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| Thread ID: 108850 | 2010-04-14 05:33:00 | Power saving light bulbs | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 876432 | 2010-04-14 05:33:00 | Hi, we haven't embraced them yet . Have a few here . How suitable are they for bathrooms? I understand in the past they were not suitable b/c they take a while to warm up and not good for frequent on offs . Would the newer Halogen light bulbs be better then? Winter is coming and been doing some spreadsheet with our power invoices, we're paying $150 after the prompt payment discount for power and $120 for gas (on demand water and cooking) . This is in summer :eek: Heat pump coming in soon so will analyst that too . Ever since we went to instant hot water from a gas heater with cyclinder I think it has rocketed . Cheers . :) |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 876433 | 2010-04-14 05:38:00 | Go to the shop RFN get some for every lamp holder that will take them. Incandescent bulbs are a crime against the planet. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 876434 | 2010-04-14 05:57:00 | Go to the shop RFN get some for every lamp holder that will take them. Incandescent bulbs are a crime against the planet. If they were good enough for Edison, then they're good enough for me ! :clap |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 876435 | 2010-04-14 06:00:00 | Are they suitable for frequent on offs or just the main rooms? | Nomad (952) | ||
| 876436 | 2010-04-14 06:07:00 | we use them throughout our house, toilet and bathroom. Its not instant bright, but if that doesn't bother you its all good | plod (107) | ||
| 876437 | 2010-04-14 06:13:00 | Don't like them. They take a while to get up to full brightness and when they do they are quite harsh on my eyes. The white light they put out is not as nice/warm as a standard bulb or halogen. We have them in the kitchen and toilet. Haven't had to replace one yet after about 3 years. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 876438 | 2010-04-14 06:17:00 | Don't like them. They take a while to get up to full brightness and when they do they are quite harsh on my eyes. The white light they put out is not as nice/warm as a standard bulb or halogen. We have them in the kitchen and toilet. Haven't had to replace one yet after about 3 years. The first one I ever got lasted 11 years. I did pay $25 for it:eek: |
plod (107) | ||
| 876439 | 2010-04-14 06:18:00 | We have them (energy savers) in places where they are switched on and off frequently, like the bathroom and laundery. Some seem to last a very long time, but others have failed much sooner than they should have. As they are presumably made down to a price in order to be somewhat competitive, the quality is variable. They also seem to lose brightness as they age. Incandescents are very cheap to make with the technology well established and yonks old. Personally I dont care much about how much more power is used by incandescents, it is relatively trivial, and in winter helps with the heating :) I have incandescents in the garage, and my workroom anglepoise lamp, and one from just historical reason in a bedroom, also went back to two (out of 4) incandescents in the lounge as they give better light for reading. I much prefer the quality of light (frequency spread) and the intensity of light output from incandescents. I stocked up with dozens when the previous government said they would ban them. Edit: .......and there is much more pollution when an energy saving bulb is thrown away with the rubbish collection as compared to an incandescent....and tell me, who is going to go to the trouble of arranging special disposal of one of these energy savers as I have heard mentioned by the 'greenies' ? |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 876440 | 2010-04-14 06:19:00 | They also can't be dimmed unless you buy the very expense ones at around $50 when I last looked. | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 876441 | 2010-04-14 06:20:00 | Are they suitable for frequent on offs or just the main rooms? They are OK anywhere. They don't have to 'warm up' as such, they just don't hit full light output for a couple of minutes and you might have to use a higher equivalent rating to get adequate light if the room is larger. A 15w energy saver is roughly equal to a 75w incandescent once it is at full output. We mostly use 100w incandescents so we'd need a higher output than 15w. I used halogen in my bathroom renovation because I wanted full light instantly for shaving etc. The future lies with LED lamps, not these ES types which were only ever going to be a stopgap solution. LEDs give full light instantly and modern examples are bright enough for car headlamps so it won't be too long before the clunky ES crap disappears for good. They are in all the electrical trade journals now, so prices should start dropping and you won't have to replace then very often. Women might like a slower warmup to give them time to get the warpaint on. :D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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