ᐅ Mini LED downlights for patio roofing

Created on: 15 Apr 2025 13:14
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FrankChief
Hello,

we want to build a patio roof. Which LED spotlights would you recommend?

Should we use 12V/24V or connect directly to 230V and save the transformer?

What would you recommend?
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wiltshire
16 Apr 2025 10:52
FrankChief schrieb:

Why DALI?
Not necessarily. I haven’t experienced any issues with PWM when using DALI controls. It also doesn’t have to be for the entire house.
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FrankChief
16 Apr 2025 11:11
halmi schrieb:

Check out Hamulight Cree LED, it’s likely the model, and we have installed them as well.

Are you satisfied with Hamulight?
Unfortunately, they only offer sets of up to 12, but we need 14 pieces.

What type of roofing do you have? We are getting a 6 x 4.5m (20 x 15 ft) structure with a total of 7 rafters where the LEDs will be distributed.

We thought 2 LED spots per rafter might be enough, but you’ve done 2 / 3 / 2 / 3…
What would you recommend in terms of how many we need?

@wiltshire but the other dimmable drivers work as well, and it doesn’t have to be DALI, right?
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halmi
16 Apr 2025 11:22
Our covered area will be a cold conservatory measuring 3 x 4.5 m (10 x 15 feet). The question is what you want to use it for—in the evening for dining and relaxing, the 14 lights should be enough. For reading a book, they will most likely be insufficient.

I would rather recommend a few more lights, which you can then dim if they are too bright.

The roof has been in place for 6–7 weeks now, and next week the side panels and awnings will be installed. I can’t say much about the lights yet, except that they work.
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FrankChief
16 Apr 2025 11:28
@halmi The Hamulight spotlights have a beam angle of only 45 degrees. Could that be too narrow or too focused on a smaller area?

Another downside is that they are only available in 2700K, not 3000K.
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halmi
16 Apr 2025 11:34
This works for us, as we wanted warm white light. However, we didn’t make a big deal out of choosing the spotlights.
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FrankChief
16 Apr 2025 12:32
Does anyone know good LED spotlights with a 3000K color temperature and a recess diameter of 27mm (1 inch)?