Went to Brisbane today hunting MR16 downlight fittings as in the first picture. Success as we found another 32 after cleaning out our local Beacon Lighting store of 8 they didn't know they had. The plan is to fit 9W LED MR16 type fitting bulbs to these 2 tone chrome and satin nickel finish fittings. The best part is they are on special for $3.95ea down from around $10ea. The lower picture is of a Mercator light fitting that takes a CFL 20W bulb and can bought at Bunnings for around $23ea. We will use these in the bedrooms and study for higher light output and help lower the overall cost of the setup.
I'm still a little unsure the LED's are going to cut it with light output so I've ordered a few off eBay to try out. I'll report the results as I believe LED's are the way of the future and might have just made it in terms of performance vs cost. The eBay ones are costing around $33ea with transformers.
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