..and that's me got my last batch of incandescents in. Should be enough for years.
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14 years ago
..and that's me got my last batch of incandescents in. Should be enough for years.
Join the club !
Yep - half a tea-chest of 100w bulbs arriving tomorrow from Toolstation.
I've got a hundred 100W bulbs, good quality ones. I think I might as well get a few 60W ones as well. I can't see why we are not allowed to select the quality of light in our homes on environmental grounds when people are still allowed to chose whether to fly, drive, or go by rail.
Bill
Yeah - good thinking. Why should we worry about the planet. I'm getting on a bit so the problems we're causing probably won't affect me and why should we care about future generations - we'll all be dead by then.
All members of congress that voted for that law should be fined for each one they find in their house!
Has anyone found a source at a better price than Toolstation's 33p for
40/60W pearl BC/ES or 45p for 25W opal BC candles?
I didn't think the lower wattage bulbs were being banned yet.........?!
Clear ones are ok for a while yet but pearl/opals are out, even in the lower wattages. It has sort of crept up on me too.
Who uses clears?
Why should we be so arrogant as to think we can make a difference to what the planet does?
In message , Grimly Curmudgeon writes
How many ?
I got 100 x 100W and 100 x 60W a few months ago
In message , fred writes
22p each for 100 off
Are they banning halogen GLSes too? Slightly more energy efficient, same size and other characteristics generally. What's the problem?
I can't think of a good explanation that doesn't involve swearing a lot...
People are now making frosted bulb condoms to stick over clear bulbs to allow you to get the frosted effect!
In article , geoff writes
That'd certainly do the job, 100 is the sort of quantity I'm looking for. Care to share the source?
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember geoff saying something like:
I bow before your eco-terrorism, for I can barely muster 100.
In fittings with their own diffusers, and in many cases where the lamp isn't visible, clear is fine. They are more efficient.
Some Ikea CFLs come with such a covering, which is handy as you can cut it off where a frosted finish isn't required (e.g. the lamp isn't visible).
I suspect GLS halogens are banned with GLS lamps.
Non-GLS halogens can remain, as long as they're Energy class C (or higher). The only ones I know of today which meet this are GE's 225W and 375W K9's which replace 300W and 500W K9's and have an internal infra-red coating to reflect the heat back onto the filament. (I use a 225W to light my back garden, although it's rather rarely used in practice.)
GE produce a whole range of these IR reflecting halogens in the US. Some time back, I asked them why they didn't in the UK, and they said there was no market for them here -- people who care about energy efficiency generally don't buy halogens at all. I guess there might be a change in this stance in the light of the new regulations. This technology is only suitable for certain shaped halogen capsules though (linear tubes probably being the best).
It's all very well but the way energy prices are going, you'll need a second job to run the bloody things.
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