Decent bulbs, picked up 2 packets, loads left in the clearance bins in my local b&q.
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ourdevonfamily
22 Oct 15#1
Which store is your local one? cheers
topgun06
22 Oct 15#2
Anyone else found these anywhere?
Simonlovell100
22 Oct 15#3
Hemel Hempstead. They have loads of LED bulbs in the sale actually picked a few more up today, were still 15 packs of these GU10s left.
krylor2684
22 Oct 15#4
(Someone please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here but...) Don't rush out thinking you can just swap these out for your dimming halogens, to dim these bulbs you need a special dimmer switch suitable for dimming LEDs which are pretty pricey.
isaac132 to krylor2684
22 Oct 15#5
Correction: as long as you have enough of these bulbs to meet the minimum threshold load for your dimmed circuit, and pre-existing voltage dimming switch can be used. E.g if your minimum threshold is 25W, you will need at least 4 of these bulbs in a circuit.
krylor2684
22 Oct 15#6
How does one know what ones minimum threshold is on a circuit? If one is not an electrician? One is not being sarky, merely considering LED bulbs :smiley:
Bal
22 Oct 15#7
The LED specific dimmers aren't that expensive ...start around £12...paid £20 for mine but that was brushed metal.
callum84
22 Oct 15#8
For dimming LED you are looking for a trailing edge dimmer.
Chances are your current dimmer is a leading edge, which are more common and cheaper.
If you have only a few LEDs in the circuit and dont meet the minimum load, you can install a dummy load resistor. The resistors consume about 10-20w while giving a higher resistive load and take care of any flickering or non switching.
Loads of good information out there and not many reasons not to get rid of halogens.
callum84
22 Oct 15#9
It will tell you minimum resistive load on the specs of your dimmer.
How many lamps do you have in your circuit?
krylor2684
23 Oct 15#10
[/quote]It will tell you minimum resistive load on the specs of your dimmer.
How many lamps do you have in your circuit?[/quote]
I have 12, that should work then with 12, 7w LEDs? 84w?
Sandy1012
25 Oct 15#11
The Varilight pro dimmer is what you want (V-Pro)
Its a trailing edge dimmer recommended for LED bulbs.
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Chances are your current dimmer is a leading edge, which are more common and cheaper.
If you have only a few LEDs in the circuit and dont meet the minimum load, you can install a dummy load resistor. The resistors consume about 10-20w while giving a higher resistive load and take care of any flickering or non switching.
Loads of good information out there and not many reasons not to get rid of halogens.
How many lamps do you have in your circuit?
How many lamps do you have in your circuit?[/quote]
I have 12, that should work then with 12, 7w LEDs? 84w?
Its a trailing edge dimmer recommended for LED bulbs.