Originally Posted by Iain Mac
I'd like to know more about this. Do you mean just replacing the bulbs or changing the actual fittings? Where would I get them?
We have halogens in the hall, bathroom, lounge and dining room but I've never figured out if they are good or bad power-wise.
normally just change the bulbs
it doesn't take much working out - a typical halogen bulb is 50W (of which most is heat, and not much is light) and an LED is about 5W of which it is virtually all light. so each bulb uses a tenth of the electricity, but costs a lot more so takes some time to pay back. LEDs have the additional benefit of lasting much longer than halogens though, so rarely have to be replaced so they pay for themselves much quicker than the energy consumption figures suggest