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replacing household lights with LED bulbs, advice sort please
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SpanishBlue said: I still have all the old 60W/100W bulbs I took out sitting in a drawer.I would happily give them away to a charity or anyone who wanted them, but I don't suppose there is any demand for old light bulbs?If they were Philips Photocrescenta with an ES base, I'd be more than willing to pay for postage and bung you a few pints...Some old bulbs do have value, but they are generally the more specialised ones.
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Deleted_User said:So did you all replace working non-LED bulbs, rather than just buying LED spares and using them when the old bulbs stopped working?
I have a couple of CFLs inside too actually but not in the rooms I use most. It seems environmentally wasteful to get rid of them when they're still working.1 -
SpanishBlue said:I would happily give them away to a charity or anyone who wanted them, but I don't suppose there is any demand for old light bulbs?Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.0
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Even the bulbs in our fridge and cooker hood have gone to LED. Bulb in the oven might still be incandescent, but it's hardly used, so I'll wait until it, or the stove, dies...
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3 year old fridge now has no light, not paying £30 for a new led board!
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markin said:3 year old fridge now has no light, not paying £30 for a new led board!0
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I have a similar thing with an ancient microwave. When the bulb blew, it allowed me to leave the door open thus letting the inside dry out while reducing wear 'n' tear on the latch mechanism0
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I have around 40 LED bulbs in my house. I always buy the cheapest I can find - usually from Toolstation or Screwfix, occasionally from Amazon. I've had 6 fail over the 5 years we've lived here. I'm ok with that rate of replacement given they cost about £1.50 each. 2 were replaced for free under warranty.
It's hard to know how much I'm saving, but at an average of 4W I think my lighting bill is £25-30 per annum. With incandescent bulbs at 5x the power that's up to £120 saved each year for roughly £70 spent.0 -
coffeehound said:I have a similar thing with an ancient microwave. When the bulb blew, it allowed me to leave the door open thus letting the inside dry out while reducing wear 'n' tear on the latch mechanism
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Edit: I just checked out of curiosity and this saves about 26 W of power consumption.1 -
Ikea bulbs can be good and well priced. I bought a lot of their now discontinued ryet? bulbs which were £1.Just checked their site and noticed this, a rechargeable light bulb. https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/tosthult-rechargeable-led-bulb-00400418/
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