Light Bulbs

[Ed]

Where can I get Energy saving bulbs more powerful than 25w for a brighter light ,something equivalent to 150w Thank you E

[Ian Stirling]

The trivial answer is to use two.

[Andrew Gabriel]

Haven't checked for a while, but Homebase did a 30W one, only available with an Edison Screw lamp base though.

The trouble with higher power ones are that the heat from the tube cooks the electronic control gear if run base-up. Higher power ones are more readily in the US, but they usually come with a warning that they must not be operated base-up or they will suffer shortened life. You can find them mail-order in the UK too.

[Staffbull]

If its inside use a flourescent ring type, you can get em up to about

60w with equivalent of about 200 - 250w

like

[meow2222]

even do pink ones too

NT

[The 1st Philosophical Handyman]

These beasts are "the equivalent of 400watts of tungsten bulb"

[Guy King]

The message from "The 1st Philosophical Handyman of the Humber" contains these words:

I really ought to go to bed. I read that as "These breasts" - and wondered how globe-like the were.

[Ian Stirling]

[Vortex]

Here:

[David Hansen]

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:06:23 -0000 someone who may be "Ed" wrote this:-

What do you want to light, what sort of duty cycle?

It may be that a different sort of lamp is better.

[Ed]

for £8 to £20,how people can read or function with even 25w ones which are supposed to be 150w I do not know, most in the shops are equivalent to 60 watts hardly enough to light a small room

[meow2222]

)=A3(% my readings light's 5w.

NT

[Ian Stirling]

So use two, on an adaptor.

[Ed]

Thank you Probably a good Idea, so where can I purchase on to fit in a single bayonet holder and look tidy ---- I havent seen anything like that for years

[Andrew Gabriel]

Well, make one...

[John]

Then, NT, you obviously have good eyesight. Unfortunately, not all human beings are the same. I started a similar thread recently because, although I consider myself to be eco-friendly and would love to do away with my old-fashioned incandescent lamps, my faulty eyesight (and I'm only 48 - it's gonna get worse as I get older) just cannot get to grips with these CFLs. I need light, and lots of it - CFLs are (to me, anyway) dim and dismal.

John.

[David Hansen]

On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:59:21 -0000 someone who may be "Ed" wrote this:-

This doesn't answer the question. Do you want to light a room to a high level of brightness? If so how big is the room and why do you want to light the whole room to this level, rather than lighting tasks and providing a lower level of general lighting?

Is the bright lighting (general or task) to be on all the time, or switched on and off regularly.

[Guy King]

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We use those little Ikea 7W R50 bulbs in bendable reading lamps. Ideal, and plenty bright enough provided you wait a couple of minutes for them to warm up. I rather like the slow start - it's easier on the eye in the middle of the night.

[Ed]

watch T.V and sit relatively near the fire, a 150w normal bulb suited in the past; on most of the time,for this main position in the long room, there are other lights in the room ,wall and ceiling, but it is as the main one above us that we find the 25w low energy poor and I am sure other older people would as well

[David Hansen]

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 10:01:49 -0000 someone who may be "Ed" wrote this:-

I suggest task lighting in the areas where these are done. This can be switched on when necessary and will be a great improvement over a

150W bulb in the ceiling for doing these tasks.

There are any number of such lights, many taking compact fluorescent lamps, though for some forms of needlework another type of lamp may be better for precise colour rendering.

Do these require a lot of light?

I would have thought that even a 20W compact fluorescent lamp in the middle of the room would be adequate for general lighting, if there is adequate task lighting.