I mentioned last week that I was having LED lighting installed in my office. Well, the LED lights arrived and were installed yesterday and so far are working fine. There are 8 GU10 downlighters in my office and each one consumes 1.8W of power but gives out the same amount of light as a 20 W halogen. I thought that the equivalent of 160 W of light in my little office would be bright enough but I have to say that it's a little darker than I expected. There is enough light to work in, and because most of the time I work at a computer, I don't really need particularly bright lights however, it is noticably darker than the other offices. If I had to do a lot of reading through paperwork, I would definately want a brighter light. The other thing is that although I bought "white" lights, they seem to have a bit of a blue tint to them, so everything has taken on a very slight blue hue.

Overall, the lights are a success but I will probably get a desk lamp (with an energy saving bulb of course!) for times when I need a brighter light. I think the slightly blue colour to the light is more pronounced because the fluorescent lights that are used everywhere else in the factory give off slightly yellow light. However, it's a very calming effect and I quite like it.