RE: Do good energy-saving bulbs exist?

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"But think about our children's future..."

Bwahahahaha...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Peter and Jane
> Sent: 11 January 2009 17:02
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Do good energy-saving bulbs exist?
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> Hi Mal
> You ain't seen nothin' until you try a B+Q dimmable cfl.
> I have installed a Lutron scene setting lighting system in our new
> build. Dining area light is an incandescent bulb. I dutifully replaced
> it with the B+Q offering (=A310 for 1 bulb!). As the Lutron ramped up
the
> bulb lurched into a sort of knackered fluorescent mode with standing
> wave patterns in the tube, and as further light was demanded, it
> flashed through a sickly series of pale shimmering states until it
> arrived at a ghostly white pale glow that took minutes to build.
> How am I saving the planet with this expensive mercury containing heap
> of junk? This house is as environmentally conscious as I could afford
> (heat pump, heat recovery ventilation, rainwater harvesting, high
level
> of recycled newsprint insulation etc etc.) but these low energy lamps
> are ridiculous. I have lots of cfls and lots of leds (in both cases
> because you need several to replace the light output of one proper
> lamp). It is really not right to discontinue the old technology before
> the replacement technology is ready.
> I too would appreciate any leads to decent, cost effective low energy
> lamps, including dimmable leds and instant cfls that don't cost more
to
> buy than they will ever save in energy consumption!
> Rgds
> Peter
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Mal Lansell
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:40 AM
>   Subject: [ukha_d] Do good energy-saving bulbs exist?
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>   A bulb blew yesterday, and after treking round the town I found that
>   no-one is selling 100W bulbs anymore. I knew they were going to be
>   banned, but I didn't think they would disappear this soon!
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>   I tried a Phillips energy-saving "equivalent", but it was
so dim as
> to
>   be hardly worth switching on (maybe thats how they save energy). I
>   don't understand why companies lie about how bright their lamps are
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>   all it does is make everyone think the products are crap.
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>   Before I place an order online for a giant box of traditional bulbs,
>   does anyone know of a brand of energy-saving bulb that do actually
> live
>   up to their brightness claims, and that produce a pleasant colour
> light
>   rather than some cold grey glow?
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>   Thanks
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>   Mal
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