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    Replace My CFL with LED lights?

    I have two 4 inch recessed CLF 4 pin light cans installed in laundry room since 2012. The bulbs are fluctuating in brightness. I think the Ballast may be failing. I would like to replace with bright 12 watt LED's. Two Options remove or disconnect ballast, or get new cans. I am not a good...
  2. D

    26Watt PL CFL to LED

    I have looked a small office refurb where currently installed are recessed 2x 26w PL CFL's (about 50 in total). Client doesn't want to replace light fittings which might also mean some ceiling repairs so looking to just replace lamps with LED equivalent. Has anyone any recommendations for...
  3. J

    Dimmers - what goes with what?

    Hi. Buying light fittings was easy last time I had to do it (years ago). Now renovating and want all lights on dimmers. Electrician has wired first fix already. Now I need to choose the right light fittings/bulbs/types of dimmer switches. I'll have a mixture of recessed spots, wall lights and a...
  4. D

    CFL Bulbs

    I've noticed a lot of people are using CFL bulbs. Question. If I have a 60w rated lamp, would it be safe to put a 45w (true - not equivalent) CFL in? Thanks
  5. T

    CFL Grow Light

    Hi folks, new to this site and hope everyone is doing fine? Anyway...I tried posting this to the DIY section but it wouldn't let me. So I hope I am in the right place. I am trying to create a 4 bulb ((CFL (compact Fluorescent Light)) grow light. Each bulb is 20w. So over all 80w CF grow...
  6. 1Justin

    Which dimmer for CFL. Silent?

    Can someone suggest a single module grid dimmer which is: A) Quiet B) Works with dimmable CFL (leading edge needed I think) C) Works on 88W CFL load? I've spent all afternoon on this one, and have come up only with ones I know are either noisy (Varilight V-dim) and those I have had had LOADS...
  7. S

    Cfl lamps flickering

    Hi new to this forum stuff, have a issue with me hallway light: it's on a 1way switch that switches 2 pendants (bc caps), when I was putting in some cfl lamps one at a time, when I put the second one in that one started flickering when switch was closed, so I put a filament lamp in it and it was...
  8. W

    cfl flickering

    Hi can some one tell me how to stop a CFL bulb from flickering when the switch is off.also can someone tell me what is causing the problem.
  9. J

    Cheap CFL Lamps

    Hello I've got over a thousand 9w b22 cap CFL lamps that I want to get rid of, all brand new in original packaging, happy to sell them in quantities of 100 if you supply these to customers grab a rare opportunity to buy some cheaper than the wholesaler can supply and make a few extra quid, all...
  10. E

    PIR room sensors and CFL lamps....

    Never really thought about it before, but today the contractor replaced a CFL lamp in my office that had been flickering for a couple of days. I just happened to pick-up the lamps box and reading the usual fluff the manufacturers print on these boxes read this statement. ....Not suitable for...
  11. E

    CFL lamps and PIR

    I want to install 4 bulkhead lights and switch them with a stand alone PIR. Are there problems with PIRs and this type of lamp. If so can anyone recommend a suitable PIR?
  12. M

    cfl lamps blowing

    went to a customer today whose low energy lamps he just put in his pendant fittings were blowing after an hour or at most three hrs. i inspected the pendant drops and they wernt to good so replaced the drop for new checked and connections in rose. voltage is 250v at lampholder tungsten lamps...
  13. O

    flickering CFL lamps

    Guys Got a call from a customer saying his energy saving lights are flickering when switched off he lives in a small hamlet outside of Edinburgh so me thinks there will be an overhead line in this somewhere. Now I have searched the forum and found flickering everything ie MR16,GU10 so...
  14. O

    Bathroom fan stays on when cfl lamp is fitted

    Guys got a call this morning customer changed the lamp in the bathroom from a standard incandescent to a energy saving lamp and when he switched the light off the fan kept running so I asked him to check it with the lamp removed and the fan went off after 5 minute as it should. So I have never...
  15. L

    Richmond dimmer for LV and CFL lighting

    Hi All, Anyone else used one of these yet ?. Richmond have produced a dimmer (Grid 500) to use on CFL and LV lighting including LED. It has a small adjustable trimmer on the side so you can set it up with the load. We had an issue with Halers dimmables ( 8 off) that would flicker at low dimmer...
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    CFL lamps and PIR

    Can you use CFL low energy lamps when controlled by a passive infa red sensor.
  17. R

    PIR's and CFL Lamps

    I fitted a couple of cheap (first mistake) Pir's from toolstation to some o/s lights. They seemed to work fine, but I went back to the customers house today, and both are defective!! I did check the instructions at the time to see if they were compatable, but it didn't say anything. With the...
  18. R

    CFL GU10s?

    Evening all, does anyone know where I can get GU10 lamps that are the energy saving compact cfl type, but cheap? Cheapest I've seen are 5.40 each which is reasonable I suppose, but I'm not sure about the quality. Anyone got any insider info? Cheers dudes.
  19. Amp David

    Photocell suitable for CFL bulbs

    Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding a suitable photocell for using with energy saving bulbs. Customer has some bulkheads in which they have bust the photocell because they've just stuck in CFL bulbs this week, so are wanting to replace the small photocells on the fitting
  20. K

    CFL retro fit lamp For 500 watt PIR flood

    I have recently seen a few of these around but never used them. Are they worth fitting instead of the normal tungsten halogen lamps? I get cheesed off returning to a job, just because the lamp has blown in the first week.

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