Brightest GU10 LED - or maybe something else ?

[Viktor]

Hi All,

I'm not an electrician but trying to research the following issue for our lighting needs :

I am replacing GU10 halogen lights with LED spotlight but have found the following problem :

I don't want to save electricity I want a much brighter living room/kitchen.

In theory since all the sockets rated 40watts I think I could get a 40 watt LED bulb that would be multiples brighter but so far the best I've found is only 9 watts and 850 lumens.

So the questions is if there's any brighter GU10 bulb out there? In theory a 27 watts LED could be around 2550 Lumen but I can't find anything online.


Floorstanding lights have this amazing 4000 lumen bulb, 3 of those would be great for our space but they look terrible/don't fit the style of the rooms and of course I couldn't put any of those in the middle of the kitchen.



Any comments, suggestions or ideas are welcome.


Thanks,
Viktor

 

[Rpa07]

I’d do what @telectrix suggested and stick in some commercial larger cut out 24-30watt in the light colour of your choice.

 

[Jymbob]

Just to second getting some wider beam LEDs. I've got 4x 110 degree 400lm GU10s that illuminate my living room, which is about 5m x 4m. Brighter lights aren't worth anything if they're only pointing at a 1m spot on the floor

 

[The Ghost]

I think the problem with cutting larger holes is the Landlord may charge megabucks to re-instate the original lighting (bang goes your deposit). At least with surface mounted LED panels as @HandySparks has observed they are easy to remove/re-instate. You could leave the spots as is and just have the panels switch on.

 

[Andy78]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/simpo®-6-p...qid=1506350542&sr=1-9&keywords=gu10+converter

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Standard-I...=UTF8&qid=1506350627&sr=1-8&keywords=E27+200w

 

[jackhammerJIM]

You said saving electricity is not your concern . Swap them to 12v 50w halogen . that should give you about 800 - 1000 lumen per fitting .

 

[Richard Burns]

20W Gu10 LED, might even last a few minutes, but cheap enough, though the specs are dubious for that size lamp!