Existing fittings. Modern light. Zero rewiring.
The MaxiLED GU10 DMX RGBW lamp is a direct drop-in for any existing GU10 fitting. The visitor centre install at Ardbeg involved removing the original GU10 lamps and inserting the MaxiLED equivalent — the existing socket, ceiling housing and power wiring stay exactly as they are. Each lamp is individually addressable over DMX512, which means a heritage interior with a hundred existing GU10 points can be turned into a fully programmable RGBW colour space in a single lamp-change session.
The MaxiLINK protocol is the technical key: the GU10 lamp itself carries the DMX 512 data signal back over the same two-core that delivers power. No new signal harness, no rewiring of the existing GU10 circuits — the lamp does the work. The Pharos controller in the equipment room then drives the full chromatic programme over MaxiLINK.
A drop-in lamp. A programmable distillery.
By day, the GU10 lamps run a calibrated warm-white register — visitor-comfortable, hospitality-appropriate, indistinguishable from a traditional GU10 install. The existing ceiling rose, the existing fitting, the existing cabling — all preserved.
For events, the same lamps become a full DMX RGBW palette. Saturated colour programmes, breathing transitions, scene programming across rooms and architectural details — the visitor centre becomes a fully programmable lighting space without a single new cable.
"The challenge with a heritage interior is that you don't want to rewire it. MaxiLED's GU10 DMX RGBW lamp dropped into the existing fittings as a like-for-like swap, and the MaxiLINK architecture gave us full DMX programming over the existing cabling. Lamp change in, programmable RGBW out."
Visitor centre, programmable in colour.
Isle of Islay, Scotland
Interior GU10 retrofit
GU10 DMX RGBW Retrofit
From concept to commissioning, in one system.
Ardbeg GU10 is a turnkey reference for heritage interior retrofit: MaxiLED GU10 DMX RGBW lamp on the lighting side, Pharos on the programming side, existing GU10 infrastructure on the conductor side. The same approach scales from a single interior to multi-room hospitality programmes. Talk to a specialist about retrofit project assessment and pricing.