ᐅ Recommendation for LED downlights

Created on: 28 Apr 2015 14:57
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kernm23
I plan to purchase and install LED spotlights myself in my prefabricated house. The lighting outlets will be prepared by the house manufacturer. Can anyone recommend LED spotlights with a good price-performance ratio and possibly a suitable online store? Preferably both dimmable and non-dimmable options. Are there general guidelines on how many LED spotlights should be planned for a certain living area?
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Sebastian79
28 Apr 2015 16:04
Strange, I have 4-watt GU10 spotlights from Philips distributed throughout the apartment – at least subjectively, they are bright. They cost me about 12 euros each around 2 years ago and are even dimmable.

They are supposed to replace 35 or 40-watt halogen spotlights (I don’t remember exactly)...
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Doc.Schnaggls
28 Apr 2015 16:22
toxicmolotow schrieb:
That’s nonsense. Honestly. You can do it, but you’ll pay for it.

At least a 60° beam angle, preferably 80° or more... it really starts to get bright from around 9 W, better 12 or 15 W.

Hi Tox,

That would definitely produce a lot of light...

I have a rough guideline in mind that 1 W LED roughly equals about 10 W of an incandescent bulb—please correct me if I’m wrong...

So in our kitchen, we would have 10 x 8 W LED = 80 W LED = 800 W incandescent equivalent.
With 15 W LED, it would be 10 x 15 W LED = 150 W LED = 1,500 W incandescent equivalent.

Personally, I already find it almost too bright in our kitchen...

Regards,
Dirk
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toxicmolotof
28 Apr 2015 17:17
I don’t know any standard reference values, but when I consider all the different factors…

A 15W LED listed on the packaging might actually use around 12W in reality, plus the installation height (250-260cm (98-102 inches)), the fact that LEDs still don’t produce light quite like incandescent bulbs, and so on…

Supposedly, my 15W LEDs should be equivalent to about 115W, but when I compare them to my halogen work lights, which equate to around 78W, I would say the work light is about as bright. However, because of its position (210cm (83 inches)) in the room and its 330° beam angle, it still feels like it gives off significantly more light than an LED spotlight, even with a wide angle…

Lighting is very much a matter of perception.

In our future kitchen, we installed six 15W LEDs, and I hope that will be sufficient.
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Bauexperte
28 Apr 2015 18:25
It will, you will go blind Tox

Regards, Bauexperte
Bauexperte
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nordanney
28 Apr 2015 22:48
Bauexperte schrieb:
It will, you will go blind Tox


Best regards, Bauexperte
Bauexperte
I can only agree with that. For us, 7x5 watts are enough for a daylight-bright kitchen 8-)
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toxicmolotof
28 Apr 2015 22:50
At least the tiler can work properly then.

And keep in mind... I’m talking about Hongkongwatt