Low Voltage Spotlights

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The Philips Masterline ES (Energy Saver) 5000 hour Dichroic, to give it its full name, is very special!

It is the only real low energy alternative for the low voltage systems, although they are low voltage a 50 watt lamp still uses 50 watts of electricity!

So if you have 8 of them in your kitchen ( Like I have! because they look great and my wife like the light!) thats 400 watts of power!

So what this lamp does, as well as lasting 5 times as long as the normal ones, it uses 30 watts to produce 50 watts of light!

The clever people at Philips have now come up with a replacement for a 35 watt low voltage spotlight so you can save even more energy!

The 20 watt Masterline ES directly replaces a 35 watt dichroic so each lamp changed will give you a 15 watt energy saving for no loss of light! This one also lasts 5 times as long as a 'normal' low voltage spotlight.

You will only change one fifth as many lamps as they will last longer and save energy for you the whole time!

There are LED lamps available but as yet they do not produce anywhwere near a 50 watt dichroic's light output and are best used in ambient lighting, ie for effect not for working areas.

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3000 HOUR LOW VOLTAGE SPOTLIGHTS
These are the common sizes of low voltage spotlights, they are also known as dichroics, downlights and display lights.
Sizes are 35mm and 50mm measured across the front.
They have a glass cover
They are all 12 volt and need an appropriate transformer. They are further down this section.
As always there are some very special types please call if you do not see the one you need.
35mm do not come in 50 or 75 watts.
These are not low energy lights only low voltage
Look at the Philips energy effiecent version above, they use 40% less energy to produce the same amount of light and are 5000hr lamps!
There are very substantial discounts for boxes of 100 lamps
For a list of the combinations see the more info page

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Fittings for these lamps

These are the ultimate in low voltage spotlights,
They are Xenon lamps, but don't let that worry you, they connect and work in the same way as the normal halogen bulbs.
They last 10 times longer which is very handy if they are in a ceiling that is hard to reach or you are just fed up with changing bulbs. people who try them don't go back to the standard type.
They only come in 50mm at present but we should have 35mm soon.
There is a big discount for quantity.

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Fittings for these lamps

Modern transformers are electronic and are no longer big heavy things, they are also very reliable.
They all work with dimmers
Most are small enought to fit up through a downlighter fitting making installation very easy. the 60 watts are matchbox size
To work out what size you need count how many bulbs you have or want, choose a wattage and multiply that by the number of bulbs, this will give you the size of transformer you need.
example 6 downligters each with 35watt spotlight = 210 watts, we would need either 2 x105 va transformer each running three fittings or one 210 transformer if you prefer.

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These are beautiful llittle lamps they have coloured glass fronts and a coloured reflector.
beware of cheap coated versions the colour comes off very quickly.
They are great for atmosphere as well as display and the quality is superb.
You can choose from either 35 mm diameter or 50mm diameter.
The mixed boxes will be random but should include all colours.

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Fittings for these lamps

These are small low voltage bulbs that give the same bright sparkling light as the low voltage spotlights but the light spread is not controlled in any one direction, they can used to great effect in many situations.
They do need an appropriate transformer.
They connect with two metal pins, the distance apart is either 4mm or 6mm apart you need to choose this from the list
You also can choose axial filament which is vertical in the capsule and tranverse filament which is across the capsule.
The system will not let you choose an incorrect combination.
There are many other types in this range please call if you do not see the lamp you need.

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These are quite uncommon they give the same effect as the normal low voltage spot lights but connect differently the normal ones have two pins these have a small bayonet fitting.
They do need a transformer.
The Philips version is called a 6438

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