12v 10w Halogen MR16 bulbs - anybody?

[tomandsophie]

Hi all,

I have now replaced all of my MR16 10w halogen bulbs with LEDs and I've got two boxes of bulbs sitting in our spare room taking up valuable space. Could somebody make use of them? There are about 18 or 20 of them and they're all in perfect condition - only used for a few months. Make me an offer and I'll post them to you.

 

[Sheepshank]

Sorry, can't use the halogen bulbs. However I am interested in using LED replacements. Did you go for direct replacements - what wattage were they rated at? I've seen some at a local market in Dubai that are marked as being rated at 1 watt, they're only 8 dirhams, that's just over a pound each, any idea how much light a 1 watt bulb will produce?

 

These are all Chinese stuff, they don't go in for information leaflets much!

[Ex- Member]

Just bought these from this seller £36.60 for 10 £3.06 each

 

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/happy-nice88/

 

 

10 x 48 LED MR16 12V Light Bulb WIDE ANGLE - warmwhite

Light Bulb Descriptions:

1.Plug in to all 12V B22 socket with standard base

 

2.very low heat & very low power consumption(2.3 watts only)

 

3.Color of light: warmwhite

 

4.Normal Usage: Around 3 years life

 

5.Energy saving: save power more than 90% by regular bulbs

 

6.Use in home & shop or garden,anywhere continuous lighting required

 

7.Super Bright LED Energy Saving Lighting

 

48 Led is around 30 watts, quite bright.

Edited May 11, 2008 by Julynian

[Smelly]

I got a load of those... they're alright aren't they?

 

I also have a box of assorted 20 and 50 watt MR16 bulbs... Maybe we could put up a joint offer in for sale/wanted...

[tomandsophie]

Ok then everybody, doesn't look like we'll be able to sell these, so is there anybody out there who could make use of them as otherwise they're just taking up precious engine bay space!

[Ex- Member]

Just bought these from this seller £36.60 for 10 £3.06 each

 

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/happy-nice88/

 

 

10 x 48 LED MR16 12V Light Bulb WIDE ANGLE - warmwhite

Light Bulb Descriptions:

1.Plug in to all 12V B22 socket with standard base

 

2.very low heat & very low power consumption(2.3 watts only)

 

3.Color of light: warmwhite

 

4.Normal Usage: Around 3 years life

 

5.Energy saving: save power more than 90% by regular bulbs

 

6.Use in home & shop or garden,anywhere continuous lighting required

 

7.Super Bright LED Energy Saving Lighting

 

48 Led is around 30 watts, quite bright.

 

 

These bulbs turned up a couple of weeks ago from China. Fitted them all in last weekend and very pleased with them. They're warmwhite which mimics closely the Yellowish light you get from halogens. The 48 led's make them very bright, at least equivellent to a 20w but probably more. They also look much better with a larger cluster of led's than the ones with only 20 to 30 led.

 

I'm a crap photographer but the photo does show the warmer light you get from these particular led's

 

They're £36.60 for 10 delivered, that's £3.66 each , a pretty good deal

 

 

 

So impressed we’ve ordered another 10 from the E-bayer below.

 

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...N:IT&ih=021

[Nigel S]

Just bought these from this seller £36.60 for 10 £3.06 each

 

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/happy-nice88/

 

 

10 x 48 LED MR16 12V Light Bulb WIDE ANGLE - warmwhite

Light Bulb Descriptions:

1.Plug in to all 12V B22 socket with standard base

 

2.very low heat & very low power consumption(2.3 watts only)

 

3.Color of light: warmwhite

 

4.Normal Usage: Around 3 years life

 

5.Energy saving: save power more than 90% by regular bulbs

 

6.Use in home & shop or garden,anywhere continuous lighting required

 

7.Super Bright LED Energy Saving Lighting

 

48 Led is around 30 watts, quite bright.

 

Hi Julynian

 

Very interested in your experience with the LED bulbs - are they lasting OK?

 

Elsewhere there seem to be reports of the cheaper ones being very sensitive to voltage fluctuations and failing in a few weeks., even when they supposedly include voltage regulators of some kind.

 

Thanks - Nigel

[sueb]

I am interested in 10w and 20w bulbs but not in vast quantities. Sue

[TLC]

Hi

 

for info a bloke in HongKong sells MR16 LED bulbs on ebay 72 LEDs very bright, he known as willian6trade from memory and hes very good to deal with.

 

On the subject of these bulbs not lasting very long there is a problem. Voltage surges from things such as water pumps being switched on / off can be as high as 300V which doesnt do the bulbs any good. Whats needed is a voltage suppressor mounted as close to the bulb as possible. I did find one seller on the net who claims his bulbs include a supressor but I'm still wary having had a couple of bulbs die before I found out about this I now have suppressors fitted to all light fittings where I've changed to LED, so far no more problems.

 

Terry

[Phoenix_V]

Hi

 

for info a bloke in HongKong sells MR16 LED bulbs on ebay 72 LEDs very bright, he known as willian6trade from memory and hes very good to deal with.

 

On the subject of these bulbs not lasting very long there is a problem. Voltage surges from things such as water pumps being switched on / off can be as high as 300V which doesnt do the bulbs any good. Whats needed is a voltage suppressor mounted as close to the bulb as possible. I did find one seller on the net who claims his bulbs include a supressor but I'm still wary having had a couple of bulbs die before I found out about this I now have suppressors fitted to all light fittings where I've changed to LED, so far no more problems.

 

Terry

 

 

Where do you buy the suppressors from