So has all other aspects of interior design, but I have no doubt that most of the furniture in your living room, including the light fittings look quite different to a room of 130 years ago.
Sale of Incandescent Bulbs to End on Tuesday?
Aug 27, 2009
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Yup - but LEDs have now overtaken them in efficiency, and have the advantage of being white light.
I design & manufacture for commercial floodlighting and streetlighting.
I wonder how many complaints have gone into the ASA about misleading claims on these things?
I don't recall seeing any white light emitting diodes.
You come over as a cross between Peter Stuyvessant, James Bond ...
and Torchy the Battery Boy.
Derek
Yes, I quite agree, we had two dimmers in our large house, both have failed and neither has been replaced - we really don't find the need.
Strangely enough some of us are happily married and anyway dim lighting isn't the only way there. :-)
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A huge difference to *what*?
Our house has small windows, *all* the light is from a relatively low angle, you don't need artificial light to do that for you. We also have wood burning fires, if we want really low level 'romantic' lighting then firelight does it for us.
The only place where we have a lot of different lights which get used according to need is the kitchen where we have four separately switched sets of lights.
And a face lift.
Adam
I am working on that again
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Adam
CFLs show two wattages; the consumption and the claimed 'equivalent'. It is the latter figure that misleads.
Manufacturers are talking rubbish; it's the'equivalent' figure that needs fixing, and that's entirely up to them.
What you mean is that you haven't used any modern LEDs
Almost all torches are now LED and getting better and cheaper all the time
Steve Terry
Rohypnol.
And me, what is?
Dave
What a dull thread. Which is ironic, considering the topic. Or not.
Still, you're all getting plenty of wattage out of it.
His personal record?
Dull as a decades old lava lamp.
A relevant lyric, if one listens...
Is it? I'm too distracted by that point.
Where do all the suitcases in the boot then go? You'd need a car to carry them.
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