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With the holes and cable runs in place, it's time to decide on the lamps themselves. The fittings themselves are usually agnostic on this score and you typically have a choice between different types of light bulb, namely mains versus low voltage (often characterized, incorrectly, as GU10 and MR16) and incandescent (typically halogen) versus LED spotlights.
If you're determined to go down the conventional incandescent lamp route then you may now proceed to the debate about low voltage compared to line ... Can You Mix ‘n Match Transformers With LED Lights?
So you've bought some Low Voltage LED lights, or lost the transformer that drives your LED Christmas lights and you're wondering whether you can just reuse some random 12 volt transformer you just happen to have kicking around.
Well the short answer is: probably not (unless you got really, really lucky). Just because whatever transformer you happen to have in your hand converts from say 230 volts to 12 volts does not mean it is suitable for driving whatever 12 volt application you had in mind (your LED lights in this case).
Take a look at a few transformers and you will notice that aside from specifying PRI=230V SEC=12V, meaning obviously that it ... How To Use LED Lighting In Your Own Home
The financial savings can also be quite staggering by simply targeting this type of lighting because it is so prevalent these days (a victim of its own success).
You can replace/install low voltage MR16 type LED spots instead of the mains voltage GU10 type, but you're mostly adding complexity for no real gain and if you want your lighting to be controlled by dimmer switches then you will need to ensure that the LED lamps, drivers and dimmer switches are all mutually compatible. Whereas there are many GU10 LED lamps available these days that will work out-of-the-box with a wide range of ... Still Using Halogen Lamps? Are You Mad?
Sure, it's going to cost you six times what you normally expect to pay in order to buy an LED retrofit GU10 (or 12v MR16 if low voltage floats your boat), but the longer you hold out on biting the bullet the more it just keeps on costing you.
On the subject of 12v lighting, you *can* replace existing 12v MR16 halogen lamps with LED versions but you will almost certainly have to additionally replace your low voltage ... What To Look For When Buying LED Spotlights
These compare very favorably with the light emitted by standard halogen lamps and in most cases give a slightly more crisp and, well, white light than the yellowish hue associated with incandescent lighting.
There is also the issue of mains versus low voltage lighting as these not only have different wiring requirements but the actual lamp bases are different. To replace mains powered halogen spot lamps you need to be looking at LED GU10 format lamps, whereas for low voltage systems you want ... 
