EU outlawing more light bulbs.

poppasmurf_bewdley

It looks as though the EU still can't stop meddling in this country's affairs. According to this article, certain halogen light bulbs are now banned in this country from this week.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/706107/EU-interferes-again-while-still-members-bans-halogen-spotlights

Wilt

Good. They're terrible things.

benten69

So what? LED's are better, cheaper to run and last MUCH longer. People say the EU "meddle" with things, but the UK is also a bit "stuck in its ways" and sometimes needs a push to move with the times.

SailorSam

I stocked up on the old style bulbs before the shops stopped selling them. Now I'll have to start stocking up on these before the shelves empty.

ajbell

No one's getting my stock of 150w bulbs.

spadoosh

benten69 wrote: »

So what? LED's are better, cheaper to run and last MUCH longer. People say the EU "meddle" with things, but the UK is also a bit "stuck in its ways" and sometimes needs a push to move with the times.

I get what your saying but why are they banning them?

Because they want to look after our health?
Because they set emissions targets that are going to fail?

Surely the best solution for those would be to ban the sale of oil?

Why control the tiny things in peoples lives to make the world a better place when there are huge things that effect peoples health which are allowed to carry on.

Carrot007

SailorSam wrote: »

I stocked up on the old style bulbs before the shops stopped selling them. Now I'll have to start stocking up on these before the shelves empty.

You obviously like paying lots for lightoing that proivides more heat that it relativly does light.

Have fun with that.

Carrot007

ajbell wrote: »

No one's getting my stock of 150w bulbs.

I find that 7/8W LED bulbs are much brighter and have 2 in my loft.

Also much safer if you leave them on.

[Deleted User]

Nanny state from the EU again, but in this case they are right. Our Halogen bulbs in the kitchen, (5 of them ) and 3 in the bathroom seem to blow pretty quickly and they are not that cheap and awkward to install. LEDs are obviously the answer and have come down in price enough for us to fit 10 in the main lounge on small screw fitting for only a quid each from Poundland . We have not been too fussed to change the kitchen/bathroom lights because they are not on for too long anyway. Even if we were not in the EU I think the UK government would still ban them. 50 watts down to 5 watts is a terrific saving and maybe we need a kick up the a*** to go and buy a few. Don t get 3 watts ones tho, they re not bright enough. 5 watts minimum are needed.

coffeehound

The EU's premature banning of tungsten filament bulbs resulted in the market being flooded with substandard compact fluorescent bulbs from China whose carbon footprint must have been terrible, contained mercury, and which had little chance of achieving their claimed life expectancy. Strange that you don't see any of them still around a few years later. They're probably poisoning the groundwater in landfill already.

Carrot007

sacsquacco wrote: »

Nanny state from the EU again, but in this case they are right. Our Halogen bulbs in the kitchen, (5 of them ) and 3 in the bathroom seem to blow pretty quickly and they are not that cheap and awkward to install. LEDs are obviously the answer and have come down in price enough for us to fit 10 in the main lounge on small screw fitting for only a quid each from Poundland . We have not been too fussed to change the kitchen/bathroom lights because they are not on for too long anyway. Even if we were not in the EU I think the UK government would still ban them. 50 watts down to 5 watts is a terrific saving and maybe we need a kick up the a*** to go and buy a few. Don t get 3 watts ones tho, they re not bright enough .5 watts minimum are needed.

Indeed. But not .5 (0.5_ ;-)

I moved home last year. Got some new lights. All came with gu10 halogens. all dies within 6 months some a lot less.All noe LED nothing has fies since and they are brighter.

Halogen gu10's seem to last 6 months if you are lucky.