LED bulbs - why not mandatory or subsidised
Discussion
Elderly said:
Thanks for the idea, but that's the very place I purchased these from and had a number of failures just out of guarantee,
might have been a faulty batch - I'll try them again .
I haven't fitted loads tbh, the super condensed electronics in the base of such lamps do make for a failure point compared to the more lumpen white blob efforts, but LED in general has come a long way in the last few years.might have been a faulty batch - I'll try them again .
If you don't need dimming they can cost little more than an old filament bulb would anyway:
https://discounthomelighting.co.uk/products/philip...
Inspired by this thread I went to screwfix to buy some more mr16 downlight bulbs to replace the remaining halogen bulbs in the kitchen.
Annoyances:
they’re too dim. I’ve bought warm white obvs as don’t want to look like a dentists operating theatre. But they’re only 5w ~ 345 lumens and it’s just not bright enough.
Also, they are slightly more bulbous so annoying to get seated with the little clip in the enclosure.
Also, some of the others that I already had as led have randomly stopped working at times. So they do not seem to stick to the eleventy billion hours claims
Also the electric bills will never go down as the standing charges and other bks just flies up instead. So you’ll never win.
Annoyances:
they’re too dim. I’ve bought warm white obvs as don’t want to look like a dentists operating theatre. But they’re only 5w ~ 345 lumens and it’s just not bright enough.
Also, they are slightly more bulbous so annoying to get seated with the little clip in the enclosure.
Also, some of the others that I already had as led have randomly stopped working at times. So they do not seem to stick to the eleventy billion hours claims
Also the electric bills will never go down as the standing charges and other bks just flies up instead. So you’ll never win.
CoolHands said:
Inspired by this thread I went to screwfix to buy some more mr16 downlight bulbs to replace the remaining halogen bulbs in the kitchen.
Annoyances:
they’re too dim. I’ve bought warm white obvs as don’t want to look like a dentists operating theatre. But they’re only 5w ~ 345 lumens and it’s just not bright enough.
Also, they are slightly more bulbous so annoying to get seated with the little clip in the enclosure.
Also, some of the others that I already had as led have randomly stopped working at times. So they do not seem to stick to the eleventy billion hours claims
Also the electric bills will never go down as the standing charges and other bks just flies up instead. So you’ll never win.
toolstation sell 8.3w integral branded mr16s, 600+ lumens and both dimmable and non dimmable. Used many to good effect in garden lighting where I convert a lot of gu10 stuff to low volts.Annoyances:
they’re too dim. I’ve bought warm white obvs as don’t want to look like a dentists operating theatre. But they’re only 5w ~ 345 lumens and it’s just not bright enough.
Also, they are slightly more bulbous so annoying to get seated with the little clip in the enclosure.
Also, some of the others that I already had as led have randomly stopped working at times. So they do not seem to stick to the eleventy billion hours claims
Also the electric bills will never go down as the standing charges and other bks just flies up instead. So you’ll never win.
TBH though for anything indoors I'd be converting to gu10 by replacing trans&lampholder - tends to be better as many old transformers can be problematic with LEDs - be careful of bathrooms where 12v may be providing an addition safety measure.
Teddy Lop said:
If you don't need dimming they can cost little more than an old filament bulb would anyway:
https://discounthomelighting.co.uk/products/philip...
I said that it wasn't easy ............. they don't do a 6Watt; but thanks for the pointer .https://discounthomelighting.co.uk/products/philip...
is this expensive? https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-1-pack-bayonet-b... had cheap wilko bulbs in my house for years now, with no issues.
Elderly said:
Teddy Lop said:
If you don't need dimming they can cost little more than an old filament bulb would anyway:
https://discounthomelighting.co.uk/products/philip...
I said that it wasn't easy ............. they don't do a 6Watt; but thanks for the pointer .https://discounthomelighting.co.uk/products/philip...
What sort of fittings are they, I've converted the lampholders before now to give more options (normally G9>candle to give more dimming options) but if the fitting will take a normal gls lamp then swapping to ES or BC is an option...
techguyone said:
Only incandescent I have are for things like Himalayan stone light & lava lamps where you need the heat they produce for them to work right.
A used condom filled with coloured water, tied off in a knot and placed on a radiator makes a cheap substitute for a lava lamp. For the illumination, an LED headlamp can be inverted and held in place with the elastic strap.
Think of the energy saving, as well as minimal outlay on the hardware.
98elise said:
Anyone else remember the thread where loads of people were bulk buying 100w filament lamps because they refused to buy energy saving bulbs
I bought a load. I skipped CFLs completely - they gave a pitiful money saving and were a disposal nightmare. Now I'm almost entirely LED - they are available in bayonet and make some sense financially. The energy saving is still a sham - there isn't much waste heat in a UK home in winter.
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