I have just fitted my fourth Lightwave RF dimmer.  This time in the living room and on the same fitting as the one I have recently replaced with LED lamps.  The dimmer works fine as I would expect and is actually much better than the home easy dimmer it replaced.  The LED lamps dim much lower than they did with the  home easy dimmer.  I recently robbed an LED out of the fitting to demo it to a friend, while I was fiddling, I put this LED back in.  The even better news is that the Lightwave RF Dimmer was …

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Its been a while since I posted something and today I have reason to correct that. I have just taken delivery and fitted what I hope is the first of many LED lamps. After much research, I decided to take a punt on these: http://www.ledhut.co.uk/spot-lights/gu10-led-bulbs/gu10-smd-led-220-lumens-45-watts-equiv-best-internet-price.html Despite the URL, these claim to be 50 Watt equivalent 320 Lumen GU10s running at 4 Watts each. In this post, I will document my first impressions (and those of the better half). At £9.95 each (when opting for the dimmable option) they are not cheap, but four of these will consume 16W of electricity …

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