Changing lights -- rented property

Miami

Old Git, I've changed fittings in the past in my mother's ex-council house and had no problems. Also changed light switch covers and plug socket covers in her house, again with no problem, and converted a normal switch to a dimmer switch. (And for the record, I was changing fuses at the age of 11 )

I'm responsible and if I take down the current fitting and it looks too complex to change then I won't continue with the job, but having said that the bathroom, hall and lounge all have ceiling roses so it suggests the job can be done. I wouldn't chuck / steal the LL's fittings either; they'd be stored until I vacated the flat and then I would change them back.

Deannatrois, that does sound quite shocking! :eek: Hopefully you won't have any trouble with the LL when you move out

Guest101

Miami wrote: »

I don't technically need the LL's address yet, so not worth making a formal request to the LA just yet. I'm more interested in getting my deposit protection certificate (still waiting for it from the LA :mad:)

Guest101, there's a clause in my tenancy agreement that says I can't use blu-tack or sellotape on the walls and I'm not allowed to paint or put a nail in the wall :rotfl: In fact I can't even change energy supplier without the LL's written permission :rotfl: (Yes, I know this isn't legally enforceable but luckily the only cheaper tariff is e-on saving me £2 a year which isn't worth the hassle of switching )

Libf, thank you for that link! To Argos I go :j

None of those are enforceable really. Where's the loss?

AdrianC

SeduLOUs wrote: »

I think it's highly unlikely that switching from three low wattage bulbs to one higher wattage bulb is going to make a significant impact to your finances to be completely honest, but if you insist on trying why not just use one bulb anyway instead of changing the whole fixture?

Indeed.

I'm assuming that we're talking about 3 x GU10 halogens, 50w each? Swap them for a single 60w incandescent, and you'll save 90w/hour.

At ~15p/kwh, you'll be saving approximately 1.36p/hour...

SeduLOUs

AdrianC wrote: »

Indeed.

I'm assuming that we're talking about 3 x GU10 halogens, 50w each? Swap them for a single 60w incandescent, and you'll save 90w/hour.

At ~15p/kwh, you'll be saving approximately 1.36p/hour...

That's actually a lot bigger than I'd imagined.

On a very basic assumption of having about 6 hours of total usage across these fittings per day you'd be looking at about a £30 annual saving (and that would be high usage for me). Obviously there's the saving on the actual bulbs themselves too.

Probably still nowhere near big enough for me to bother personally!

Miami

Does that mean I can legally paint my flat?! :eek: (Of course with the plan I'd revert to magnolia prior to vacating)

AdrianC, my bulbs are definitely not GU10. They're 60W candle bulbs, either ES or SES. SeduLOUs, even a £30 a year saving's going to help. My yearly MOT is £30 so that's a free MOT for "going to all that bother"

SeduLOUs

Miami wrote: »

AdrianC, my bulbs are definitely not GU10. They're 60W candle bulbs, either ES or SES. SeduLOUs, even a £30 a year saving's going to help. My yearly MOT is £30 so that's a free MOT for "going to all that bother"

That was based on having a light on for 6 hours every day which is quite a lot.

But anyway, value is value, and even £5 is better than zero. I'd personally not think the saving would be worth the effort plus potential hassle from the LL about it, but obviously it's entirely your decision to make and if you believe it's worth it then that's great.

AdrianC

Miami wrote: »

AdrianC, my bulbs are definitely not GU10. They're 60W candle bulbs, either ES or SES.

So no issues with directionality of beam - just take two bulbs out of each fitting...