Energy Bulbs,a boon or a curse?
21-01-2008, 15:32
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Re: Energy Bulbs,a boon or a curse?
I have used low energy lamps for many years, the first being a 16 watt "2D" bayonet cap lamp on the landing in the early '80s that was so heavy it required a heavier duty cable drop to the lampholder.
However I use light dimmers for the wall lights in my lounge and will not be changing them for low energy flourescents. Why you might ask? As you dim a tunsten lamp its colour temperature changes giving a "warmer" glow, and also you reduce the amount of energy it is consuming, very pleasant for watching TV. Dimmable low energy lamps are currently horrendously expensive and dimming a flourescent lamp its colour temperature remains the same as determined by the phoshor coatings and the light output when dimmed, in my opinion, looks very "cold" and uninviting. Maybe when the technology changes I will review this!
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21-01-2008, 15:41
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Re: Energy Bulbs,a boon or a curse?
Well all of us will have to convert eventually..or use candles. 
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21-01-2008, 15:54
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Re: Energy Bulbs,a boon or a curse?
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Originally Posted by Incognitas
Well all of us will have to convert eventually..or use candles. |
I`d worked out what I will use in the next 30 years & stock up now!!!!! 
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21-01-2008, 15:56
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Re: Energy Bulbs,a boon or a curse?
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Originally Posted by Incognitas
Well all of us will have to convert eventually..or use candles. |
That is true, but hopefully the demand for acceptable dimmable light sources will have spurred on the development of high output colour changing LED technology, etc. In my lounge there are 8 light fittings, only the four wall lights are on dimmers, the un-dimmed fittings have low energy lamps installed. I do have a stock of 40w, 60w and 100w tungsten lamps I have removed as I systematically replace them with low energy flourescents in the rest of the house!!!!
However, lumen for lumen, candles are not an eco-friendly alternative even compared with tungsten lamps!
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