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Thanks for that. I need to replace 4x GU10s in my kitchen. I'm looking at Pure White, but what wattage would you recommend? It's just a small kitchen, with a central light fitting containing the 4x lights pointing off in each direction.
4W or 5W is enough for small kitchen. Thanks.
ordered and +ved. cheers. nice and easy to order, price seemed decent enough, plus buying locally and nice short estimated shipping time even for the cheapest option.
Hi gps. I'm interested in purchasing some led downlights. Is there any chance of seeing them in use so I can determine whether they will suit my application? I'm just nervous about the varying quality of different leds.
That's fine, please visit our office during business hours, this offer is for 3 days only.
Thanks. I have organised a day off from work so will pop into the store on Thursday. Do I need to order online to receive the discount or can I just walk into the store?
Just walk in is fine. Thanks.
This probably a stupid question.
Can I just change the bulb ONLY from my existing downlight?
Or I need to change anything else?
You don't need to change anything to replace your downlight with a LED one. Thanks.
Isn't there a possibility that the power supply has to be changed as well, since everyone uses cheap switch-mode PSUs nowadays which may not work well with small LED loads?
Yep, that too however I've noticed that some 'better' drop-in replacements seem to work with a wider range of transformers. Slight differences in the built-in LED driver circuitry I assume. Whether or not these are of the 'better' type we wont know until they're tried & tested.
Looks like there aren't any 12V (aka: MR16) LEDs left anyway.
Not a stupid question at all as decent LEDs should pop directly into the existing fittings and just 'work' HOWEVER if you're currently running 12V downlights (aka: MR16) with transformers in the ceiling I highly recommend you remove the transformers from the equation and get the GU10 version of LED Downlights allowing you to run them direct from 240V. This means you will need to change the actual electrical fitting at the same time (only about $5-10 extra) but means you wont have the hassle and safety concerns (heat generation or catastrophic failure) of transformers anymore. This is just my opinion but it seems to be shared with many others and does make sense however maybe a professional electrician might want to jump in here too?
Apart from that you should be fine to keep the original light fitting (ie. the round metal bit that sits in your ceiling) but it pays to triple-check the size of the LED just to be sure they'll fit nicely as there are so many varying brands & models around and a perfect fit can come down to a millimeters difference.
Thanks your informative post SteveandBelle. I also currently have MR16 and wish to convert to GU10. Is the "electrical fitting" just a gu10 lamp holder? Is this and the led downlight the only thing I need to convert (obviously done by a electrician)?
Yup, that's all you need to become 'transformerless' and yes all 'mains potential' wiring has to be done by a qualified Electrician otherwise your insurance company may be able to prove a DIY job and refuse to pay out… plus of course you may be electrocuted too.
Taking this further… there are also risks involved when using non-Australian approved fittings and lamps too however I think this is a very grey area because I purposely purchased GU10 wiring essemblies from China for as little as $2 and compared them with the locally sourced assemblies for over $10 that I was assured was absolutley Aussie Approved but of course as I had assumed they turned out to be 100% identical in every way even when put through electrical insulation tests! Same goes for the lamps themselves too, I compared a $6 9W LED Downlight purchased from a Chinese eBay store to a $45 identical locally sourced 'Aussie Approved' jobbie and pulled them apart but found absolutely no differences… even the colours, markings & components used on the built-in driver PCB were identical too plus they even performed the same electrically & thermally in my 9+ month side-by-side tests so go figure. Their light output was also identical.
I'm not sure how far an insurance company will go to prevent a large payout for a house fire claim but maybe they could delve into proof of purchase records if they suspect non-approved lights caused the fire… who knows! I'm absolutely all for not wasting money and after many months of testing many Chinese LEDs and not having a problem with any of them I still didn't want to risk a non-payout result and ended up blowing $40+ per lamp on the 75+ downlights in our new house… but of course that's not even watertight either.
Risk assessment's a b*tch ;)
Definately leaving this one up to the professionals as I have a few other little fiddly things I need a sparkie to look at also.
GPS do you sell the lamp holders also or best to get from ebay?
man, if your new house isn't watertight, I think you should have got your roof fixed before buying all those LED globes… ;)
FWIW, we tried to replace the MR16 50W halogens in the place we're renting with CREE LEDs and they don't work. They flash bright for half a second then flicker really dimly.
You can replace the power supply in the ceiling with an oldschool iron-core transformer or a switching power supply that's known to work with LEDs to fix that. Not that you'd do that to a rented place of course…
Here's a cheap power supply that should work:
http://www.energysaver.net.au/transformer-c-11_14.html
$6.95
stix-Yep its probably coz your electronic transformer is not compatible with the led downlight. To save me being in the same scenario I'm opting to convert to gu10 which gets rid of the transformer and guaranteed to work.
@gps - what downlights would you recommend for building a new house?
Is it pick up only, or do you also deliver?