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maggiewinchester | Report | 3 Jan 2015 14:58 |
'Long lasting', 'eco-friendly', that's (allegedly) why they cost so much light bulbs? |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 3 Jan 2015 15:48 |
That shouldn't have happened :-S |
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KathleenBell | Report | 3 Jan 2015 16:13 |
I think all "low energy" bulbs are rubbish. They are supposed to last much longer than the old style bulbs but I remember in my late mother's house she had a bulb in the landing light which had been in there since she moved in in 1957 (it had probably been there before that time) and it was still going when she died in 2003. Just as well because I couldn't reach the light even on steps. The same bulb went back in even after she had the house re-wired somewhere in the 80's. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 3 Jan 2015 16:23 |
Hi Det, |
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wisechild | Report | 3 Jan 2015 16:37 |
Our house was re wired in 2008. |
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KathleenBell | Report | 3 Jan 2015 16:39 |
I can't see how these new bulbs can be classed as eco-friendly. They have to make so many more because they don't last as long, then you have to make special trips to get rid of them even without all the new set up costs to make the new fangled things. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 3 Jan 2015 16:39 |
Excluding the wireing, he meant the light fitting. The connection from the fitting to the bulb might not have been firm. |
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**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ | Report | 3 Jan 2015 17:15 |
I don't like them at all , and am still using the old type ones in some rooms.. you can still buy them if you look hard enough.. :-) |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 3 Jan 2015 17:41 |
they are rubbish - better off with a candle |
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Bobtanian | Report | 3 Jan 2015 18:05 |
Like all fluorescents, they don't like being turned off and on and off |
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lavender | Report | 3 Jan 2015 21:15 |
Sat in depressing lighting... :-( |
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LadyScozz | Report | 3 Jan 2015 22:53 |
We bought some "energy efficient" light globes. A pack of three. |
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Iris | Report | 4 Jan 2015 16:57 |
I've got a supply of the old bulbs , bought them about 5 years ago from COOPERS, the little booklet you quite often find in papers ect, not sure if they still do them . iris :-) |
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**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ | Report | 4 Jan 2015 17:14 |
I bought some not too long ago in B&M, but i have seen them recently in those shops that sell mousetraps, screws , and all kinds of wotsits. |
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Andysmum | Report | 4 Jan 2015 17:24 |
We have a 3-bulb central fitting which we use with large candle bulbs. They were always difficult to find and the new long-life!!! ones are useless, so when my local shop said they weren't being made any more, I bought up the rest of her stock! :-) :-) Not quite as bad as it sounds - she only had about a dozen left. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 4 Jan 2015 17:42 |
Our county is more enlightened ;-) when it comes to recycling. The local dump does have separate section for longlife bulbs as well as fluorescent tubes. |
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