LED lightbulbs can save you hundreds in energy bills

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 07 Jan 2014, 17:25

I cheated and replaced the dimmers with ordinary switches! If yu have a cluster of lights you can put them on more than one cct so as to have a soft and a bright option. Then get ordinary "candle"-shaped LED E14's which are now widely available.

Tarrel · Post by **Tarrel** » 07 Jan 2014, 17:29

We have a floor standing lamp that uses three Small Edison Screw candle bulbs as per your link. I got some LED replacements in Tescos which are working very well for us, but they are a 25W equivalent. I can't remember if they also did a higher output version, but it might be worth checking. They have the nicest colour temperature of any LED bulbs I have tried.

I don't think they are dimmable however. Couldn't you replace the dimmer switches with ordinary ones? Dimmers do seem to restrict the choice of low energy bulbs a lot.

HTH.

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 07 Jan 2014, 17:41

They're terribly 70s as well. Go well with an Avocado suite in the bathroom (complete with carpet going up the side of the bath

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emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 07 Jan 2014, 17:52

RenewableCandy wrote:Go well with an Avocado suite in the bathroom

Or chocolate. Hideous.

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 07 Jan 2014, 18:15

<hides eyes and runs away screaming> Nooooooo!!

You know, I have had the misfortune to have actually SEEN one of those! Luckily RenewableMaman had the good sense to get rid, and go for a more Mediterranean look

Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 07 Jan 2014, 18:57

Could people please not provide links to the tax dodging, employee exploiting, unemployment making A word. I know it's the easy option but they rely on that for their tax free profits. Also, for every job that A word provides it is probable that two other jobs are lost. Perhaps we should treat the A word the same as the K word.

Blue Peter · Post by **Blue Peter** » 08 Jan 2014, 09:12

kenneal - lagger wrote:Could people please not provide links to the tax dodging, employee exploiting, unemployment making A word. I know it's the easy option but they rely on that for their tax free profits. Also, for every job that A word provides it is probable that two other jobs are lost. Perhaps we should treat the A word the same as the K word.

Apologies, but they were the only link I could find which gave the brightness (admittedly, not an exhaustive search),

Peter.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 08 Jan 2014, 10:15

RenewableCandy wrote:<hides eyes and runs away screaming> Nooooooo!!

You know, I have had the misfortune to have actually SEEN one of those!

A daughter bought a house in Hull - where else? that had a chocolate-coloured bathroom suite. It was almost artistic, it was so pitiable.

The first house I bought was one renovated by a builder; he asked what colour bathroom suite I wanted and I said white. He was delighted, because it was the cheapest. Funny that.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 08 Jan 2014, 10:16

kenneal - lagger wrote:Could people please not provide links to the tax dodging, employee exploiting, unemployment making A word.

Candy, don't ever mention that fruit again.

Tarrel · Post by **Tarrel** » 08 Jan 2014, 17:49

emordnilap wrote:
RenewableCandy wrote:<hides eyes and runs away screaming> Nooooooo!!

You know, I have had the misfortune to have actually SEEN one of those!
A daughter bought a house in Hull - where else? that had a chocolate-coloured bathroom suite. It was almost artistic, it was so pitiable.

The first house I bought was one renovated by a builder; he asked what colour bathroom suite I wanted and I said white. He was delighted, because it was the cheapest. Funny that.

Err..point of order. That's the future City of Culture you're talking about there.

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 08 Jan 2014, 20:23

You've lost me Ken...I take it you're not the K-word...oh, Dodgy, yes sorry

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 09 Jan 2014, 10:54

Tarrel wrote:
emordnilap wrote:
RenewableCandy wrote:<hides eyes and runs away screaming> Nooooooo!!

You know, I have had the misfortune to have actually SEEN one of those!
A daughter bought a house in Hull - where else? that had a chocolate-coloured bathroom suite. It was almost artistic, it was so pitiable.

The first house I bought was one renovated by a builder; he asked what colour bathroom suite I wanted and I said white. He was delighted, because it was the cheapest. Funny that.
Err..point of order. That's the future City of Culture you're talking about there.

Our 'city of culture' this year is Limerick. Its usual handle? 'Stab City'.

Ballard · Post by **Ballard** » 09 Jan 2014, 21:15

Just replaced all the bulbs with LEDs from homebase, they just plug into the existing fittings now, and the colour is really nice, a slightly less yellow light than filament or CCF. I reacon the 4-5w bulbs are very equivalent to the old 60w filament ones, also work with dimmers etc no problem.

Blue Peter · Post by **Blue Peter** » 10 Jan 2014, 09:13

Ballard wrote:I reacon the 4-5w bulbs are very equivalent to the old 60w filament ones, also work with dimmers etc no problem.

Are these old style dimmers (leading edge, I believe for the cognoscenti), or new style ones designed for LEDs (leading edge ones, I believe)?

Peter.

3rdRock · Post by **3rdRock** » 10 Aug 2015, 16:09

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ ... d-lighting

Ikea to sell only energy-saving LED lightbulbs

Halogen and compact fluorescent bulbs will no longer be sold worldwide from September by retailer, which says LED technology has reached a tipping point.