Energy Saving Lightbulbs Vs. Regular Lightbulbs?

newleaf

Light bulbs Direct are also a reliable supplier, in fact I stupidly ordered some bulbs with the wrong base fitting (not paying attention) and their customer service department were very helpful & generous. They also stock the large size reflector LEDs for the kitchen spotlights, which use 9watts each instead of 150, which Ledhut don't seem to stock.

Minrich

I am a handyman gardener odd job man part time . On a recent job a kitchen had some led lights , four of them covering the area above the sink . One of the bulbs was defective , it was £20 to replace !

Minrich

On a lighting note my wife wants to replace the 5' tube/strip lighting in our kitchen , three of them . The first issue i foresee is when the old strip light is removed you get a hole in the ceiling where the wiring comes out , secondly the holes made by the screws holding the light up but the biggest problem being the artex which was applied all round the lights . This will show up where the lights used to be ! Any suggestions ? Sensible ones preferred

silverwhistle

Minrich wrote: »

Any suggestions ? Sensible ones preferred

See my post above.:)

silverwhistle

Martyn1981 wrote: »

One tip I'd suggest, and many may disagree totally, but here goes:

Too right we disagree Martyn; many of us use the 'stumble and feel' technique and, let's face it, my solar panels aren't generating at night..:D

lstar337

Martyn1981 wrote: »

One tip I'd suggest, and many may disagree totally, but here goes:

Listen to any discussion on CFL's and the usual crowd will complain they take too long to warm up (they are pretty fast these days, but LED's are overtaking them anyway.) Someone (who probably doesn't have CFL's) will always chime in with - "at night, the bathroom light takes so long to warm up that I've already had a pee, and am leaving before it's come on, ha ha ha!"

But ..... I have the opposite view, as my older CFL's start to wear down, and take longer to reach full brightness, I move them to the bathroom, that way, in the middle of the night, when your pupils are wide open, you don't get blinded by the light, and stagger round in tears, trying to find the toilet, or fumbling for the cough medicine. The same works for bedside reading lamps.

Mart.

I agree Martin!

We have a very white bathroom which is not huge. It is illuminated by 4 (50W eqv.) cool white GU10's (1800lm total).

If I get up to use the loo in the night, I don't even dare turn them on. I don't really feel like having an image of our bathroom etched on to my retinas for a fortnight!!

I use the landing light (a nice low wattage cfl) and leave the door slightly ajar. Much kinder to my eyes.

Minrich

silverwhistle wrote: »

See my post above.:)

Yes - But what did you replace it with ?

Kernel_Sanders

rosythfifer wrote: »

6x500 = 3kw x 8Hrs = 24Kw every night

6x50 = 0.3Kw x 8Hrs = 2.4Kw every night

So a saving nightly of 21.6Kw.

You are multiplying kilowatts by hours and still ending up with kilowatts.
These three answers should be in kWh.

elstimpo

I'm not allowed to post a link to my own company, but if i were allowed, i've just written an article about the tricks LED companies use to make sales. I'm also not just referring to ebay and group on sellers, internet companies are using these tricks every single day.

With Trading Standards reporting more and more seizures of potentially lethal, LED's being imported into this country it's absolutely vital you do the research on the company you are buying from before purchasing. It's my belief that a scarily high amount of ALL LED lamps imported into this country do not comply with CE safety standards even though products have CE stamped on them by Chinese manufacturers. Its not the manufacturers job to make sure the product complies with CE its the retailers. I've been in the industry over a decade and i wouldn't let anyone i know buy a single thing from some of the online LED retailers named on these forums.

If there is one thing you do, ignore the companies own customer satisfaction ratings published on their own website. Check multiple, genuinely independent review sites for a true reflection on a companies quality.

Make sure you look up any company you are thinking of buying products from on on https://www.trustpilot.co.uk first. You might be surprised by what you find.

Sterlingtimes

elstimpo wrote: »

It's not the manufacturers job to make sure the product complies with CE its the retailers. I've been in the industry over a decade and i wouldn't let anyone i know buy a single thing from some of the online LED retailers named on these forums.

The retailer, of course, has a responsibility in contract to its customers. But I understand that in tort responsibility for a claim could lie to the distributor, the importer, or the manufacturer if the manufacturer (if the manufacturer can be found). A retailer is probably not always in a position to ensure that a product meets the required safety standards.

The few LED bulbs that I bought from Aldi all failed. The TCP LED bulbs bought from Homebase have all been fine. I can see that there is a quality difference.