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LV Halogens MR16 to LEDs ?
Hi all,
A question in a similar area to Boicey's a few mintues ago.... I've just had a fun hour trying to figure out how to easily remove a GU 10 halogen downlighter from our kitchen ceiling after having bought some GU10 CFLs. One set of needle nosed pliers and a smashed up bulb later, I've realised that they're 'MR16 GU 5.3 fittings' with Osram Decostars in them. These seem to be low voltage. This surprised me a bit; I had thought that only mains voltage lamps were dimmable and that these were 'mains voltage'. I am obviously not an electrican Anyway, I'd like to replace them with LEDs. A lot of LED MR16s say that they're 'a direct replacement for my old inefficient bulbs'. Then, in the small print, they mention LED drivers versus LV transformers. Given that I didn't install the original halogens ... can I assume that each one currently has it's own transformer ? thick question alert - do LV halogens have to have transformers ? I assume so but would like to be sure. I was thinking of simply swapping them with some LED MR16 bulbs just in case it works OK. Given John R's reply to the Econic 3w question, I'm just wondering if it's even worth bothering as it'll cost around £30 for the room I want to experiment with and I don't want to have to install either transformers or drivers. Worth a shot ? Thanks in advance, Keith, who previous struggled remembering which fittings were BC, SBC, ES or SES, never mind this new fangled halogen nonsense |
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