Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation Re: Ceiling insulation and downlights/LEDs 4May 15, 2011 10:42 am Hills Guy My understanding is that you dont need a barrier around LEDs or Flouro downlights because they dont generate the heat of halogens and their transformers. True LED's don't generate the same amount of heat, however think you will find that because the actual fitting (talking downlights here) is capable of having halogens fitted you would still need a heat shield. Re: Ceiling insulation and downlights/LEDs 5May 27, 2011 1:12 am I would have some form of barrier regardless - personal opinion You get what you pay for! Re: Ceiling insulation and downlights/LEDs 6Jun 09, 2011 6:21 pm Brought some LED downlights earlier this week and asked the wholesaler about heat sheilds. Apparently they are still 100% very much a requirement as LED lights can and do get very hot. Indeed if you have a look at them they either have very large heat sinks (the fins you see on most), or in the case of the Philips 12V ones I brought they have a cooling fan inside. Found the answer. The recommended distance is .... 1 5989 Ain't that the truth! We used to have a tile roof and had it replaced with colorbond and suddenly everything throughout the entire house sounds louder! 4 6706 |