House covered in halogen bulb fittings help!

lindseykim13

We moved into our home a few years ago and found that 9 of the fittings use halogen bulbs and 4 are normal bulb but screw type fittings, i have only been able to buy and use 2 energy saving bulbs. What sort of effect are these bulbs having on my bills and how do i go about getting the energy they use reduced? I can't see changing the fittings being possible as they have been set into the ceiling. Possibly lamps for those rooms? any ideas and advice appreciated.

Millennium

You need to find out what type of bulbs they are. I replaced my 50W GU10 halogen bulbs with 3W LED GU10 bulbs!

The light output is less, but adequate for the utility room which is where they are.

Do a Google search with the type of fitting. There's loads of sites selling low energy bulbs.

If you have 12v halogen (as I do in the bedroom), they are more of a problem as you need to replace the transformers.

I hope this helps.

Ben84

Changing the fitting would probably be expensive and have a long payback. You can also buy low energy bulbs to fit most halogen fixtures, but that too gets expensive as they cost more than normal energy savers and you'll need several per room.

It would probably make sense to buy some lamps that will fit normal bayonet/screw base energy savers. I find up-lighters particularly good at spreading their light, you can easily light a whole room with one that has a 40-60w equivalent energy saver.

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we use table lamps and uplighters, with biobulbs, in almost all rooms including the hall. Our house is 3 years old and has those bright lights so beloved of developers but we work around it. We replaced alternate GU10 bulbs in the kitchen with 3 w bulbs and that gives a nice light but we rely more on the biobulbs and can move the lamps as needed

3w GU10 bulbs on their own in bathroom, cloakroom, en suites. No problem at all getting used to them