PLEQ Bulbs

[Andrew]

Been looking online for some high-power (>40w equivalent) CFL bulbs for an SES fitting. Keep getting offered PLEQ bulbs but for the life of me cannot find what it stands for. Can anone enlighten me.

Andrew

[Frank Erskine]

Poor Light Emission Quality.

[Bob Mannix]

As their USP seems to be they occupy the same space as a "normal" lightbulb, I would hazard a guess the "EQ" bit is "equivalent". Something like "Physical Length Equivalent" is probably close but I don't know.

[Andrew Gabriel]

The highest I had seen for some time were in IKEA. They have an an outer glass bulb with a diffusing rubber coating on it, which easily peels off if you don't need it (and should improve the light output a few percent). IIRC, they were 11W.

However, I have seen some higher power ones in our local hardware store, but they are a never-heard-of make (which I've since forgotten). I think they might have been 15 or 18W, but I can't recall that either. So, don't dismiss the idea of looking in local shops.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Andrew saying something like:

Plenty Lightfoot Equals Queens.

[mark]

CFL:

2U (PLEC) 3U (PLET) 4U (PLEQ)

I've no idea what it means though.

mark

[Bob Mannix]

AHA! It seems to be the number of U shaped folded tubes on the fitment (2/3/4 - ??/Triple/Quad). Except the only image I saw for a PLEC had ONE U shaped tube and "C" doesn't really conform. But it's roughly that. As for the PLE bit...

[ARWadsworth]

I should not worry about images. The Screwfix image of a 230V belle cement mixer has a pull start on it!

Adam