Integrated downlights

[Stu777123]

Hi all

Can someone tell me approx how long they last?

Some claim up to 25000 hrs which is 22 years if you use them 3 hours a day.

 

[flameport]

They last as long as they are claimed to last.
However that is usually an average time, and is probably based on something like the time after which 50% of them will have failed under certain conditions including how often they are switched etc.
Individual devices may fail after a week, a month, a year, or even 20 years.

Given that manufacturers of such devices rarely keep the same items in production for more than a year or two, the changes of obtaining matching replacements when they fail is somewhere between unlikely and impossible.

I would not recommend integrated downlights to anyone.

 

[sparkwright]

As above. Some of these lights are failing between a week and five years.

I cannot recommend these things as when they conk out getting matching replacements can be a nightmare.

GU10 fittings are the answer, as there is only a lamp that can go wrong, and that's easily replaced.

 

[JohnW2]

As above. Some of these lights are failing between a week and five years. I cannot recommend these things as when they conk out getting matching replacements can be a nightmare.

Indeed. As I've said before, if/when I buy a number of 'matching' things (whether they are light fittings, dinner plates, wall tiles or whatever), if the price is not too high I usually buy a spare or three at the time!

Kind Regards, John

 

[Stu777123]

Thanks all have decided to go for the changeable bulb version after all, seems a lot cheaper and less hassle.

Gonna go for aurora EFD Pro ip20's