Energy Saving Light Bulbs?

Frank99

I have the very early free version of the Energy Saving Light Bulbs all over the house, they were given to us by a local charity in 1990, they are the funny shaped version which take a little while to go bright and flicker from time to time.
I still have a cupboard full of them none have expired and need replacing.
I'm not complaining but do they blink out at the end of their life or what because they are going on forever compared to the old ones.:eek:

harz99

Frank99 wrote: »

I have the very early free version of the Energy Saving Light Bulbs all over the house, they were given to us by a local charity in 1990, they are the funny shaped version which take a little while to go bright and flicker from time to time.
I still have a cupboard full of them none have expired and need replacing.
I'm not complaining but do they blink out at the end of their life or what because they are going on forever compared to the old ones.:eek:

If my old Panasonic ones are anything to go by they just take longer and longer to reach useable light, and end up being replaced before they actually expire, due to being too dim. Just bought a new one to replace a 1990 ish 20w we have in the kitchen, as the old one doesn't throw enough light out now.

EssexExile

You've been lucky, mine all died ages ago.

cranford

harz99, if you want a bright light in your kitchen without putting in a fitment the look at these LED 25 watt on ebay.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5W-50W-E27-B22-LED-Corn-Bulb-Lamp-Light-Energy-Saving-Spotlight-Waterproof-IP65/254428866454?hash=item3b3d246796:m:m_bxKRYI_agtUVR4r5wa0iA

They are flicker free, non dimable but need a fairly deep shade as they are 21.5 cm long.

Davesnave

Any LED over 20w in an average sized room may be brighter than you want or need, so it depends on the size of the kitchen. We have one 20w in our dining area and it's rather more than we need.


LED bulbs are great, though. We replaced all the old EFLs in one day and the house felt instantly better.

shaun_from_Africa

cranford wrote: »

harz99, if you want a bright light in your kitchen without putting in a fitment the look at these LED 25 watt on ebay.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5W-50W-E27-B22-LED-Corn-Bulb-Lamp-Light-Energy-Saving-Spotlight-Waterproof-IP65/254428866454?hash=item3b3d246796:m:m_bxKRYI_agtUVR4r5wa0iA

They are flicker free, non dimable but need a fairly deep shade as they are 21.5 cm long.

Personally, I think that buying electrical items from sellers in the far east isn't a good idea as there is no way of knowing if the items in question are safe or if they have passed any of the required tests before being sold here.
Even though the lamps are shipped from the UK doesn't mean that they are safe.

There are numerous reports, easily found on Google showing the problems that can occur with many such items.

missile

I believe you have compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs?

I installed type GU10, 11watt CFLs several years ago to replace 50watt halogen spots.

I have now replaced the CFLs with 5watt LEDs. They use less energy, light is much brighter with no irritating delay.

If you are lucky you may be able to use the existing fittings.

Mickygg

OP you’ll probably find they contain mercury so be careful. We had one blow about a year ago where it shattered and guidance is to air room, stay out of room and replace carpet and give a thorough clean without using hoover!

I only found this out several days later after it happened annoyingly.

As result I changed all the bulbs to led ones and got rid of the mercury ones.

Ectophile

Replace the carpet? If you can carefully pick up all the bits, that's all you need to do.


It's worth ventilating the room, but it's only around 4 milligrams of mercury in a CFL.