Q about energy saving lightbulbs

Wesker

I have recently changed all the bulbs in my flat to energy saving ones but i also own the flat above ours on a BTL.
There are about 5 lights on the stairs between the 2 flats and was thinking of changing these too, but they are on a timer, about 2 mins i think, and as the energy savings bulbs dont come onto their full brightness for a few minutes would it be worth changing the stair lights too?
Also i have a couple of small lamps in my flat that take smaller than normal bulbs. Can you get smaller, lower wattage energy saving bulbs? I've only seen the normal sized ones

ginvzt

I am sure you can get some smaller bulbs. Maybe not very small, but i.e. I got energy saving bulbs for the cooker hood. I don't know what bulbs you got, but the ones I got come up to full fairly quickly - only the cooker hood seems to take a bit. I had a bulb that was called something like 'soft start', which used to come up gradually and I hated it. No need to say it was changed pretty quickly.

scbk

Leave the stairs bulbs as they are or someone will end up breaking their neck!

Jem8472

also most if not all energy savers say not to be used with electronic switches which include timers

Wesker

Thanks for your replys guys, will leave the stair lights as they are

Jonesya

Yeah you can get some very small micro spiral low energy bulbs, you can also get low energy, candle type, bulbs