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ProfessorF
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Yup. We're moving ours over to Philips LED based ones as they burn out.
Not cheap initially, but we're nearly entirely done and the whole set's using about a tenth of the power of a normal halogen.
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timark_uk
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Whoa. Really? So I just search for Philips LED bulb and it'll show for me? Mark
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timark_uk
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ProfessorF
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Yeah but ours come from Sainsburys and are about £7-9 each I think.
Google Philips LED GU10 for some more ideas.
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timark_uk
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There's a Sainsbury's just up the road from me. (8+)
Mark
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EddArmitage
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I had mine last week. Took me longer to undo my cuff buttons that anything else. Impressively speedy day at the Doctors' surgery that was (8-)
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pcernie
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My LED bulb has a slight pinkish hue. It doesn't bother me, but don't go nuts and buy a load until you've seen a result would be my advice  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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timark_uk
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That would bother me for the one in the kitchen, as it'll also be lighting the dining table (when I get it) and when not used for dining, I'll have my laptop on it, so I'll want clean light from them. Mark
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ProfessorF
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Ours tend toward the yellow mostly. They're really pretty decent. Certainly shows up the fact that there's some blue fluorescents fitted under the cupboards...
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timark_uk
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There's different temperatures available in them. linkeyMark
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TheFrenchun
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From what I heard in the daylighting world was that you can't get LED which have natural light tones yet, or if you do they will be very pricey.
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timark_uk
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White light would be fine for me. Might nip in to B&Q tomorrow to see what it has on offer. Mark
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ProfessorF
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There's photographic LED lamps out there that are within about 99% of natural daylight.
I doubt if a GU10 LED lamp is going to be, but so what? The halogens they're replacing aren't exactly daylight matched either.
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timark_uk
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True, that. I think I'll be happy with just the white light one I linked to, but I'd like to see it first. I'd be happy with £9 per bulb, too. Mark
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Amnesia10
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 | | | | timark_uk wrote: Are there any sort of more energy efficient lightbulbs than those halogen type ones? My kitchen has a light fixture which takes these kinds of bulbs. It takes four of them, but rather than just using only two bulbs in it, I'd like to get more efficient bulbs if they are available. Anyone any ideas? Mark | | | | |
Halogens are far from efficient. When I moved in to my new flat the first thing I did was replace all the halogens I could with LED bulbs. A bathroom fitting had four 60W halogens, I replace them with four 3W LED's so power usage on that one fitting down from 240W to 12W. I still have an 150W R7s fitting to replace in the kitchen but it has a tough shield around the bulb. Just find out the light fitting and then search for LED with the right fitting. Best of all the lifespan of the bulbs means I will never need to buy bulbs again. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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