Replacing old bathroom spot lights

nickpowell77 · 28 Nov 2015

Hi - I have 5 spot lights I inherited in our bathroom, which are looking pretty shabby.

I'd like to replace them with some inexpensive white replacements as I plan to gut the whole room in 3-4 years time.

These are bulbs I'm not familiar with but I'd like to replace them with GU10 LED bulbs. Can anybody recommend a suitable replacement fitting and anything I need to look out for?

Thanks, Nick

ericmark · 28 Nov 2015

It is a GU5.3 fitting and likely it is 12 volt. Somewhere likely there is a transformer or electronic transformer which would need removing to change to GU10 and also the wiring will need an earth even though likely there is nothing to connect it to it will be just taped back. Find the transformer first and then work out what needs doing.

nickpowell77 · 28 Nov 2015

Thanks ericmark

I have 7 spots in the bathroom all working off the same switch (pull cord) - 5 are GU5.3 as you noted and 2 are GU10.

I think the transformer is buried in the ceiling somewhere

Should I just replace the GU5.3 fittings - like for like?

Thanks, Nick

Echo the husky · 28 Nov 2015

No transformer just inside the hole? Most just get stuffed through the hole when they are wired from below.

nickpowell77 · 9 Dec 2015

Nope - no sign of it and I pulled all of the lights down today

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