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replacing household lights with LED bulbs, advice sort please

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  • k_man
    k_man Posts: 1,636 Forumite
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    Nope sorry, even then it seems very high.
    0.18kW x 16 hours
    is almost 3kWh - how powerful is your shower, and do you take really long ones?

    Apologies for veering...


  • BUFF
    BUFF Posts: 2,185 Forumite
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    edited 18 March 2022 at 10:55PM
    Another factor with LEDs is people can be happier to leave the lights on for longer.  So that might blunt the savings that the raw wattages suggest
    Not only that but research suggests that a lot of the potential energy saving has also been mitigated by people using the cost saving to install more lights (many outdoors) ...  :(
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