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Question by BThunderW: 50W GU10 Halogen Alternatives? I have a basement full of 50W Halogen Recessed lights running on 120V through several dimmers (controlled in sections). Only problem is that they run incredibly hot, while the rest of the house is nice and cool the basement is running like a sauna. I’m looking for alternatives and so far I haven’t found anything that would really solve the issue. I really don’t want to rip up all the lights to replace them with something else. I’ve looked into GU10 versions of LED (3-6W, expensive, tall, not dimmable), CFL (~11W, tall, not dimmable) and even Xenon Filled bulbs that promise to run cooler but I haven’t found any real data supporting it. I’d like to keep my dimmers if possible but I’m open to other suggestions. Even though I found dimmable versions of LED and CFLs, most of them are too large to fit in the standard housing (Catalina Lighting Recessed Housing) or only are available in 240V versions.

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I have a basement full of 50W Halogen Recessed lights running on 120V through several dimmers (controlled in sections). Only problem is that they run incredibly hot, while the rest of the house is nice and cool the basement is running like a sauna. I’m looking for alternatives and so far I haven’t found anything that would really solve the issue. I really don’t want to rip up all the lights to replace them with something else. I’ve looked into GU10 versions of LED (3-6W, expensive, tall, not dimmable), CFL (~11W, tall, not dimmable) and even Xenon Filled bulbs that promise to run cooler but I haven’t found any real data supporting it. I’d like to keep my dimmers if possible but I’m open to other suggestions. Even though I found dimmable versions of LED and CFLs, most of them are too large to fit in the standard housing (Catalina Lighting Recessed Housing) or only are available in 240V versions.

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We have a wide choice of GU10 LED Bulbs to replace your halogens.