The good old days, recycled ?? :-)

Arfa Daily · 2012-09-04T00:34:02+00:00

So, I have a bar of four MES R50 reflector spots here in the computer room, a cartload of 'em in the conservatory, and the two wall lights in the lounge that use them, as well. Since all of this lightbulb eco-bollox nonsense came in, it has not been possible to get them with a frosted front. They used to give a really nice even light. The clear ones are nothing like as good in this regard, projecting images of the filament, and uneven wodges of light onto the walls, as a result of the optically poor clear glass used.Tonight, I was wandering through the local Tesco avoiding the zombies, when I spied boxes of R50s with a picture of a frosted type on them. So I stopped, and opened one up to have a look and Lo! - in the box was two frosted-front bulbs.So what's going on here then ? Are they suddenly allowing the frosted type again ?Arfa

Sep 04, 2012 20 Replies

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SteveW 13 years ago

Correct, but not in the way you are thinking - this is recycling stored, depleted UF6 and recovering and cleaning up the acid recovered for onward sale.

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