Cooker hood light bulbs and .....

twopenny

I'm wondering if I can replace the light bulbs in the cooker hood for low energy led ones or if this would cause problems/not work/blow the electrics/cause fire.

Its 23yrs old - Zanussi intergtrated cooker hood ZH 280 and the bulbs 220-240 volt 40watt clear cyndrical bulb with small E14 screw thread.

I'm also about to get up a ladder to see if I can remove the cover from the strip light to find what energy this uses.

Where do I look for the stamp that tells me please?

What should I look for to see if it's replaceable with energy saving also?

Moved pre pandemic and for many reasons haven't got around to this yet but now's the time

knightstyle

Yes just replace the hood ones with LEDs, Is the strip light a fluorescent one?  If so it would be best to replace the whole fitting with a ned LED strip light. 

FreeBear

Replaced the bulbs in my cooker hood last year with LED ones. The actual saving on electricity will be minimal though as the light is not turned on very often - Might save a couple of pennies over the course of a year.

Bendy_House

I've done this too, but it was mainly to try and get a brighter light - and not having to replace them every couple of years - what a chore, man

Choose your new LEDs carefully - amount and colour of light.

twopenny

Thanks for the help.

Cooker hood light covers a decent area so easy to just lift the lid in evenings to make light for a cup of tea etc. But nice to leave it on a while to lighten the long nights.

OK with the strip light. From what I read on here on how to convert just replacing sounds more practical.

Do strip lights still go by the 'costs a lot to switch on but low cost to leave on' ? Decades ago that was the theory and I've never owned one so it's not something that comes up in conversation.

Its marked Osram L58w/535

jennifernil

Sounds like it uses 58 watts then.

Section62

jennifernil said:

Sounds like it uses 58 watts then.

More than that because there will be losses in the control circuit. (Difficult to say how much as systems vary so much)

bob_a_builder

Does the strip light have a visible starter ( you, know, the small round circular thing sticking out of the side)  
If so, converting  it to LED is a very simple process 
Remove exiting Tube and Starter
Replace with LED tube and fit new Starter supplied with the LED tube

twopenny

Yes it has a visible starter sticking out at the side.

Sounds simple? What is an exiting tube Bob?

At 58w it gives a great bright light. So 2hrs would be worth it. No excuse not to do the clearing up at night.

But it's the brightness that makes me wonder about the cost - and why I wondered about power starting up and staying on that I mentioned.

<<Do strip lights still go by the 'costs a lot to switch on but low cost to leave on' ? Decades ago that was the theory and I've never owned one so it's not something that comes up in conversation.>>

FreeBear

twopenny said: <<Do strip lights still go by the 'costs a lot to switch on but low cost to leave on' ? Decades ago that was the theory and I've never owned one so it's not something that comes up in conversation.>>

Yes, fluorescent lights do have a high startup current, but it is a very brief demand. Over the course of a few hours, you will consume considerably more energy keeping the light on.

Section62

bob_a_builder said:

Does the strip light have a visible starter ( you, know, the small round circular thing sticking out of the side)  
If so, converting  it to LED is a very simple process 
Remove exiting Tube and Starter
Replace with LED tube and fit new Starter supplied with the LED tube

The process isn't really all that simple.  There are different types of luminaire and different types of LED tube.

Get the combination wrong and it won't work without further modification.  And in many cases without further modifications there may be parts of the control circuit that continue to consume electricity without any benefit.

It sounds simple, but you need a fair amount of luck for it to be that easy.