Energy Bulbs,a boon or a curse?

[downquark1]

Originally Posted by Chicken

I read somewhere that because low-energy lights give off less heat

That's the whole point!

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I sometimes have migraines and its only from the flicker effect from a faulty fluorescent bulb

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"It is essential that such patients are able to protect themselves from specific wavelengths of light emitted by fluorescent bulbs, especially as they are often trapped indoors because they can't venture out in natural sunlight."

The rash issue is a very small case and alternatives will need to be provided. But you can't make an alarmist headline like "Low-energy bulbs 'worsen rashes'" when its such a specific condition that the sun does the same thing.

What complete BS.

[Chrysalis]

I now have energy saving bulbs in all of my rooms but one, one of them flickers for a second when turned on but the rest have no flickering at all. I have yet to have a energy saving bulb fail, whilst normal bulbs seem to last anything from 1-3 months and need replacing regurly.

[ntluser]

Given all the other lack of planning & preparation displayed by the government, perhaps we as a nation need to prepare ourselves for a no-energy rather than a low energy situation.

I have bought low energy lightbulbs and they are pretty good but perhaps not as good as those they are intended to replace.

However, in getting them it crossed my mind that if we had no electricity it would have a massive impact on our technologically based society.

Got to the stage where I am considering having solar panels fitted so that I can still benefit from my low energy bulbs.

[TheNorm]

Originally Posted by ntluser

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Got to the stage where I am considering having solar panels fitted so that I can still benefit from my low energy bulbs.

Only while the sun is shining, of course.

[ntluser]

Originally Posted by TheNorm

Only while the sun is shining, of course.

I believe the panels can cope with low light levels and charge even on wet and cloudy days.

Useful backup in the event that my local branch of the National Grid suffers an outage!!

[TheNorm]

Originally Posted by ntluser

... charge ...

That's what I meant - you need to store the electricity, which can make solar energy ridiculously expensive.

[NitroNutter]

Todays low energy bulbs are nothing short of a disaster waiting to happen. Every one of them is made to such a low standard with low quality components so they can be financially acceptable by the population every single one of them is a major fire risk. This is also why they no longer last the amount of hours they used to when they first came out.

Any evidence of this (the fire risk), as a quick search couldn't find anything.

[Octal]

We've got to reduce the energy for the future for when the globe warms up because we'll need the power for all those aircons we'll be buying

[NitroNutter]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

Any evidence of this (the fire risk), as a quick search couldn't find anything.

http://www.eastmarket.com/sylvania/ and its not uncommon, I have had many go like this in recent times. They never used to and they would last a lot longer than they do today.

[TheNorm]

Originally Posted by NitroNutter

http://www.eastmarket.com/sylvania/ and its not uncommon, I have had many go like this in recent times. ...

Very interesting.

[Knobbly]

I bought low energy bulbs to replace every single bulb in the house from Tesco's last week, yes they start off a bit dimmer but they warm up very quickly and at 89p for 2 (buy one get one free) it was a no brainer. We have oil heating and no internal thermostat so I'm not bothered about any extra heating bills.

[manxminx]

The two biggest problems for me is that the energy saving bulbs are too white and harsh (I prefer a peach coloured bulb) and they are not dimmable.

For me then, they are useless. I'll stick with the ordinary light bulbs thanks.

Ali.

[Octal]

You can get dimmable ones http://www.ebulbshop.com/acatalog/11...ng_Energy.html

[Scarlett]

Never had any problems with ours, I agree that its annoying that you can't dim them but we have a stand alone lamp the other end of the living room that we turn on when we want dim lights.

I do like the daylight one that I have in my office!