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Replace halogen lights with LED
Hi Guys,
Last year our brand new house was finished being constructed. At the time we had our builder install Haogen downlights in the main living area (Kitchen, Living area and Dinning area), which is a grand total of 16 Halogen downlights, plus the Hallway which is another 6. At the time our builder wasn't doing LED Downlights, so we had to settle for Halogen and upgrade later on.
I am now looking into upgading the downlights to LED and, after doing some reasearch, I am still in need for some guidence.
At the moment the Halogen Downlights are all MR16 connections and connected into the cheap 12v Transformer that the builder used (20-60w). So, from my understanding, in order to replace the Halogens with LED globes I will also need to upgrade the transformers to ones which will be happy with LEDS. I understand that I can have multiple LED's connected to 1 transformer, so no need to buy a new transformer for every downlight. This is easy enough, as the lights are all grouped fairly closly together, so I should be able to get away with 7 transformers.
Is this the best way of doing this, simply replacing the bulbs and transformers and keeping the currently installed downlight kits? Or would it be a better idea to simply take out the current downlight kits and replace with new GU10 Downlight kits with LED globes wired directly to 240v? Which will be cheaper and more effective?
Also, quick question on what you guys think are the most cost effective LEDs out there. Seems there is a lot of brands around, so just wondering which will be the best for the money.
Last year our brand new house was finished being constructed. At the time we had our builder install Haogen downlights in the main living area (Kitchen, Living area and Dinning area), which is a grand total of 16 Halogen downlights, plus the Hallway which is another 6. At the time our builder wasn't doing LED Downlights, so we had to settle for Halogen and upgrade later on.
I am now looking into upgading the downlights to LED and, after doing some reasearch, I am still in need for some guidence.
At the moment the Halogen Downlights are all MR16 connections and connected into the cheap 12v Transformer that the builder used (20-60w). So, from my understanding, in order to replace the Halogens with LED globes I will also need to upgrade the transformers to ones which will be happy with LEDS. I understand that I can have multiple LED's connected to 1 transformer, so no need to buy a new transformer for every downlight. This is easy enough, as the lights are all grouped fairly closly together, so I should be able to get away with 7 transformers.
Is this the best way of doing this, simply replacing the bulbs and transformers and keeping the currently installed downlight kits? Or would it be a better idea to simply take out the current downlight kits and replace with new GU10 Downlight kits with LED globes wired directly to 240v? Which will be cheaper and more effective?
Also, quick question on what you guys think are the most cost effective LEDs out there. Seems there is a lot of brands around, so just wondering which will be the best for the money.
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