Long life bulbs, amazing info

moonrakerz

harryhound wrote: »

Mercury builds up in the body, there was a fuss a few years ago about dental assistants wearing open toe sandals as the heavy vapour (of dropped filling mixture) could be absorbed through the skin.

I assume all the vast quantities of mercury the dentist was packing into the patients teeth was harmless !!!!

darich

moonrakerz wrote: »

I assume all the vast quantities of mercury the dentist was packing into the patients teeth was harmless !!!!

Each patient is only exposed to a small amount for a small time. Once it's in the tooth/filling paste it's harmless. The dentist is exposed to it all day every day.
It's like going for an x-ray - you're liying on the bed exposed to the x-rays but the nurse/doctor is hiding behind a screen.

For the patient it's a small dose - for the dentist/doctor, it's huge.

Savvy_Sue

chesky369 wrote: »

Sue, you should have hung on to a couple of those bulbs until this weekend - if you go along to B + Q they will swap two old-style bulbs for two new-style ones.

Oh, I don't think any of them were old-style! But we get through a LOT of candle bulbs

SALOPMAN

You can get 4 Philips Low Energy bulbs I think they are 7w or 11w for just a £1
Not bad price
Ideal to stock up

SALOPMAN

Sorry ref above post you can get the 4 for a £1 from Morrisons

Biggles

SALOPMAN wrote: »

You can get 4 Philips Low Energy bulbs I think they are 7w or 11w for just a £1
Not bad price
Ideal to stock up

Though that is cheap, I'm avoiding the temptation to stock up, even when I see a good offer.

With bulbs lasting 10 years (or far, far more, depending on usage) I can see myself with them coming out of my ears when the government want to ban this 'old-fashioned' technology (maybe because of the mercury, who knows?) and force us all to use the new LED lights (which will probably be cheaper, better, cost less to use and last longer) within three or four years.

Just a thought.......

SALOPMAN

LOL My wife threatened me to get anymore as we stocked up when they were 39p each. lol:T:rotfl: