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That’s a neat solution, thanks.

That looks like a transformer. Sometimes the wires are caught up on insulation or something else!

I use a lot of the EVOFire large hole fittings to convert to GU10. They cover the surrounding plaster which is almost always damaged when you remove the existing ones.

https://www.downlights.co.uk/fire-rated-gu10-downlight-large-hole-integral-evofire.html

There are smaller ones available which you add a plate to. Last time I looked the large ones were harder to find as I think they are moving over to the normal + plate to cover the larger holes.

There is also a version for insulation. They're rated for fire and bathrooms.

I realised someone once shared loads of woodworking plans with me - originally re playhouses, but there's load of other stuff in there too.

I've never used them or really even read them tbh.

PM me if you'd like me to share them.

These are the sorts of things in the folders.

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Any tips for shelf boards? We're building a wall of shelves with regalraum p-slot stuff like the pic below.

Was going to use either birch ply or pine furniture boards. All seems pretty pricey, so wondered if theres any alternatives i'm not thinking of?

Cut up some old doors?

Valchromat?

With that many supports I'd think it should handle any sag.

Not cheap, cheap, but got to be less than birch ply. I'm supprised you can't get some pine/similar boards cheap though.

You could even do something fun with multiple colours.

Valchromat is £230 19mm and 18mm birch plywood is £130.
Maybe scaffold boards?

I bought a whole bunch of shelves for a fairly reasonable price from Moderix. Reclaimed wood so it has a rustic feel (some boards arrived warped etc) and if you want it completely level may not be the best, but it does the job for not too much money..

@Airhead cheers - will go monkey with the transformer and look to maybe changing out to integrated LEDs as @NotThamesWater has suggested..

Wisa Spruce isn't ridiculously expensive and aesthetic adjacent to Birch

Received with thanks. You undersold the absolutely mental hovercraft plans!

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Yeah, i had a look - you're right.

I'm being swayed by the ease of going to builder depot for birch and having it cut to size.

I have a couple of issues with integrated. Lamp quality, especially CRI values can be poor and when you need to replace one it might be years from now and the exact replacement won't be available.

If you get the holders and lamps separately you can choose to have a reasonable quality box of GU10 from Amazon for £15 or Phillips Master for £6 each.

If you have a dimmer on the circuit and you convert all the lamps to LED you will need to change the dimmer too.

Ha!

As I said I never really looked beyond the playhouses. Which didn't go anywhere.

As I was browsing though I noticed some really random project plans.

Given the moaning about leaf blowers, I'd love to see the reaction to hover-barrows 🤣

When you say holder do you mean 'the bit the bulb goes into + the transformer'? Happy to swap out to GU10 since a replacement would be far easier to buy in the supermarket than my existing GU4/MR11 ones..

There's no need for a transformer with GU10, it's built into the lamp. The holder is the bit that fits into the ceiling and holds the lamp.