Energy Saving Lightbulbs for 49p each; save £9/bulb per year in electricity costs

tobykim

I bought a bulb the other day for the bathroom and noticed when I got it home that it says on the box not to be used in enclosed light fittings, as the light fitting in the bathroom is and enclosed globe type fitting I haven't changed the bulb, does anyone know if all energy saving light bulbs are like this, the one I bought was the spiral type

huggychair

To those people after 'more suitably shaped' energy saving bulbs ie. 'candle'/GU10 etc. I've found here:

http://www.shopeco.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYCAT&catid=90

do a good range; If you're looking at 're-bulbing' your house (as I did) it works out at £2/candle bulb based on a 24 pack. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Lindagreenacre

Does anyone know where to buy cheap, energy efficient, small eddison screw lightbulbs? Also ones that are not huge and ugly.

Stephenbw

bottyboo wrote: »

This happened over the winter and to this day we are reluctant to replace the bulbs with energy saving types as the lamps are on timers for security.

I was wondering if anybody else has had problems with these bulbs when used with timers?

I was under the impression that energy saving bulbs should not be used with timers. Certainly all the ones I have ever bought state this on the packaging. Maybe the warning is on the packaging because in some way timers damage these bulbs in the way that you described?

The manual timer I used to have caused the regular' bulb I had in a lamp to 'splutter' before it came on or went off. I assumed that this was the reason for the incompatibility with timers and energy saving bulbs.

huggychair

Lindagreenacre wrote: »

Does anyone know where to buy cheap, energy efficient, small eddison screw lightbulbs? Also ones that are not huge and ugly.

If you look at the link in my previous post and go to the product page for each bulb, most (if not all) are available in: standard bayonet, small bayonet, standard screw, small screw (use the drop down 'fitting' menu)

Also, on a trip to the high street hardware store 'Wilkinson' yesterday I found they are now doing an expanded range of energy saving bulbs. Now instead of just the standard mass-produced 'stick-shaped' ones they have such delights as the 'spiral' 'candle' and 'micro spiral'. On my limited look at them, the ones I were able to take out the box all came with screw fittings, at least one of them a 'small screw' (but it was a quick look btw!:rolleyes:) I also noticed they were all produced by GE (considered one of the better manufacturers IIRC).

Let's hope more stores start doing this soon so that the prices DROP!:j

Hopefully this will allow more MSE's to take a closer look at the 'other' side of energy saving bulbs before 're-bulbing' the house! They (the wilko ones) seemed to be good value too (if you're buying small quantities) at £2-4 per bulb.

Remember its a small product range based on the 'types/shapes' of bulb available, Generally speaking ESB's will incoroprate a fluorescent tube, and the higher the wattage of the bulb it's designed to replace the bigger the tube will be. (so basicly, we're trying to make a couple of big 'sticky-ovals' look like a candle here) Inevitably they will be larger than their full sugar cousins.

<science part over> All I say is just take a look at them first before you buy, to see if they fit with your house/fittings, dont use them on dimmer switches (others are available for this) and smile at the '£9/year/bulb' you can save!!:D

H.

:cool: :A

Poppycat

I have some candle bulbs 5 in living room, 3 in dining room, found the low energy versions then I realised the light switches are dimmers so will have to take the dimmer switches out

Stuartli

We have a large number of energy saving bulbs (Philips) bought from Morrison's on the same 99p BOGOF basis a year or so back - it's part of a Government initiative imposing demands on energy companies to provide such goods and services at little or no cost to customers. Morrison's offer is achieved through E-On.

In fact PowerGen (an E-On company) tripled the amount of loft insulation already in our loft and installed cavity wall insulation free of charge about a year ago (we are on the StayWarm scheme).

Heinz

adaadat wrote: »

Don't get me started on the absurdity of wind power and solar power, in their current forms. They're beautiful ideas but woefully uneconomic at the moment without massive hidden subsidies.

Totally agree. Apparently mean green David Cameron will recoup the £1500 cost of having that rooftop wind generator installed on his house in about 150 years!

Now that's got to be money well spent!

euglycaemia

Philips energy saving lamps for only 39p at MORRISONS!

Poppycat

These have been on offer for about 4-5 weeks now, BOGOF for 99p.

I found the bayonets one hard to get, plenty of the screw ones available though, good deal though