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I've not installed any new recessed lighting for around a decade and things move on.
I confess I have not kept my finger on the pulse of SELV and LED lighting.
The last time I was replacing lamps, LED stuff was in its earlier years.
I found some LED lamps worked as a direct replacement to a halogen GU5.3 MR16, while others refused to play ball.
Further down the timeline, the thinking was you could use LED lamps with these transformers as long as they were loaded up to the minimum loading.
But this is not easy to achieve in many cases.
Basically, I have some recessed lighting at my Mum's which I installed in 1991. Unbelievably, some of the original lamps are still going, along with all but one or possibly two of the original IBL and Mode Lighting transformers, which I replaced with Osram Halotronic.
I'm conscious that the old-school halogen lamps burn a lot of juice and a lot of that is wasted as heat.
Mum would rather not invest in new hardware, so I'm wondering if there is a reliable LED plug and play solution to cut the leccy bill?
I confess I have not kept my finger on the pulse of SELV and LED lighting.
The last time I was replacing lamps, LED stuff was in its earlier years.
I found some LED lamps worked as a direct replacement to a halogen GU5.3 MR16, while others refused to play ball.
Further down the timeline, the thinking was you could use LED lamps with these transformers as long as they were loaded up to the minimum loading.
But this is not easy to achieve in many cases.
Basically, I have some recessed lighting at my Mum's which I installed in 1991. Unbelievably, some of the original lamps are still going, along with all but one or possibly two of the original IBL and Mode Lighting transformers, which I replaced with Osram Halotronic.
I'm conscious that the old-school halogen lamps burn a lot of juice and a lot of that is wasted as heat.
Mum would rather not invest in new hardware, so I'm wondering if there is a reliable LED plug and play solution to cut the leccy bill?