We'll see. I'm not convinced.
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Energy Saving Bulbs
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in news:CWa5g.64$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net:
Pardon?
mike
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In message , Guy King writes
Nah, they always claim x5, but I use x4 and that seems to be nearer the equivalent
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Maybe they could charge a premium for them!
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Blimey, a fluorescent bulb is pricey enough. How much is an LED one going to be?
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"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in message news:44553fa5$0$1354$ snipped-for-privacy@reader.greatnowhere.com...
What sort of tungsten lamps? Halogen.. no chance, ordinary bulbs.. maybe, long life bulbs.. easily.
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Fluorescents are 47p. A LED one should be as cheap in a year or three.
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True. I had a few very old Philips ones that hummed. Now gone, replaced with cheap chinese made ikea blinders...
It's the small transformer inside at fault. A load of
Never a safety problem. That is a myth.
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Filth.
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Though not for perhaps a good while yet.
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47p !!!
Quick, where?
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ASDA.
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Thats a victory of marketing over fact if ever I saw one. LEDs have never come anywhere near fluorescents in performance for the entirety of their existence. While we dont know which will win out in the long term, all the evidence points to it being fluorescent.
NT
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It's 49.5p (99pBOGOF) for 11/18W philips ones in Morrisons.
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The message from chris French contains these words:
Sorry, yes, I got that the wrong way round.
I had some alleged 20W lamps from Poundland once. They shed an eerie darkness which made everyone look like corpses in a horror film.
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That's funny, my experience is the exact opposite.
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The philips ones were *very* old, and humming with a rasp was noted towards the end of almost an 7 year life. My cheapie Ikea's 11W take an age to warm up but when they do, staring at the bulbs is painful. I've got two of those in a three bulb fitting - I daren't add the third :-(
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Why not get more Philips? The 'softone' ones are pretty good IMO.
cheers, Pete.
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There are/were philips ones that are basically conventional ballasts, with the tube wrapped round the inductor, and a little starter, all inside a glass enclosure.
Not 'electronic' ballasts in the conventional sense.
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Will probably do when/if this room gets redecorated, got more recent Philips bulbs elsewhere in more critical areas and they are fine. But at the moment one bulb missing out the fitting is a minor blot on the general mess of everything else, and I'm curious to see what the IKEA CFL bulbs do at near the end of their lives. (shhhh... don't tell me!)