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Right, well i've now refitted my entire upstairs (bar 1 room) with energy saving light bulbs and i'm mighty impressed.
The light starts off about 20% dimmer a conventional bulb, but within a minute it's actually brighter than a normal bulb i'd say by about 10%. The light emitted from the upstairs bulbs is very similar to normal bulbs and exactly what you would expect.
All in all i'm really pleased.
I'm looking for a dimmable energy saving light bulb now but cannot find one sub £8 which I think will negate any cost saving for me, so i'm not changing this one for the time being. If anyone can find one cheaper please let me know, i'm looking for an 11W Bayonet Cap Energy Saver.
Now for downstairs, i'm not quite as happy here...
As we have an open plan living/dining area it made sense to get some energy saving bulbs as we're in here here the most. As we use "candle" lights I opted for "ENERGY SAVING CANDLE 7w LIGHT BULB" from eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=360087238984
Unfortunately the light produced is "Bright White" and a bit too glarey, it also doesn't suit the room that well (but that's not the candle's fault), also I was slightly disappointed with the size, i'm sure for some people it would be fine and the light may even be to their liking (almost xenon).
If anyone can find me some energy saving equivalent size of conventional candle bulb lights then please post a link, i'm looking for 40w equivalents that are screw in's and produce a normal warm light and not xenon/stadium light white.
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