Light Bulbs

[Speedy Claire]

Might seem a daft question and sorry if it does but is it in my imagination or can you buy 100W light bulbs??

Yesterday I went to Sainsbury`s to get some.... none there and was told they don`t do them. I then went to Tesco`s and there was none there so today I went to Asda and none there either! the sales assistant said oh I don`t think they make them 60W is the strongest you can buy for a house light fitting. Is that right cos I`m sure i`ve bought them in the past :confused:

[DarrenSV650S]

We always have 100W. 60W is cr@p
Try DIY shops

[Dangerous Dave]

Yes, common house hold bayonet type come in 100w, 75w, 60w, 40w and 25w.

Try a DIY shop, they will have a larger range of bulbs.

[hovis]

yes you can

[dizzyblonde]

..and you can get the energy efficient equivalent bulbs too

[Speedy Claire]

Many thanks guys... will have to take a trip to B and Q then! my house is full of those energy efficient ones Lou and they drive me mad. It`s like permanent dusk!

[Bluepete]

Ikea do 150w bulbs!

ps,

Merry Christmas everyone!

[Speedy Claire]

Merry Christmas to you too lol :smt111

[Luckypants]

Many thanks guys... will have to take a trip to B and Q then! my house is full of those energy efficient ones Lou and they drive me mad. It`s like permanent dusk!

Get some brighter energy efficient ones then! All the ones in my house are energy efficient ones......

[Speedy Claire]

Get some brighter energy efficient ones then! All the ones in my house are energy efficient ones......


I couldn`t find 100W energy efficent ones even :rolleyes:

[Luckypants]

I couldn`t find 100W energy efficent ones even :rolleyes:

The reason they are called 'energy efficient' is they use less energy. Energy is measured in Watts (brightness is measured in Lumens) so you won't find 100W energy efficient bulbs, you will find 100W equivalents! The equivalent CFL energy efficient bulb to a 100W incandescent bulb is 23 Watts (approx).

HTH

[Speedy Claire]

The reason they are called 'energy efficient' is they use less energy. Energy is measured in Watts (brightness is measured in Lumens) so you won't find 100W energy efficient bulbs, you will find 100W equivalents! The equivalent CFL energy efficient bulb to a 100W incandescent bulb is 23 Watts (approx).

HTH


yes i figured that out when I read the labels, it basically says on the box equivalent to whatever wattage but there were none that were equivalent to 100W :p

[tigersaw]

They are banned from sale after Sep 2009 (revised from Jan 2009). 150W already banned. Doubt retailers even know or will abide until their stocks delpleted.
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/ecodesign/doc/committee/2008_12_08_technical_briefing_household_lamps.pdf

[Speedy Claire]

They are banned from sale after Sep 2009 (revised from Jan 2009). 150W already banned. Doubt retailers even know or will abide until their stocks delpleted.
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/ecodesign/doc/committee/2008_12_08_technical_briefing_household_lamps.pdf


Ah I wonder if thats what the problem is then.... the supermarkets aren`t bothering to buy anymore in incase they end up with a shelf load of 100W bulbs :rolleyes:

[maviczap]

Homebase have a special offer on energy efficient ones, 100w at 99p. Made by Phillips.

Bought 2 yesterday

[Bibio]

Osram 20watt CLF... well bright enough ... i use the. tried most of the others osram are best.. do not buy philips CLF, they are crap...

clf's do go dim after about 1.5 years so dont wait till they pop..

we burn 6 bulbs in my house coz the kids dont know how to turn lights off :( after changing over to clf's about 5 years ago i have saved quite a bit on my leccy bill..

put it this way 1 clf v's incandesent = £23 a year... based on 8 hours a day at 15p a unit of leccy.

[embee]

I've found like most things that modern ones are a lot better than the offerings of a few years ago, both in start-up and in brightness. The best ones I've had so far were freebies from Grittish Bass, first rate. Don't put up with the old heaters, get some modern efficient ones.

Just think, if it was the other way round would you willingly opt for some "new" lamps which used five times the energy of your "traditional" energy efficient lamp?

If in doubt move up a rating, and as Bibio says, Osram are hard to beat.

[Speedy Claire]

ok will go Osram shopping at the weekend and will look out for the 20watt.... many thanks everyone

[Paul the 6th]

get some philips power xtreme blue vision HID bulbs... they use tonnes of electricity but you'll never squint while reading another book again :razz:

[hovis]

ok will go Osram shopping at the weekend and will look out for the 20watt.... many thanks everyone

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=122430:cheers:

[Speedy Claire]

Bought a couple of the osram ones so about to try them out if I can see in the dark to fit them and don`t fall off the bannister in the process :cheers:

[wyrdness]

I've got two 23 watt 'broad spectrum' low energy bulbs in my bathroom. They're very bright indeed, though a single one really isn't enough

[Kinvig]

I thought they had phased out 100w bulbs as part of the environment thingy.

[gettin2dizzy]

5 energy saving ones in tesco for 40p. Get them before they run out!

[Thingus]

There was a voluntary thing agreed by loads of people (under the assumption that they would be burned to death by the Sun and News of the World) that the 100w bulb would be fased out, but i didn't think it was a ban.
Not really worth it from what you read here tho eh :p this flat is full of halogens, i can't imagine that's cheap.

[gettin2dizzy]

the 100w bulb would be fased out,
Haven't they heard of dimmers? ;)

[Ed]

Not really worth it from what you read here tho eh :p this flat is full of halogens, i can't imagine that's cheap.

We had quite a few of they fitted and the damn bulbs keep blowing. I'm slowly replacing them with LEDs but at £9 for 2 they aren't cheap. Not terrifically bright but at 1.2w I can't complain.

[yorkie_chris]

We wired up a load of flats which had all halogen downlighting, mostly 20 odd watts apiece, and 22 lamps per flat. You get the same amount of light with a single 40w light bulb...

That's why when you let some poof of an interior designer loose, you get a leccy bill that could clear the national debt of a small country.

[DarrenSV650S]

In the living room we have a 3 lamp fitting which can only take 40w bulbs. So you'd think that all together it would be about 120w. But it doesn't work like that. All three produce less light than a single 100w bulb

[Thingus]

We had quite a few of they fitted and the damn bulbs keep blowing. I'm slowly replacing them with LEDs but at £9 for 2 they aren't cheap. Not terrifically bright but at 1.2w I can't complain.

I put a set of 3 halogens in the bedroom and i think they've all blown at least twice in 3 years. I suppose that's okay considering the usage but they're expensive aswell.
LEDs will last a lifetime right?

Should've just taken the thing down and put a string with a blub on the end of it.

[Ed]

I put a set of 3 halogens in the bedroom and i think they've all blown at least twice in 3 years. I suppose that's okay considering the usage but they're expensive aswell.
LEDs will last a lifetime right?

Should've just taken the thing down and put a string with a blub on the end of it.

Not a lifetime but it says 30,000 hours on the box. We have the chavvy blue ones and the rather more tasteful white ones in our kitchen.

What's a string with a blub on the end of it?:D

[DarrenSV650S]

A pendant

[tigersaw]

LEDs will last a lifetime right?


Not very long at all in my experience. The multi led ones tend to drop out in clusters of three and generally go dim and flicker.

[Thingus]

That's a bit cak! Good ol' conventional bulbs sound good to me still. When they invent an energy efficient (/cheap to run) bulb that doesn't take half an hour to warm up i'll switch :p
A string with a blub is a light fitting without the shade on it but i suppose someone in some 'click' or 'hood' could use it as a pendant :D

[Jabba]

Pedant alert (and since a thread like this always has has a post like this) ;) :

They are not bulbs. They are lamps.

[DarrenSV650S]

Pedant alert (and since a thread like this always has has a post like this) ;) :

They are not bulbs. They are lamps.
Ahh actually you're wrong there. Everyone always comes out with that: "a bulb is something you plant in the garden"
But you look up bulb in the dictionary ;)

[Thingus]

...haha

-walks out silently having learned nothing whatsoever-