Lightbulb Moment

[JBW123]

Throughout he house we have a kind of LED lightbulb that they have stopped making. They are Aurora2 GU1006/30. As they aren't available anymore, and have an odd long shape, what can we use instead? I emailed the company to ask what we can use as they don't make these anymore and got an idiotic response saying they don't make these anymore.

[The Builder]

I've looked these up, and they seem to be a regular GU10 type fitting. There are plenty of GU10s available in LED. As long as you have a flylead to connect into, I would guess that a shorter length should not pose a problem ...... unless of course it's a fixed deep lamp that they fit into.

[sunny-dave]

Any 6w GU10 dimmable LED bulb will do - there are loads on Amazon - one example :

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[JBW123]

The problem is that the bulbs have to go into a deep fitting. The GU10s you recommend - which I had already investigated on Amazon, Screwfix etc. - are all too short for the fittings we have. I think these long bulbs seemed a good idea the year our electrician installed the new fittings, but that their moment passed and Aurora stopped making this unusual shape.

[sunny-dave]

Ah - OK - sorry - I see the problem.

I'll have another look around in a bit.

[The Builder]

Ok. I thought that might be the case.

74mm long enough?

[The Builder]

ooops...............

https://www.everything-led.co.uk/item-p-0026585/5-watt-sylvania-74mm-long-gu10-3000k-50w/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn6Sdio6k3AIVExIbCh0FkArGEAQYASABEgJIivD_BwE

[JBW123]

Thank you, that solves the problem.