u/Melarkz

Advice on replacing dimmable halogens with LEDs

Advice on replacing dimmable halogens with LEDs

Hi! I moved into a new place where most of the lights are dimmable halogens. I don't really like halogens and want to replace them all with LEDs but I'm a bit stuck on which types I need to buy. I know they need to be dimmable too but I'm struggling to find dimmable LEDs with equivalent wattage and lumens to the installed halogens. I don't even know if they need to be the same actually since this topic is something I have absolutely no knowledge on so here I am hoping to hopefully get some advice !

Pictured is the box of halogens installed currently.

More info: each light switch controls groups of either 3 or 4 bulbs. I tried replacing a group of 3 with 3 dimmable LEDs of 105 w/600 lm from IKEA since that's the only dimmable I was able to find but when lit all the way up they glitch, turning on and off in a loop, but dimmed down they work fine. Still I'm guessing it shouldn't be doing that so hopefully this sub can help me! Thanks!

Edit: Thanks for the replies so far but I wanted to clarify that I'm in the UK and I rent so all I can change are the bulbs. Also that I don't care about the light quality and dimming at all. Rather my question was more safety/glitch focused which I should have specified. I want to make sure that I pick wattage that is safe/doesn't make the LEDs glitch. The IKEA LEDs glitch when the dimmer is at its brightest and to me this looks like it might be dangerous but maybe this is just a "cosmetic" glitch that is annoying but not dangerous at all? If so I can live with the dimmer at its lowest if it means I can use LEDs but if there is a way to have LEDs that don't glitch ever that would be even better!

u/Melarkz — 2 days ago