20-01-2015, 03:24 PM
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Re: Light Bulbs !
Originally Posted by Alan Cooke
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I was recently told in a shop that the old-type bulbs can still be sold but not manufactured.
20-01-2015, 05:47 PM
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Re: Light Bulbs !
See this: -http://www.sust-it.net/lighting-why-...e-switched.php
We have CFLs everywhere and have had for 20 years.
They were expensive in the past but now if you shop around they're quite reasonable.
Our bathroom one could be about to go we think - it's 24 years old!
I've had a spare 23W one for 15 years - just in case.
I did find that knowing the Colour Temperature or Kelvin helps as 3500K is classed as white but a 6500K CFL is classed as a "daylight" CFL and is often used to combat SAD.
The problem can be finding higher-rated CFLs and I made a few mistakes in the past as some of them are very poor for reading.
The best bet is to go for a higher Kelvin if you want better quality light for reading etcetera but some people say a higher Lumen, meaning the amount of visible light is better.
We use a lot of them at work and to be honest some CFLs are rubbish! stevmk2
stevmk2
20-01-2015, 08:40 PM
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Re: Light Bulbs !
All this messin around with light bulbs has being going on now for nearly ten years, and it hasn't made a jot of difference to saving anything, those new 'energy saving' things are useless for giving good light, I have a sneaky suspicion they were forced upon us because they weren't selling as well as they thought they would, and some government minister's mate had a factory making them
, and the price of them too. We have a good stock of the old ones left and there's always somewhere in town where the wife can pick up more.And the Lord said "Let there be light" Amen to that.
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