£7 off. Also Screwfix doing discount on other LED bulbs.
Cheapest I could find for dimmable LED bulbs.
LAP GLS VIRTUAL FILAMENT LED LAMP CLEAR BC 7W (4805H)
7kWh/1000h. A++ rated. 10,000 hours average rated life. Traditional incandescent look and feel. Virtual filament.
Warm White
Wattage: 7W
Equivalent Wattage: 60W
3 Year Manufacturer's Guarantee
Energy Efficient
Full Instant Light
Dimmable
Virtual Filament
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DanielClarke
31 Oct 1614#32
I thought I'd share this to help others
assuming you have 10 bulbs on, at 60W each
The total power consumption of 10 lights with old-style bulbs comes to 600W or 0.6kW. Electricity is sold in units of kilowatt-hours (kWh) – the amount of energy that a 1kW device uses in an hour. So each hour the 10 lights consume 0.6kWh. Based on a typical unit price of 12.2p per kWh, the 10 lights will cost 7.3p per hour to run. The daily cost is therefore 73p if on for 10 hours. This is equivalent to £5.11 a week, £21.90 a month or £266.45 a year.
If you replace all the bulbs with a 6W LED equivalent, the running costs will be just one tenth – or 7.3p per day, 51p a week, £2.19 a month and £26.65 a year.
The savings are therefore 65.7p a day, £4.60 a week, £19.70 a month or £239.80 a year.
If you bought 10 of these and binned your old bulbs you'd still save £210/year!
Obviously depending on your unit rate :smiley:
All comments (52)
Boz
30 Oct 161#1
Great Price And Reviews ... Heat :smile:
morrig
30 Oct 161#2
Good value,in Home Bargains they have a new range called Luminate and they had a dimmable 5 watt gu10 340 lumens for £1.89,the only one in the range that was dimmable.Silly sod me bought a G9 bulb to see how bright it was at 230 lumens compared to the 205 lumens of normal bulb they have in bathroom overhead mirror lights, and after opening realised it was to big ,£1.29 wasted?
liamf12
30 Oct 16#3
Been this price as an electrifix account holder for a while. First one only lasted a month before strobing, easily replaced in store and second one is still going strong. Good amount of light and definitely 60w equivalent.
sradmad
30 Oct 16#4
good find op, heat added
KuK
31 Oct 162#5
Been this price for sometime...
I have 4 and all are working great, look higher then 60 watt on the brightest.
Will not go fully down, more like steps, but, It does look great on the lowest setting, just like normal filament bulb should look :smiley:
gazdoubleu
31 Oct 162#6
Don't you need a dimmer module designed especially for LED's on these?
HellRazer to gazdoubleu
31 Oct 16#7
An "LED dimmer" allows for a low minimal wattage. I think a standard dimmer has a min value of 5W. Just Google it I suppose.
frownbreaker to gazdoubleu
31 Oct 162#39
Yes. Check the dimmer your have. It needs 2 things
1) It needs trailing or leading edge dimming
2) The minimum load needs to be LESS than the power of the bulb in this case 7W
I recently replaces a 400W dimmer made by Varilight with a unit that looks identical made by Varilight but the new one was compatible with LEDs. It is programmable (you can select leading or trailing edge dimming - Needed as some LED lamps only dim correctly with one type, and you can set the minimum brightness- Needed as most LED bulbs flicker when the dimmer is on minimum so the set up this dimmer lets you set the minimum brightness. Once set up it works like the old dimmer)
Amazingly the new unit I purchases cost LESS than the original!
I was going to recommend the unit I got but reading the spec the min load is 10W (Box on the top right of page 2 of the specs) so this is not the dimmer for you reading the specs. That said its all a bit hit and miss. I'd recommend you purchase the dimmer from a place that has a good returns policy in case the mix of dimmer and lamp don't work for you.
If you want to keep your existing dimmer you can go down the dummy load route, but this is costly and complex also it wastes energy which may be why you wanted LED lamps in the first place!
I had a look for dimmers and could not find any with a minimum wattage of below 10W. Might be worth trying the Varilight one from Screwfix as its well made and might work - Screwfix are normally good with returns.
This is a bargain prices for a unit with a warranty sold in the UK by a large retailer. None in stock near me but worth checking on the Screwfix site to see if you can find some locally. + TopCashBack
** Off topic- IF you want GU10 Wickes have a buy one get one free offer that looks good. There own brand GU10s are CREE LED based superb light and quality IMHO. I'm not sure what the Screwfix GU10s are like watching the video they look like CREE but I think Wikes might be cheaper **
Bigfootpete
31 Oct 162#8
£7 off? Do they seriously sell these for £10 normally?
topgun06
31 Oct 161#9
Good price. Picked one up at the start of last week for the new outdoor light. Does a good job.
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Opening post
Cheapest I could find for dimmable LED bulbs.
LAP GLS VIRTUAL FILAMENT LED LAMP CLEAR BC 7W (4805H)
7kWh/1000h. A++ rated. 10,000 hours average rated life. Traditional incandescent look and feel. Virtual filament.
Warm White
Wattage: 7W
Equivalent Wattage: 60W
3 Year Manufacturer's Guarantee
Energy Efficient
Full Instant Light
Dimmable
Virtual Filament
Top comments
assuming you have 10 bulbs on, at 60W each
The total power consumption of 10 lights with old-style bulbs comes to 600W or 0.6kW. Electricity is sold in units of kilowatt-hours (kWh) – the amount of energy that a 1kW device uses in an hour. So each hour the 10 lights consume 0.6kWh. Based on a typical unit price of 12.2p per kWh, the 10 lights will cost 7.3p per hour to run. The daily cost is therefore 73p if on for 10 hours. This is equivalent to £5.11 a week, £21.90 a month or £266.45 a year.
If you replace all the bulbs with a 6W LED equivalent, the running costs will be just one tenth – or 7.3p per day, 51p a week, £2.19 a month and £26.65 a year.
The savings are therefore 65.7p a day, £4.60 a week, £19.70 a month or £239.80 a year.
If you bought 10 of these and binned your old bulbs you'd still save £210/year!
Obviously depending on your unit rate :smiley:
All comments (52)
I have 4 and all are working great, look higher then 60 watt on the brightest.
Will not go fully down, more like steps, but, It does look great on the lowest setting, just like normal filament bulb should look :smiley:
1) It needs trailing or leading edge dimming
2) The minimum load needs to be LESS than the power of the bulb in this case 7W
I recently replaces a 400W dimmer made by Varilight with a unit that looks identical made by Varilight but the new one was compatible with LEDs. It is programmable (you can select leading or trailing edge dimming - Needed as some LED lamps only dim correctly with one type, and you can set the minimum brightness- Needed as most LED bulbs flicker when the dimmer is on minimum so the set up this dimmer lets you set the minimum brightness. Once set up it works like the old dimmer)
Amazingly the new unit I purchases cost LESS than the original!
I was going to recommend the unit I got but reading the spec the min load is 10W (Box on the top right of page 2 of the specs) so this is not the dimmer for you reading the specs. That said its all a bit hit and miss. I'd recommend you purchase the dimmer from a place that has a good returns policy in case the mix of dimmer and lamp don't work for you.
If you want to keep your existing dimmer you can go down the dummy load route, but this is costly and complex also it wastes energy which may be why you wanted LED lamps in the first place!
http://www.screwfix.com/p/varilight-trailing-edge-push-dimmer-1g-1-2w-400w-va/94816
http://www.free-instruction-manuals.com/pdf/pa_359533.pdf
This is a good explanation of dimming and LED lamp use https://www.led-lighthouse.co.uk/dimming-led-lights and this one also https://www.universal-lighting.co.uk/choosing-the-correct-dimmer-switch
I had a look for dimmers and could not find any with a minimum wattage of below 10W. Might be worth trying the Varilight one from Screwfix as its well made and might work - Screwfix are normally good with returns.
This is a bargain prices for a unit with a warranty sold in the UK by a large retailer. None in stock near me but worth checking on the Screwfix site to see if you can find some locally. + TopCashBack
** Off topic- IF you want GU10 Wickes have a buy one get one free offer that looks good. There own brand GU10s are CREE LED based superb light and quality IMHO. I'm not sure what the Screwfix GU10s are like watching the video they look like CREE but I think Wikes might be cheaper **