Energy saving Light Bulbs

ad47uk

Same here, I have now got around 30x100watt bulbs and 50x60watt bulbs.
I will buy another 4 boxes of 100watt bulbs, they have 6 in a box, that should then be enough to last until I am not on this earth, I will keep buying a box of 6 60 watts every months until the stupid rules come in that will stop me buying them.

Next year I think that is coming in.

Member 55145

sorry but i think your taking the **** a bit there mate.

its movements like that, that brings progress.

remember we used to live in a world where we didnt have 3 pin plug sockets, saftey valves etc

without making them compulsory they would of never got off the ground and lots of people would of died.

pity the government cant get off there arse and make other things compulsory like % of wind farms/renewable energy used per city..... then again i guess they would upset you then lose your vote.

i hate to say it as i really do hate the man now, but maybe Mr Brown is onto something by ignoring the general population if your oppinion matches theirs.


back on topic, yea energy saving bulbs arent as good as the old bulbs, and tbh i dont even notice if they are saving me money on my leccy bill. all i know is ive had the same bulbs for over 5 years now and ive not replaced one. (and in the previous 2 years all my old bulbs went and i replaced them with the new ones)

so now i havent got to worry about keeping spares as they only go when you need a **** and you are half asleep and dont know where your other bulbs are

ad47uk

It depends what you call progress.


Those are different, they save lives, forcing people into having low energy bulbs are not going to save lives, even if you do believe that our energy use is causing climate change.  It is not the little people that are the problem, it is big companies that waste by keeping lights and monitors on for now reason at all.




they never had my vote to start with, so they can't lose it.



I have bulbs here that was here before I moved in and that was about 9 years ago, still working fine. the only bulbs that did blow was in the sitting room and I found out that was due to a faulty socket, which have now been replaced. that socket now houses the only low energy bulb I use. A daylight bulb. I have a silly strip light in the kitchen, which I would love to replace and something they call a 2d bulb in the bathroom, which will be replaced.

The one time when I did put low energy all around the house, I found that a bulb that is suppose to last for years lasted a couple of months.

after that I took them all out and went back to normal bulbs apart from the sitting room.

Nic Rhodes

I need some GU10 LED eplacements that are bright, the ones I have been testing are too low an output. Anyone have any recommendations? Luxeon? They need to replace 50w units.

robh2002

Tricky one. I use 3W Luxeons, but they do not have anywhere near the brightness of a 50W halogen...I'd say around 15-20W equivalent light output max. The sellers I used is kyman_ledtex.

I believe there are 5W versions out there on ebay, but I cannot see any at the moment. There are a few other 3W GU10 sellers saying that their light is equivalent to 40 or 50W - personally, I'm VERY sceptical.  

I've gone from 5x50W halogen in the bathroom (with the halogens blowing all the time) to 4x3W Luxeons and 1x50W halogen and that, I find, is a very good compromise.

Hope that's of some help.

klr10

Personally hate the light these things produce, but after having been burgled twice I have 4 of them around the outside of the house connected to a dusk sensor. I've since seen them with built in dusk sensors... 8 watts each - perfect!

robh2002

...Perhaps I should have said, there are two versions (that I know of) one is cool white and the other is warm white - the later is pretty close to that of a halogen bulb...and certainly close enough for me! The cool white certainly has a hint of blue about it - fine for some applications I suppose.

Nic Rhodes

rob, do you think the Luxeons are the brightest?

What about these?:

http://www.litebulbs.co.uk/product/22233/deltech-gu10-led-5w-high-power-warm-white-led-light-bulb.aspx

or

http://www.lamps2udirect.com/pages/fullProd.php/Deltech-Mark-7-Triple-High-Power-5-watt-GU10-LED/67106

or


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GU10-3W-LED-LUXEON-LAMP-LIGHT-BULB-ULTRA-BRIGHT-3-WATT_W0QQitemZ190253259476QQihZ009QQcategoryZ20706QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

robh2002

Nic,
As far as I can see the two 5W Luxeons will be the brightest. They should produce around 180 lumens but a 20W halogen might produce over 250 lumens, so they are certainly not a replacement for a 50W.

I did read somewhere that a 3W luxeon produces around 120 lumen (scales correctly with the 5W). Given the cost of the 5W, I'd go for the 3W and by two (£20) - save money and get more light.

I should say I have not yet tried a 5W. Despite the fact that they will eventually pay for themselves, but I still struggle with paying £25 for a bulb!

Rob

paul1967

Do people realise that they might cause migrane's and headace's through the flashing of the light bulb when in use.