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Lights Blown

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  • 23-09-2015 11:00pm
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    Firblog
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    Hi folks

    Put new LED's into 2 lights in kitchen - 4 per light. 10 mins after putting them in one blew, taking that whole light with it, even with the bulbs removed it would trip the fuse when switched on. Am now chatting to Lidl about this, they seem to think that I put the wrong type of bulb in. Can anyone here confirm that correct bulbs were installed? The pic of the packaging also has a sticker from the light fitting itself stuck to the right hand side. From what I can see I did put the correct (GU10) bulb into the the light.

    Be grateful for any feedback


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    crasy dash
    Registered Users Posts: 1,605 ✭✭✭crasy dash


    Firblog wrote: »
    Hi folks

    Put new LED's into 2 lights in kitchen - 4 per light. 10 mins after putting them in one blew, taking that whole light with it, even with the bulbs removed it would trip the fuse when switched on. Am now chatting to Lidl about this, they seem to think that I put the wrong type of bulb in. Can anyone here confirm that correct bulbs were installed? The pic of the packaging also has a sticker from the light fitting itself stuck to the right hand side. From what I can see I did put the correct (GU10) bulb into the the light.

    Be grateful for any feedback

    Look like you used the wrong bulbs.

    Original one was a 3w led bulb you replaced this with a 40w halogen multiply that by 4 as you say in your post and you easily exceeded the maximum rating of the light fitting 12watts which resulted in it probably melting the internal wiring as it was only rated for a small load.

    Only on my mobile now but I'm sure some off the regulars will reply and explain it better than me.


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    Stoner
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    +1

    Looks like you didn't replace leds with leds you used halogens and increased the load by about ten fold.

    There might be a sticker on the light with a max wattage loading.

    I've some fittings with 11W max load on them so I'd need to stick to CFL or leds below 11 w


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    Firblog
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    Thanks for the responses lads, much appreciated.

    I suppose what gets me is that the info on the light says GU10 bulbs, I put in that type of bulb and blew the lot.. Don't think that could happen with the screw in bulbs or the normal house bulbs?


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    Stoner
    Registered Users Posts: 10,952 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    Firblog wrote:
    I suppose what gets me is that the info on the light says GU10 bulbs, I put in that type of bulb and blew the lot.. Don't think that could happen with the screw in bulbs or the normal house bulbs?

    It's a bit funny alright but you can use those stickers. You see them on electronic equipment a lot. Like don't open this device within 5 minutes of power down etc.


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