Help energy saving light bulbs

viv0147

Hi I changed most of the bulbs in the flat to high energy and had them at a bargain price at homebase, it worked out at 76p a bulb. They were £4.98 each in b+q, but I failed to get high energy bulbs for my chandelier 5 screw candle bulbs and also failed for my kitchen light 3 screw spotlights in 1 fitting so are they available yet ? if so where ? I hope someone can help thanks. Viv

rheme

Hi

Try these. They are a little expensive but after what we are being told is to happen with fuel prices then it is probably still a wise investment.


http://www.lightbulbs-direct.com/search_results.asp?svalue=megaman&show=near&AdSource=gaw&AdKeyword=megaman&AdID=539152695

If you contact your local electrical stockists (the ones electricians use) then you might just get them a little cheaper. I did this when I replaced my halogen lights.

Good luck.

Poppycat

I have the candle megaman bulbs whilt they are about £5 each they are good. We use 5 in living room (could have done with getting higher rating though due to dark panelled ceiling) and 3 in dining room (they are fine in there as ceiling is white) Our electric bill did go down but gobe back up due to darkening nights and larger tv.

Hapless_2

blt direct are good, I always use them.

Poppycat

I found that my local electrical supplier who are nationwide, edmundson-electrical are cheaper than many of the online stores when you take into account postage

JohalaReewi

Also worth a look are blt-direct they are good for ununsual sizes/fittings/ratings, and better generation.

http://www.bltdirect.co.uk/
http://www.bettergeneration.co.uk

stevewc84

Hi, I have come across a company who specialise in LED Tube Lights. Yes the initial purchase is more expensive but they contain no mercury and the energy savings are fantastic. I have fitted out my office with these tubes and energy savings are around 70%. I have worked out that my investment will be returned in 18 months from energy savings alone and these LED Tubes last 5 times longer.

hippey

viv0147 wrote: »

Hi I changed most of the bulbs in the flat to high energy and had them at a bargain price at homebase, it worked out at 76p a bulb. They were £4.98 each in b+q, but I failed to get high energy bulbs for my chandelier 5 screw candle bulbs and also failed for my kitchen light 3 screw spotlights in 1 fitting so are they available yet ? if so where ? I hope someone can help thanks. Viv

If you have a B&Q near you then they do the Energy Saving spot lights for the kitchen off the shelf, assuming they are the large ones I am thinking of, but the are £19 ish for one so very expensive, but there are other cheaper suppliers if your willing to look (as earlier posts)

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stevewc84 wrote: »

Hi, I have come across a company who specialise in LED Tube Lights. Yes the initial purchase is more expensive but they contain no mercury and the energy savings are fantastic. I have fitted out my office with these tubes and energy savings are around 70%. I have worked out that my investment will be returned in 18 months from energy savings alone and these LED Tubes last 5 times longer.

Did a trial on one of these at work.

We had a normal tube fitting and then next to it a led one, both on pir in a walk way and both on calibrated power meters and we found that the led one was using more power over a week and the light ouput was cr&p.

Not at work at the moment so dont have figures with me.