More Morrisons cheap lights.

May 15, 2006 7 Replies
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I'm quite surprised at the volume of these things they are shifting - the Philips 11/18W ones. I'd guess several thousand a week, in a not particularly large store -



400 car park?

Anyway, today I noticed on the 'electrical' shelves, 3.49 BOGOF 11W CF floodlight. Diam - 68mm at widest point. 110mm from contacts to widest point, 118mm from end-end. Basically a standard 11W CF, with a blow-moulded plastic reflector on it. I'm using it as an inspection light, as it's very, very hard to smash the bulb, and sheds a decent amount of light.


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Heh! Plastic reflector,won't that melt after a few minutes use?

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Actually not - the heat inside the globe is only ~6W or so, and it's quite large. Unless it's really, really well insulated by the fitting, it shouldn't be a problem. And if it is, the CF will have stopped working.

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|Ian Stirling wrote: |> Basically a standard 11W CF, with a blow-moulded plastic reflector on |> it. |> I'm using it as an inspection light, as it's very, very hard to smash |> the bulb, and sheds a decent amount of light. | |Heh! Plastic reflector,won't that melt after a few minutes use?

With *11* watts? barely enough to get hand warm

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Depends if it's thermoset or thermoplastic ...

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And perhaps as importantly, the temperature.

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On Mon, 15 May 2006 18:32:51 +0100, The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote (in article ):

Doesn't matter. Next week they will have it on offer as a heater for pies.

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That's the problem with those multifunctional tools - don't do anything well.

Owain

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