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View silvertop's Profile silvertop Flag Portishead 03 Feb 15 11.42am Send a Private Message to silvertop Add silvertop as a friend

If you can find an old fashioned hardware or electrical shop, rather than supermarket of warehouse DIY, you will find that they may still sell exactly what you want.

 

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Hoof Hearted 03 Feb 15 11.43am

Quote silvertop at 03 Feb 2015 11.42am

If you can find an old fashioned hardware or electrical shop, rather than supermarket of warehouse DIY, you will find that they may still sell exactly what you want.


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Pussay Patrol Flag 03 Feb 15 11.51am

Quote Southampton_Eagle at 03 Feb 2015 11.12am

My lounge light bulb blew this morning. I haven't had to buy a bulb in years, how much are they these days?


You're in for a shock, last time I went you could get 4 for about £1, now you have to fork out anywhere between £3-£5 for just one !!

 


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View Frickin Saweet's Profile Frickin Saweet Online Flag South Cronx 03 Feb 15 3.42pm Send a Private Message to Frickin Saweet Add Frickin Saweet as a friend

I remember at school getting an 'energy saving lightbulb', the whole school was given one, which would have been mid-90s. Don't think you can even buy those anymore. The halogen ones seem to be the ones now but LED bulbs are supposed to be even more efficient, deliver a 'better' sort of light but the price needs to come down on those before they go mainstream. Just realised what a sad w***er I am.

 

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View dannyb1's Profile dannyb1 Flag Chichester 03 Feb 15 8.00pm Send a Private Message to dannyb1 Add dannyb1 as a friend

Quote Frickin Saweet at 03 Feb 2015 3.42pm

I remember at school getting an 'energy saving lightbulb', the whole school was given one, which would have been mid-90s. Don't think you can even buy those anymore. The halogen ones seem to be the ones now but LED bulbs are supposed to be even more efficient, deliver a 'better' sort of light but the price needs to come down on those before they go mainstream. Just realised what a sad w***er I am.


I remember getting energy saving bulbs (the compact fluorescent ones)given to you by british gas etc and they were 20p a box for some at sainsburys a few years ago, then they shot up in price.

It's true with regards to LED as come in 1,3,5 watt diodes that produce bright light without high energy consumption.
Also can be used to grow you're vegetables with the right colour spectrum.

 

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View johnfirewall's Profile johnfirewall Flag 03 Feb 15 8.34pm Send a Private Message to johnfirewall Add johnfirewall as a friend

Got 2 light fittings in my small hallway. One incandescent and an energy saving half-hour to warm up one so I get the best balance of light and power consumption but that's only because I'd previously relegated the latter to the cupboard and didn't have any others spare when one blew. Can't see fcuk all with them normally.

Got LED ones in my kitchen which aren't bright enough so I put the under-unit tube lights on instead which I doubt are very efficient.

My other bulbs are halogen which you can get in 60 watts from the £1 shop. Efficient, generating less heat so you don't have to worry about fittings melting but pathetically fragile.

Seems like a sh1t deal for the consumer overall. I'll continue to by cheap halogens rather than anything I've actually got to take back for a replacement and how good is this for the environment if they repeatedly end up in the bin?

I'm sure the other ones still quote warm-up times of 30 seconds. I'll be in and out of the room by then. Is that really the best we can do?

 

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View johnfirewall's Profile johnfirewall Flag 03 Feb 15 8.38pm Send a Private Message to johnfirewall Add johnfirewall as a friend

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It's true with regards to LED as come in 1,3,5 watt diodes that produce bright light without high energy consumption.

So a bulb with 8 LEDs isn't actually consuming less?

 

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View dannyb1's Profile dannyb1 Flag Chichester 05 Feb 15 11.16am Send a Private Message to dannyb1 Add dannyb1 as a friend

Quote johnfirewall at 03 Feb 2015 8.38pm

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It's true with regards to LED as come in 1,3,5 watt diodes that produce bright light without high energy consumption.

So a bulb with 8 LEDs isn't actually consuming less?


Heres a light giving off 700w and it's actual draw power is nearly half.
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View Harpo's Profile Harpo Flag Oxfordshire 05 Feb 15 4.33pm Send a Private Message to Harpo Add Harpo as a friend

Stop messin' about you lot.

Just go and get one of these... an X21.2

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Edited by Harpo (05 Feb 2015 4.35pm)

 

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View rob1969's Profile rob1969 Flag Banstead Surrey 05 Feb 15 7.00pm Send a Private Message to rob1969 Add rob1969 as a friend

Quote johnfirewall at 03 Feb 2015 8.34pm

Got 2 light fittings in my small hallway. One incandescent and an energy saving half-hour to warm up one so I get the best balance of light and power consumption but that's only because I'd previously relegated the latter to the cupboard and didn't have any others spare when one blew. Can't see fcuk all with them normally.

Got LED ones in my kitchen which aren't bright enough so I put the under-unit tube lights on instead which I doubt are very efficient.

My other bulbs are halogen which you can get in 60 watts from the £1 shop. Efficient, generating less heat so you don't have to worry about fittings melting but pathetically fragile.

Seems like a sh1t deal for the consumer overall. I'll continue to by cheap halogens rather than anything I've actually got to take back for a replacement and how good is this for the environment if they repeatedly end up in the bin?

I'm sure the other ones still quote warm-up times of 30 seconds. I'll be in and out of the room by then. Is that really the best we can do?

Replaced halogen in bathroom with LED's they are brilliant (literally) - will replace in kitchen when my existing filament spots blow - which they do regularly.

 

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Quote Plane at 03 Feb 2015 11.18am

Quote Southampton_Eagle at 03 Feb 2015 11.12am

My lounge light bulb blew this morning. I haven't had to buy a bulb in years, how much are they these days?

If you pay my petrol money, I'll pop down and give you a quote

Will have to catch up soon mate, come to the Saints game & you can do the quote then

 

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Quote Pussay Patrol at 03 Feb 2015 11.51am

Quote Southampton_Eagle at 03 Feb 2015 11.12am

My lounge light bulb blew this morning. I haven't had to buy a bulb in years, how much are they these days?


You're in for a shock, last time I went you could get 4 for about £1, now you have to fork out anywhere between £3-£5 for just one !!

Mate, I went out this lunch time and almost had a f*cking heart attack! So many styles of bulbs, all claim to be amazing & all ranging between £5 - £12.


 

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