Dimmable halogen bulbs

[Skippyroo]

The bulbs in my daughter's house keep blowing they are gu10 dimmable 35 watt should she get a lower wattage bulbs

 

[telectrix]

halogen are known for blowing. also wasteful. time to convert to LED. simple bulb change, although the dimmers ,if fitted, may not be suitable for LEDs.

 

[Wilko]

The poor quality of the replacement halogen lamps is likely to be the reason they keep failing.

 

[brianmoooore]

It's not only the quality of the lamps that's the problem, it's the quantity.
If you have a single lamp in the centre of a room, as we used to, then, if it has a rated life of 2000 hrs, then you would expect to replace it after 2000 hrs of it being lit.
If you have ten downlights in a room, each with a rated life of 2000 hrs, then you can expect to replace a lamp every 200 hrs on average.

 

[telectrix]

convert to LED 10 x the lifespan and 1/10 x the leccycost. isn't metric wonderful. a system designed for apes to be expert mathematicians.