogens. Wind easily blows leaves under the ridge cap and they get into the ceiling and can drop onto the hot globes.
not everyone builds their own home.
some people even buy existing homes.
not sure you are aware of this.
not everyone builds their own home.
some people even buy existing homes.
not sure you are aware of this.
Just ignore him. Theories like that just make your head hurt.
Is the home building comment directed at me ? If so I don't really get it. My house is 90 years old. I found tons of dry leaves in the roof when some electrical work was being done. Where they fell indicates that they came in under the ridge cap. Potential fire hazard if they had landed on the hot globes.
Relax, it was for MrZ
Fair point, but most existing homes do not have these fittings. I only see them in recently renovated, or newly constructed homes. If you are buying an existing home, the chances of having these light fittings are very slim. I had them in an apartment rental about 3 years ago - it was the first time I ever encountered them. I had no idea how to even change them - I had to ask the building manager!
24D (24 degrees) beams are much more narrow than the 60 degree beams of standard halogen bulbs. This makes a huge difference for spatial lighting in a room.
Philips do make a 5.5W 400 lumen MR16 60D LED 3000K light bulb that I would recommend for room lighting. These bulbs are lighting equivalent to the 50W halogens.
Thats why I mentioned that they are 24 degrees in my description. These are equal to 50W halogens and in small areas (bedrooms, narrow Kitchens)you wouldn't notice the diference. If youre globes are spaced widely in a large area these wouldn't be for you.These are much cheaper than the one's you've mentioned and for those who have halogen's in every room such as I do may be a suitable option. :)
Only ones I've found that are equivalent were the 720 lumen Cree MT-G's, although they don't seem to make them any more. Nothing else I've tried is quite as good.
I bought some from Masters earlier in the year when they had 2 for 1. The down lights were 120 degree spread which was really good compared to what we had ( about 30 )
Absolutely. But because of the price difference I chose these ones. Standard halogens are 36 degrees.
can you use this with
an electronic transformer
Worked on my transformers.
I am not a lecky but I think the only requirement is that your fittings are 12 volt.
Given you are talking about a transformer your not running 240v so should be ok unless you imported light fittings from america or something.
Philips are pretty tolerant to electronic trannys
One note to that. Some transformer have a minimum load.
On my track lighting that is 20w with a max of around 120w from memory. With 4 4w LEDS it doesn't work, i had to put one 20W normal globe in and leave the rest as LED. I could change the track lighting supply to a regular 50w one i guess.
I chose Philips because after reading the reviews they dont have the min load issue (please advise if you have had load problems with philps LED's). They actually worked with my dimmer (and only flickered on the very low setting).
The min load was a requirement of the transformer not the globe.
I cant work out if these are AC or DC?
My downlights are 12V DC.
I remember accidentally getting some 12V AC ones
and not want to do the same again :-)
just purchased 1. lets see how they go in the bathroom
Not listed on the website, but present at the South Morang store, is the 4.2 watt version of the same. Philips Essential warm white (2700K) 24D 12 volt 240 lumen LED MR16. Supposedly equivalent to 35 watt halogen, I replaced 20 watt halogens which were providing supplemental kitchen lighting.
Checked out at $6.80, though the label price was higher (I think about $7.99)
The South Morang store also had about a dozen or so of the 5 watt version this morning, unlike the Northland store.
Here's the direct link https://m.masters.com.au/product/101051165/philips-essential…
They r 5 watt and equivalent to 50watt halogens
The 4watt ones are priced at $14 were I live
You got urself a pretty good deal
Are they equal to about a 25 watt incandescent globe?
I saw today at Aldi they had packs of 6 ( I think it was six) for $20. But they were like 4 or 5 watt so not very bright as well.