energy saving bulbs - now ripoff

Cornucopia

Chrysalis wrote: »

ikea website looks no cheaper to me, care to show an exact link?

You're right - they used to do 3x11w E27 CFLs for 3.25 ish, but not on their website now...

Wickes has some reasonable prices on Phillips CFLs.

Farel01

I have just replaced all my light bulbs to LED lights (Mix of IKEA and Philips) courtesy of the Energy Savings Trust. :cool:

A few months ago they had the green cash back scheme for up to £500, I have spent around £350 which includes LED security floodlights and a few spares.

This exact deal is no longer available, but they still offer something very similar which includes LED lighting up to £300.

energysavingtrust scotland Green-Homes-Cashback-Scheme

I LOVE my LED's, they stay cool to the touch which allays my fears of my house burning to the ground due to me leaving on a night light.. and the light they give out is really good, and nice and warm. And unlike energy saving bulbs, they turn on straight away and are at full strength!

Kernel_Sanders

Battleaxe44 wrote: »

T so the flouro light in the kitchen is always turned on to give enough illumination How can this be saving money and energy?

Because tungsten filament bulbs only use about 7% of the energy input producing light, whereas the low energy ones (which include your kitchen fluoro) use more like a third.

jackieblack

VoucherMan wrote: »

I bought a lifetime supply when the supermarkets were selling them for 10p each

Me too
Then my husband dropped the box

Myser

jackieblack wrote: »

Me too
Then my husband dropped the box

Hope you evacuated/ventillated the room and disposed of the broken lamps safely?

keystone

[RANT]

I find this constant pandering to the [STRIKE]"global warming"[/STRIKE] sorry "climate change" lobby so very seriously irritating.

I don't have 5 feet of insulation in my roof, I don't have quadruple glazing, I don't have CWI (apart from anything else there's no cavity to stick it in), I don't have condensation problems, I don't have these wretched energy saving lamps anywhere in my house, I don't have an A rated boiler. I do have below national average energy consumption figures including all those similar properties that are insulated to the hilt and as "green" as they can possibly be and we live a normal life. Nobody can explain that simple bit of mathematics to me.

[/RANT]

Sorry to divert the thread.

Cheers

Leif

You can get 30W CFL bulbs on fleabay and elsewhere. I buy them from local hardware shops. For some reason B&Q et al do not sell them. The Phillips spirals are good too. I tried some cool white 30W bulbs but the light is too blue, and I prefer the usual yellow ones. A 30W CFL is very bright, comparable to a 150W traditional bulb, they are excellent although one of mine blew after 6 months use. Light shades warn against using high power CFL bulbs, but I've not had an issues, and they run fairly cool when compared to filament bulbs.

One reason to insulate your house, and use CFL bulbs is due to energy security. We have to import a lot of our oil and gas, and that puts us at the mercy of some nasty regimes. Fracking might mean cheapish home grown energy though.

Hintza

I bought a lifetime supply of bayonet 100W bulbs just before they were banned, I don't use them now

I buy the Halogen ones where I need good light but they never get anywhere near the quoted lifespan.

Inside we have installed a lot of Haler LEDs which are great.

A couple of years ago I got a stonking electric deal but it ran out and my electricity has now gone up 25% in two rises this year

cyclonebri1

Myser wrote: »

Philips tend to be one of the more relaible CFL lamp manufacturers. They also have a long warranty too which they do honour.

Don't know if it has been mentioned but I thought I'd comment when I saw this.

We replaced the kitchen and living room lights with Phillips instant start cool white lamps, fairly limited range though.

They are fantastic compared to any other energy saving lamps we have.

Down side?, they were £3 a pop for 10 when I bought, friend wanted some a week later and they were £4 from the same place:mad:

Kernel_Sanders

Hintza wrote: »

I bought a lifetime supply of bayonet 100W bulbs just before they were banned, I don't use them now

Save them, they will eventally rise in value as they are a cheap way of installing a heater in a vivarium.