GU10 Spots

badgercrewe · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 11:41 am Post Subject: GU10 Spots

Why is it that every time a GU10 bulb blows, it trips the entire light system?
Who came up with these stupid things anyway?

ban-all-sheds · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 12:29 pm Post Subject:

Not just GU10s - any bulb can do that.

Fused bulbs can help, as can swapping the MCB for a Type C.

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delmel · Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 3:58 am Post Subject:

GU 10 are crap anyway, but this is unlikely to be the only lamp to take the trip out. Use branded lamps, generally last longer

securespark · Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 10:48 pm Post Subject:

Here I am, wearing my Osram hat again......

You need lamps with Ballotini fuses so that they will blow instead of the circuit protective device.

Oh, and if you have a dimmer, you def need fused lamps, cos GU10's are good at toasting dimmers when they pop.

MK used to have fuses in their dimmers, but no more, so be warned.

Big_Spark · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 4:29 am Post Subject:

securespark wrote:

Here I am, wearing my Osram hat again......

You need lamps with Ballotini fuses so that they will blow instead of the circuit protective device.

Oh, and if you have a dimmer, you def need fused lamps, cos GU10's are good at toasting dimmers when they pop.

MK used to have fuses in their dimmers, but no more, so be warned.

Good advice from Simon, the only flaw is that GU10's do not contain Ballotoni fuses unfortunately, however his comments about Osram are valid, these are the best lamps you buy.

I would also consider getting the lighting circuit looked at, a properly designed and installed circuit should not usually suffer this problem, they can, but rarely.

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ban-all-sheds · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:26 am Post Subject:

Another thread where I've found a notification of a post which has since been removed.

Now forgive me if I'm being dim, or insensitive, but I can't see anything here which could have caused someone to react with an "inappropriate" post - ¿que pasa?

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