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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 ... Still Using Halogen Lamps? Are You Mad?
The example figures above pretty much spell it out: the savings from switching to LED work out at over £100 per year for just TEN (admittedly high use) light bulbs.
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 transformers with LED drivers ... What To Look For When Buying LED Spotlights
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 mr16 LED spot lights (and you will also have to replace the existing step-down transformers with much more precise versions called LED drivers).
In fact, you may want to consider replacing existing low voltage lighting with mains powered GU10 LED bulbs since (unlike incandescent lighting where the higher current ... Replacing Halogen Lamps With LED Spotlights
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