The good old Light Bulb making a come back

[Flanders]

Just found this So it looks the we will have to start changing all them LED lamps we have been fitting back to the good old light bulb
Old-fashioned light bulbs could be set for comeback after 'light recycling' breakthrough | Science | News | The Independent

 

[telectrix]

the old £1 coin meters were the best. 3 20mm knockouts from back boxes superglued together worked a treat.

 

[newtothis]

Old ten pences peices with rubber bands used to pass through the coin mech as fifties.
(Legal disclaimer) - Somebody told me that, I don't speak from experience.... ??

 

[Flanders]

My dad used to give me the Knock out when i was a kid for payment when I used to go along with him on rewires ,told me they were 5 pence's Or Tel may know them as half a shilling

 

[newtothis]

The good old lightbulb isn't making a comeback in my house 'cos it's never been away!!

For years I've been buying them in bulk off E-bay and Amazon - about £6 for 10.

Sod the "Greenies" and "Energy Efficiency" - Joe Swan got it right!!

Bought some yesterday to replace compact flor ones in the garden.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Bought some yesterday to replace compact flor ones in the garden.
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Good lad!!

You know it makes sense!! :laugh:

 

[Andy78]

Hope it's better than the batch of Crompton linear halogens I bought lately ..... None of them have lasted more than a few weeks. Lamps these days, in general, are absolute garbage.

 

[Adam W]

but these ecologists and greenies fail to see the wood for the trees. OK, incandescent lamps produce heat as well as light, but not as inefficient as made out. basic law of physics is that energy cannot be created or destroyed. so..assume a 100 watt bulb produces 20watts equivalent of light energy and 80watts of heat. this 80watts helps to warm the room, thus reducing the energy required from the heating system, so then the gas central heating output is reduced, albiet by a small factor, comments please.

I changed a corridor full of twin 40W fittings for 6W. Essentially each fitting was like having a tubular heater every couple of metres along the wall. Since changing them we've been able to turn the air conditioning off, which saves even more electricity.
In another corridor the cleaners used to 'help' by changing the bulbs. The shades stated 40W max but they'd put in whatever made light come out, which was often a 60W; since changing to LED the company no longer has to fork out £15 a pop for new shades when the old ones get burned or discoloured.

 

[telectrix]

My dad used to give me the Knock out when i was a kid for payment when I used to go along with him on rewires ,told me they were 5 pence's Or Tel may know them as half a shilling

the 5p was a full shilling, more than can be said for some members. :44:

 

[Geordie Spark]

Where they were made

(clicky linky)

Factory - UK - Team Valley


It's all gone now - like a lot of other industries.

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[newtothis]

Hope it's better than the batch of Crompton linear halogens I bought lately ..... None of them have lasted more than a few weeks. Lamps these days, in general, are absolute garbage.

I'll let you know, they're nice and bright and you get the light instantly. 60p a throw.
The low energy ones weren't giving enough light and you needed them on a cupla mins to reach their full light.:nuke:

 

[Adam W]

Hope it's better than the batch of Crompton linear halogens I bought lately ..... None of them have lasted more than a few weeks. Lamps these days, in general, are absolute garbage.

Were they 100W by any chance? I think they must have produced a dodgy batch - I had 10 which only lasted a few days each.

 

[Andy78]

Were they 100W by any chance? I think they must have produced a dodgy batch - I had 10 which only lasted a few days each.

120W and 160W "energy saving" linear halogens (150W and 200W equivalent apparently)

 

[Geordie Spark]

Were they 100W by any chance? I think they must have produced a dodgy batch - I had 10 which only lasted a few days each.

That's why after trying the new fangled things and finding they didn't last the proverbial five minutes I went back to the old fashioned reliable things. :sailor:

 

[telectrix]

That's why after trying the new fangled things and finding they didn't last the proverbial five minutes I went back to the old fashioned reliable things. :sailor:

next thing is you'll be trading that MR2 for a horse and cart.

 

[Geordie Spark]

next thing is you'll be trading that MR2 for a horse and cart.

Aye ..... Right!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmUd3MXmW38