Household light bulbs
Discussion
So, light bulbs, what's everyone using these days?!
For some reason a few of the bulbs have gone pop in our house the last couple of weeks and I now have about 5 to replace. One was from a typical hanging lampshade sort of light, it was an old energy saving bulbs which buzzed and took an age to actually get light. Another was the same style of light fitting but the older round 60w bulb.
The others are in the lounge light with uses 6 candle flame style 40w bulbs. 3 of these have blown now.
What's efficient and reliable and actually gives off a decent amount of light. I also don't really want to be spending £10 per bulb seeing as the old 60w jobbies were 50p each or so!
Thanks,
Dan
For some reason a few of the bulbs have gone pop in our house the last couple of weeks and I now have about 5 to replace. One was from a typical hanging lampshade sort of light, it was an old energy saving bulbs which buzzed and took an age to actually get light. Another was the same style of light fitting but the older round 60w bulb.
The others are in the lounge light with uses 6 candle flame style 40w bulbs. 3 of these have blown now.
What's efficient and reliable and actually gives off a decent amount of light. I also don't really want to be spending £10 per bulb seeing as the old 60w jobbies were 50p each or so!
Thanks,
Dan
Halogen bulbs are now available in "classic" packaging, and knock CFLs into a cocked hat for light quality.
I've just bought some Philips 42W "EcoClassic30" bulbs to bolster up my dwindling stock of spare 60W candle bulbs. Externally, they are identical, with a "candle" envelope and bayonet cap. Internally, there's a halogen capsule where the filament would normally be.
The light is indistinguishable from a standard 60W bulb. It is at full brightness immediately on switch-on and the bulb is claimed to be fully dimmable.
They are expensive compared to bog-standard bulbs (IIRC around £2 each) but use 70% of the power for the same brightness and are claimed to have a longer life.
If conventional incandescent bulbs are phased out, I'll be happy with these as the next-best thing until LED lamp technology matures.
I've just bought some Philips 42W "EcoClassic30" bulbs to bolster up my dwindling stock of spare 60W candle bulbs. Externally, they are identical, with a "candle" envelope and bayonet cap. Internally, there's a halogen capsule where the filament would normally be.
The light is indistinguishable from a standard 60W bulb. It is at full brightness immediately on switch-on and the bulb is claimed to be fully dimmable.
They are expensive compared to bog-standard bulbs (IIRC around £2 each) but use 70% of the power for the same brightness and are claimed to have a longer life.
If conventional incandescent bulbs are phased out, I'll be happy with these as the next-best thing until LED lamp technology matures.
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