RE: Re: dimmable LED bulbs

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Following up on this, the bulbs arrived a couple of days ago, I
plugged in =
3 of them last night.

The good news is that they do dim, and based on my unscientific eye, would
=
appear to be more or less equivalent to a 35w GU10 (in terms of colour
temp=
, brightness and coverage).

The only downside is, you can dim a regular GU10 down to next to nothing,
w=
hereas the LEDs do not dim as low.  On a scale of 1-10, where a normal
bulb=
can get down to a 1, the LEDs maybe get to a 3 or 4.

However, they run cool, and cheap, and most people won't even notice
they'r=
e LEDs, so I think I'm happy!

If anyone wants details of the vendor I got them from (there's a few scare
=
stories about Aliexpress) drop me a line of list.

Pete

From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of W=
hite, Peter
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 2:10 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: dimmable LED bulbs



Thanks for the link...I've just ordered a lot of 10 dimmable 9W GU10's
(tot=
al: $223), for about half the price than I can get them for here (in the
US=
)....will let you know how they are when they get here...

From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:ukha_=
d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>]
On Behalf Of leewild80
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 2:18 AM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: dimmable LED bulbs

Paul

Just a thought - have a look on http://www.aliexpress.com/, see if
you can =
buy anything suitable direct from some of the manufacturers in China...I
su=
spect this is where a lot of the retailers get their stuff from anyway, so
=
with a bit of caution and research, you could cut out the middle man...

Lee

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:ukha_=
d%40yahoogroups.com>, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@...<mailto:paul_gordon@...<m=
ailto:paul_gordon@...%3cmailto:paul_gordon@...>>> wrote:
>
> I see there are now some LED GU10 fitting *dimmable* bulbs appearing;
lik=
e:
> http://www.bltdirect.com/product.php?pid=3D21453
>
> For instance.
>
>
>
> That's one heck of an outlay though at =A330 PER BULB! - I have a
potenti=
al
> need for about a dozen or so...
>
>
>
> Has anybody tried any of these yet? - are there any comparable models
> available? - are there any cheaper ones available?
>
>
>
> I've already installed about 20 of the NON dimmable 4W warm white LED
GU1=
0's
> discussed here a few weeks ago, and I'm perfectly happy with them. If
the=
se
> *really* are just the same but dimmable then even at this price I
might b=
e
> persuaded to spring for a few - especially as it works out a lot
cheaper =
to
> buy a box of 10, - but I don't want to jump straight in with 10
without a=
t
> least seeing one for myself, - or having a personal recommendation
from
> someone here on the list (which is almost as good as seeing it
myself!).
>
>
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>
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>

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