LED lights for main lighting

[Joe.Smith]

Hi,
My brother and I are just in the middle of renovating our new apartment and we are looking for somewhat less conventional solutions, so I thought we could have LED strips for main lighting in the living room. I wonder what you guys think about the idea, and if I apply two five metre rolls of strips on two sides of the room (the room is 4*5metres) would that be enough lighting or should I get something else too?
Thanks
Joe

[movinghome]

Now you got me started!
I chose LED lights for my house - 18 x MR16 equivalent in total. I have had to swap them over 3 times now as all have blown. That's about £300 - and supposedly 50,000 hours, in fact it was about 50 hours each.

If you are using low voltage I STRESS get an electrician who has installed LED before or you will be seriously out of pocket!!

Let us know how it goes?

[Joe.Smith]

Oh, that's horrible. I'm really disappointed to hear that. Do you mean it was the electrician's fault or the LED's?

[savana]

Hi,

I am a newbie here and I experienced allot trouble while installing LED lights, and to avoid this problem I have decided to get over this so, I called my electrician and he then he helped me out as, the problem was in the complete role and due to that, the problem appeared in main light.

[Joe.Smith]

Hi, just to get back to where I ended up.
I found some MR16 lights on sale at LEDcentre. Since I got quite scared based on your replies, I tried one first, and then went to exchange all of them above my kitchen cabinet.

I consulted the selling company a couple of times before I went for installation, and yes, I had to change my transformers as well, but since they provided the transformers as well as the lights, I got two years warranty on all the products. So far all good.

[AgnesC]

I can't really help you but I have encountered the same problem with LED lights. To solve this problem, I just call a electrician top do the job. Less hassle.

[donnaphipps49]

The major advantage of the LED lightning products is that they do not simply cut off when they are extinguished that is why I have chosen this for my home. But im really sorry to say that you encountered that problem. I would suggest that you call an expert.