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can anybody reccomend a make that is any good please? Mine aren`t very bright even with 4 lights on
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Rubbish aren't they. That's why I went and bought 60-odd 100-watt incandescent ones when I heard that the government were banning them without a decent alternative having been developed.
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zany idea dreamt up by the carbon footprint mob.
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just fit fluorescent tubes around the house
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I'm one of these climate change greens, but even I have got a stock of 30 100W incandescent bulbs in.
The light from the energy saving ones is gloomy, depressing and doesn't show up colours properly. When people who have never used them realise what's been imposed on them, there will be a bit of an outcry, imo. |
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Can you still buy the old style ones then?
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Not in my local supermarkets, but still see them in pound shops
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ok ty i will keep my eyes peeled for them.
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The energy saving lightbulbs could have stayed on all through WW2 ..Even Hodges wouldn't have told you to ''Put them lights out''.
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local co-op only sell the old kind. very odd. maybe they havent changed the "stuff nobody buys" shelf since 1962.
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they are ok. you just have to buy the ones that say they emit as 100w bulbs. Takes a while for them to warm up but then they are fine. but I do not tend to like brightness much
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tesco ones are fine. or whatever make they sell in tescos. they come on straight away. not very bright but who wants to be in a floodlit room? fluorescent thingies are ok for the kitchen but theyd drive me crazy in any other room. only energy saving bulbs i hate are those that look like theyre straight out of auschwitz
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auschwitz light bulbs,what do they look like?
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I`m not very good with a bulb that is not covered by a lamp shade or sumert
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auschwitz light bulbs are covered with lamp shades made of human skin
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lol^^
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I heard we will all be using LCD light bulbs in a few years anyway.
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Due to the credit crunch, the energy saving light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off.
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dambuster 04 Feb 18:01
The energy saving lightbulbs could have stayed on all through WW2 ..Even Hodges wouldn't have told you to ''Put them lights out''. Very good, Dambuster! |
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Can I have tips on how to be forumite of the year, every year, please?
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CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lamp) is the trade term for these new fluorescent long life bulbs. Better bet used to it.
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Thats a bit of a mouthful but i`m happy to say a CLF in a shop
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CFL even ( I can`t even remember that bit) doh
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Right you lot. The trouble with the cheaper stuff that you want for 50p each is that you pay for what you get. The gear used is inferior quality and does not work properly unless in optimum conditions. You will also find that they just quote wattages which is utter b**. New regulations means that they will now have to quiote 'lumens' as well as wattage, which will give you some idea as to why the only ones worth paying for are 6.95 a piece, using professional quality gear that does not overheat.
The chaep **t ones also have a caveat that they should not be used for more than 3 hours a day as the gear cannot take the heat produced. These lamps should all be now fkd right off, as the new generation of LED comes into force. Alwys colol running, and with ultra long life, they are extortionate prices at the moment, just like the CFL's were when they first cam eout. they will come down in value but once we can affiordbthem for everyday use, they will gain be made of **tyy quality and not be worth buying. We are not allowed to import any old style pearl or 100w plus bulbs from Sept 09. However, some places, l;ike ourselves, have about 2000 left in stock and can get a few nmore. Once theses have gone they are gone. From April, traditional halophosphate tubes will also be defunct, replaced by triphospher, so expect to pay more for them for your offices. the new halogen range of lamps saves you about 30% in ebergy costs, and give a far better light than CFL's but again, they havent got these quite right and they simply arent the quality required at present. OK? |
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Im a part owner of a company that sells brilliant ones that last 8000 hours ( 8 years ) and pay for themselves back in a year and a half.
Its a no brainer www.ltc-ni.com have to buy through your local wholesaler of course.. several in Scotland and now also scattered around England. |
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rampant rabbit, yer the one wae the 2 dogs on youtube aren't ye?
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Rabbitt, I am a prt-owner of an electrical/lighting wholesaler. We are looking for a new supplier as Lumineux are er....
Got a contact? |
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Cupra.. what part of England..?
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Loughton IG10, we deliver to hotels, elec shops etc. Need some decent daylight ones too.
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Punter fleecer.. one dog now.. brown one put to sleep on Monday..
dont even go there.. devastated.. Dibeates got her in the end.. only 10.. body become unresposive to insulin..took her out to beach on Sunday on Marley and me sort of day, and then vet told me Monday morning no hope.. Will be gutted for a long time over Holly. |
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Cupra and Rabbit thanks very much for your posts very informative and much appreciated :-)
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candles the way to go imo
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Cupra.. sent me your email to paulwuk68@yahoo.co.uk.. I will drop you more details tomorrow.. in meantime check out website.. if not represented the dorr is open.. product is good and flyover over here in Ireland.
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ok
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erm....well ok rampant rabbit, i'm sorry to hear about that, at least she got to experience the snow if she hadn't done so before
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She was 10 year old Lab in video.. Eliie was the Old English pup in the Video.. she is still very much here.. just has lost her old mate.
Will be a long time till I look at the video |
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seriously, cupra, that sounds quite deranged. buying a fckin light bulb now sounds as complicated as deciding between blu ray or dvd
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hope you get over it soon, I was gutted when I had to give away Murdo the king charles, only had him for 3 weeks, but the first dog we bought 3 weeks beforehand didn't like him, and there was no point in having the 2 dogs fight all the time
gave him away after only 3 weeks but was completely gutted, this happened in 2006 mind |
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Thanks PF.. Grieving more than I have over most people in my life to date..bit silly, but fact
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well it all depends on how you got on with the dog and how you got on with the person
the one who kept you happy most will be the one harder to lose |