cooker hood bulbs ..energy saving?

996ducati

jennifer56 wrote: »

I think people are going overboard about energy saving bulbs. How long will the cooker hood bulbs be on, 1 hour a day at most?

80 times 365 = 30 kWh which costs roughly £3 in electricity a year.

And probably a lot less than that, I only have mine on when I am actually standing at the cooker cooking.

How much will replacement energy saving bulbs cost to buy? A lot more than £3.00

Jennifer

If you only use the lamps when cooking then there wont be much benefit. We tend to leave the cooker hood light on in the kitchen to light the way for the kids etc, much cheaper to run than the original 8 GU10 50w Halogen lamps (now replaced by LED lamps) ;-)

I think the OP's issue was the lamps not lasting long. Something compact fluorescents will resolve.

BoxerfanUK

Like the post above, we tend to like a light on in the kitchen all the time in the evening so the choices to leave some lighting on are;

7x 50 w = 350w halogen ceiling downlighters
3x 20 w = 60w T4 fluorescent slimline under wall cupboard lights
[STRIKE]
2x 40w = 80w old incandescent cooker hood bulbs (which frequently fail)
[/STRIKE]2x 9w = 18w NEW ES bulbs (which last longer)

What would you choose??? :rotfl:

PS. The cooker hood ES bulbs were 20p each (5 for £1 from Tesco)

richardc1983

I have been using energy saver bulbs in my cooker hood for years, I use the candle ones or Ikea do the small ones about the same size as a golfball with the small screw fitting on.

The one I have in now has lasted 2 yrs and works fine.

ailuro2

We have a lamp on the windowsill in our kitchen fitted with a 5W energysaver bulb, the lamp itself only cost a few pounds, the 5W bulb was free from a British Gas promotion. It is much cheaper than switching on the 4 x 50w halogen bulbs in the overhead lighting in the kitchen when you're just nipping in to make a cuppa, and because it's in the window it helps us to see when walking up the drive, so we don't really need the spotlights on out there either.

I haven't replaced the 50W halogens with LEDs yet as I just don't like the light colour given off by them. I do like to see what I'm doing when I'm preparing dinner.:)

JustinfromVegas

I had the same problem, the bulbs just keep blowing for fun so I put in a SPARSM Low Energy chandeller E14 pack of 2 £3.87 from the Blue place with Yellow writing where everything is cheap! They are only 5 watts but equivelent to 40 watt old bulb and estimated bulb life is 10,000 hours. They are cheap and fit.:j

themacster

I just put standard candle bulbs in ours - have changed the 40W ones when they've blown to 25W, don't really notice any difference to working light levels - they're behind diffusers anyway.

Will check the Ikea ones as we're going down there shortly.

muckybutt

Had cfl's in our cooker hood for the last 5 years...no problems

HumberThumper

Thanks for the discussion and tips. Start the clock, I've just fitted low energy cfl lamps in my cooler hood. I'll update again when they blow.