Energy Saving Light Bulbs

heavy_t

Got some Osram 11w energy savers in Sainsburys the other day... buy two save £2.99 but they were only £2.19 each to start with so with the discount effectively 69.5p each

BexTech

From 26–30 March, 10,000 energy-saving light bulbs will be given away to residents across Birmingham – one free for each person, with two free bulbs available to those over 60 or in receipt of benefits.

The campaign locations are:
26 March, 10am–4.30pm: Kingstanding shopping area;
27 March, 10am–1pm: Lozells Road (near Pak Supermarket);
27 March, 2–4.30pm: corner of Soho Road/Holly Road,Handsworth;
28 March, 10am–1pm: Small Heath Community Centre, Bordesley Green;
28 March, 2–4.30pm: Edward Road shopping area, Sparkbrook;
29 March, 10am–4.30pm: Victoria Square, city centre;
30 March, 10am–1pm: Revesby Walk shopping area, Nechells;
30 March, 2–4.30pm: Gooch Street shopping area, Highgate.

For free and impartial advice on energy saving in the home, call the Birmingham Energy Efficiency Advice Service on 0800 512 012.

mark1024

alphacalifragelistic wrote: »

Low Emission Bulbs That Can Cope With Dimmer Switches

OK, here's my tuppence worth on the subject of low emission bulbs

megamanuk.com; £9.95 a bulb from lamps2udirect.com). These are compatible with all dimmer switches, endorsed by the Energy Saving Trust. They have a four-step dimming system, from 100 per cent to 5 per cent brightness in four easy twiddles of the knob.Despite the expense, I am very tempted. I note the endorsements of Megaman in earlier posts, but has anyone tried these DorS bulbs?

Thanks for the info. I've been looking for some dimmable bulbs - my only problem with these is the low light output. Its not easy to fathom, but the 11 watt provides 570 Lumens of light (the important number in terms of how bright they are), which seems equivalent to less than 50 watt of normal light bulb output.

I am still having problems both getting any bright low energy bulbs which actually fit my existing lamps, and getting dimmable bulbs.

Cheers

newnhak

I found some energy saver small bayonet candle bulbs in Boyes yesterday - they were the spiral type and cost £2.49 (much cheaper than the ones I was going to buy online)

Heres the link to Boyes website - they are in the North East and some of the Midlands.

http://www.boyes.co.uk/

BexTech

The daylight bright ("SAD") energy saver light bulbs are very good, they save energy / low wattage, yet give out an excellent bright daylight type light.

euglycaemia

Not sure this is posted recently...

Morrison sells PHILIPS energy saver bulbs 11W [=60W] and 18W[=100W] 2 for 99p.......

I remeber buying this for around £4 or £5 in the past!:o

Bettyboop

Going to check this out tomorrow. I bought a 60w one on Thursday from Morrisons and it cost me £3.47!!!

jordy32

bought 2 for 99p today (100w eq.). Not bad at all, turn on straight away on flicking the light switch unlike the older ones which took a while to "warm" up.

Cricri

They used to be £1 with "buy one, get one free" for ages. I have a stack of them, they work great, highly recommended

Dalkirst

They are nearly always BOGOF 99p in Morrison's and they have been doing that offer for some time:)