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Led light, seems cheap! There are boxes and boxes of these. Seen at Mentone Vic.
4w LED 3000k GU10 $1.50 @ Bunnings Warehouse
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Mentone Vic.
4w / 220 lumens is pretty pathetic…where would you use these?
Geez, pretty inefficient too. Probably cheap crap made to cash in on the "green" fad.
https://www.masters.com.au/product/101212993/philips-led-lig…
Exactly - for 1.5 extra watts you have 400 lumens
220/4w = 55 lumens per watt for these cheap dim globes
400/5.5 = 73 lumens per watt for the Phillips ones….
for 1.5 extra watts
Which is a large fraction of the entire input for what you're comparing it against.
Low light areas like corridors, passageways etc where you don't want it to be too bright.
Yes, if you are replacing halogen downlights in some specific areas where reasonably dim lighting would be okay, then these may well be ok.
I was a reasonably early adopter of a range of LED lighting stuff. I think the first (even dimmer - maybe 140 lumen) 3 Watt MR16's cost 60 to 80 dollars each, even in some quantity…
They were ok and still are, in a few places.
$1.50 - Certainly cheap to try for bloody GU10's!
4w equivalent to 15w??? Might as well not turn the light on at night & just have moonlight! No wonder there are stacks left @ that price.
200 lumens is probably about 15w - so year the globe will be as bright as an oven or microwave globe…hardly useful for a room light.
Might be good for night light if it fits…. as they are usually left on for many hours.
I intend to use these for that purpose and switched through a sensor so they are used only for a little while and have enough light to show the way in late night darkness.
Don't get these.
Got em for $1 ea from EBay. Garbage.
You'd be surprised how much bunnings stuff is actually cheap eBay junk from China with a brand name specific for bunnings so that you can't price March comparing the same product with other stores because of the different name.
Sure but at least Bunnings stuff has an A-tick and a no-questions-asked warranty.
I have bought some yumcha LEDs off eBay (mainly things you can't get in a store, like R7S LEDs) but underspeccing is rife.
The brilliant led's only have a beam angle of 30 degrees. Standard halogens (and quality leds) have a 60 degree beam angle.
So the 220 lumens will be projected into a small circle on the floor rather than provide ambient lighting.So the low lumens and awful beam angle make this led useless for most practical purposes.
So the 220 lumens will be projected into a small circle on the floor
So that pool of light will be similar in brightness to a higher powered one.
useless for most practical purposes
Useless for general illumination. Perfect for highli8ghting paintings, architectural features, etc.
GU10 halogen was an awful thing anyway, and the LEDs that retrofit them are almost universally awful as well.
Which store, not all stores have the same clearance specials?