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COTD 50% off in Cart - GE 50W Energy Smart Halogen Downlight 12-Pack - $4.98 + P/H

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COTD 50% off in Cart - GE 50W Energy Smart Halogen Downlight 12-Pack - $4.98 + P/H
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JJJ on 22/02/2015 - 09:10 catchoftheday.com.au (402 clicks)
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2 x GE 50W 240V Halogen Downlight 4-Pack GU10 - $3
GE 9W Ultra Cool White Edison Tubular Light 10-Pack CFL - $5
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GE 50W Energy Smart Halogen Downlight 12-Pack

Amazing price on these quality-made lights

Halogen GU10 fitting | 1500 hour life

Stock up on a 12 pack of these quality lights from General Electric and save heaps! Offering serious value for money, buying these energy smart downlights from us today is always a bright idea.

Features:

General Electric Lightbulbs
Energy Smart Halogen downlight
Pack of 12 - you get two packs of 6
Wattage: 50W
Fitting: GU10
Bulb design: Downlight
Lifespan (approx): 1500 hours
12 Month Manufacturer Warranty - Refer to 'Warranty' tab for details.

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  • Dany Boy 99 on 22/02/2015 - 09:28
    +13

    Anyone asked the question… What is 'energy smart' about a 50 watt downlight.. Especially when a standard room has an average of 4….200 watts is hardly smart!

    • nats on 22/02/2015 - 09:39
      +2

      Thats why, you go LED

      • atlas on 22/02/2015 - 12:51

        Yes but they look like ass. Can't stand them.

        • [Deactivated] on 22/02/2015 - 18:43

          Look around. There's a growing variety of styles available. Still relatively expensive up front.

        • eug on 22/02/2015 - 20:04
          +3

          @Possumbly:
          I have a feeling he might be talking about the CRI, and the "feel" of the light when dimmed.

          Halogens have a CRI of 100, cheap LED bulbs are usually 81-83 or so. Good ones are 85-95, and of course the cost goes up as the CRI goes up.

          Also when you dim a halogen bulb, it turns yellower which creates a warmer atmosphere. LED bulbs just get dim. There's a range of LEDs in development that gets warmer when they're dimmed, but they're not common yet.

        • atlas on 22/02/2015 - 21:04

          @eug: ^^ This

    • eug on 22/02/2015 - 10:41

      It's "energy-smart" compared to tungsten filament light bulbs … which can't be sold anymore. So now they're really just "Energy Halogen Downlights"

      • bargaino on 22/02/2015 - 15:23

        But halogens are tungsten-filament, and non-halogen tungsten lamps have never been used for gu10/mr16 downlights AFAIK.

        • eug on 22/02/2015 - 19:55

          But halogens are tungsten-filament

          That's true! Of course in normal conversation "halogen" would specifically refer to tungsten filament bulbs filled with halogen gas and "tungsten filament" would refer to formerly-normal incandescent bulbs filled with various inert gasses, since the switch to tungsten revolutionized those bulbs.

          and non-halogen tungsten lamps have never been used for gu10/mr16 downlights AFAIK.

          Yeah I don't think they've ever been "normal" bulbs either. A normal consumer probably wouldn't know the difference between GU10 and E27 or B22 though. It's easier to just talk about the energy "saving" aspect.

  • pmupsinep on 22/02/2015 - 09:50

    Is that lifespan a typo? If you use them 4.5 hours a day they won't even last 12 months?

    • bargaino on 22/02/2015 - 10:45

      That's normal. There is a tradeoff between efficiency and lifespan.
      If you use this pack that much, it will use around 1000kWHrs, or >$200 in electricity over the year.

      • theyetti on 22/02/2015 - 10:53

        Yep, if your using down-lights for 4.5 hours a day it's much better for your wallet to buy quality LEDs.

        • Pielo on 22/02/2015 - 11:08

          Can you replace your MR16 halogen bulbs by LED ones? Or do you need to call an electrician and get a transformer installed etc?

          I heard LED (MR16) aren't compatible with the current electric system.

        • nocure on 22/02/2015 - 12:13

          @Zirkaloy:

          The halogen transformer needs to be changed to an led driver which does require a sparky but well worth the effort.

        • hys on 22/02/2015 - 12:26
          +1

          @crohns:

          I didn't need to. I was at Masters and the guy said they should just work.

          I had 12V - 50W ones prior, and have switched them over to LED 12 V - 9W

          Probably better if you take out your current bulb and go into a store and ask

        • eug on 22/02/2015 - 12:56

          @Zirkaloy:

          Can you replace your MR16 halogen bulbs by LED ones? Or do you need to call an electrician and get a transformer installed etc?

          It depends on your luck. If your existing MR16 transformer works well with low-current-draw devices like LED bulbs, then you can plug-and-play yourself. Otherwise you might get problems like bad flickering.

          If you have an oldschool iron-core transformer, it'll work fine, no problems. They're big and heavy like the old-style wall power adaptors.

          If yours is the newer switchmode type, then it may or may not work. Unfortunately the only way to find out is to try it.

        • Steptoe on 22/02/2015 - 14:01

          @eug:

          The Philips Master are pretty transformer tolerant. Even worked with ATCO Possums.

        • Steptoe on 22/02/2015 - 14:04

          @Zirkaloy:

          Identify you current transformers, and research from there.

        • nocure on 22/02/2015 - 15:15

          @hys:

          They will just plug in but the output of the existing transformer will make them start to flicker and then fail…your choice.

        • hys on 22/02/2015 - 15:48
          +1

          @crohns:

          Oh, they did screw up the China generic ones had a short life span of a few months .. not sure if its because of that or the transformer.

          Anyways have got the ones from Masters , brand Mortbay and they didnt have any issues no flickering and been running strong for about an year now.

        • nocure on 22/02/2015 - 15:54

          @hys:

          Good to know..I Will have a look at those cause changing the transformers is a pain in the ( , )

        • hys on 22/02/2015 - 16:29
          +1

          @crohns:

          actually they were 6w:
          https://www.masters.com.au/product/101047123/mort-bay-6w-led…

          and they are REALLY bright.

          however I don't know what my transformers are and if what people are saying maybe you should just buy to test first, before you change your whole house.

  • bargaino on 22/02/2015 - 10:07
    +2

    Oxymoron of the day.

  • 00 on 22/02/2015 - 10:35

    these things shouldn't even be sold anymore - you know, since polar bears are sinking and all that…

    • eug on 22/02/2015 - 10:42
      +3

      Polar bears were floating before? :)

      • theyetti on 22/02/2015 - 10:56

        Of course they float, falling in the water is an occupational hazard for polar bears :-)

  • Grok on 22/02/2015 - 11:11
    +1

    I agree, halogen lights should be banned now that LED are reasonable prices and Fluro are so cheap.

    When incandescent lights were banned years ago Fluro lights cost about as much as LEDs do now. Sure there may be a few applications where halogen should stay but not many.

    Come to think of it, we should ban Fluro pretty soon too but maybe not now.

    • 00 on 22/02/2015 - 14:59

      dont 'ban' them as there are probably legitimate niche uses. Just tax them so home/consumer use doesn't make sense.

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