Just come back from Broomhill Library where they are handing out 4-pack energy saving lights. Must be over £20 in value, totally free. Not sure if this is available in every library....
Anyone else got theirs (I'm sure I wasn't dreaming it).

Col

i got 4 delivered to my house last week!!!!

I don't know about sheff, but in derbyshire, if you visit the CAB, they give you them if you ask.

Are there places that still give them away? I saw them in a shop for a Quid a bit. That was a few months back! Problem is i dont rememer what shop it was.

Are there places that still give them away? I saw them in a shop for a Quid a bit. That was a few months back! Problem is i dont rememer what shop it was.Morrisons were selling them for 49p recently!

Morrisons were selling them for 49p recently!

or 5 for a £1!

or 5 for a £1!

i got 5 for 50p in morrisons and they were selling them somewhere else for the same! Its philips bulbs, some sort of promotion:thumbsup:

I got a boxful free from YEB. I hate them and will only use them in the hall, boxroom and loo.

They tried to give us 4 each when we got our flu jabs until we politely refused. We've already got a surplus at home and only 2 light fittings that they fit into.

i got 5 for 50p in morrisons and they were selling them somewhere else for the same! Its philips bulbs, some sort of promotion:thumbsup:

Me too - makes you laugh when places are still trying to sell for £2-£3.:hihi:

They tried to give us 4 each when we got our flu jabs until we politely refused. We've already got a surplus at home and only 2 light fittings that they fit into.the more modern ones fit into all the usual fittings

I recently spotted some which will be suitable to replace the 40W spots when they start to go

We've got mini screw in golf bulb ones in the bedside lights

We don't have any of those ugly curly tube ones

Quite a few places have been giving them away for free over the past few years. I could start my own shop! I've got one in every fitting apart from the lava lamp and the dimmer lamp because they can't use them. I wonder if I've actually saved cash using them? I've been using them about two years now and have about nine in use.

the more modern ones fit into all the usual fittings

I recently spotted some which will be suitable to replace the 40W spots when they start to go

We've got mini screw in golf bulb ones in the bedside lights

We don't have any of those ugly curly tube ones


i have some of these ones! they are ugly but they are good :D

i have spot light ones for the kitchen and the light fitting takes 4 bulbs but i can only use 2 as they are so bright it looks like a nuclear bomb going off everytime i turn lights on:hihi::hihi:

the more modern ones fit into all the usual fittings

I recently spotted some which will be suitable to replace the 40W spots when they start to go

We've got mini screw in golf bulb ones in the bedside lights

We don't have any of those ugly curly tube ones

The ones that they were giving away were bayonet fitting and most of our fittings take bulbs that are screw fitting, small halogen bulb, GU10 or low voltage halogen bulbs.

Whilst I acknowledge that energy saving bulbs are available for most of these apart from the small and low voltage bulbs (and indeed I've got some GU10, screw fitting and similar energy saving bulbs) I've also got a box full of bayonet fitting energy saving bulbs that I can't find a use for and have to go out and buy the bulbs which do fit.

yeh i got 4 free Phillips in the post free of charge and totally unexpected :suspect:

Tesco are doing 5 bulbs for 40p!

But I'm more interested in the exciting Stella Artois deal and Smirnoff deals they have comin up............ I'd go there this weekend if you like alcohol!

British Gas sent me four.

gas powered light bulbs? it's been a long time since we had those as standard in domestic properties :D

I know, I'd asked them to send me fork handles.

I sent that sketch to a friend in Sweden recently (it's on youtube) - she was highly amused by it :D

oops - seem to be wandering off topic :help:

I got a boxful free from YEB. I hate them and will only use them in the hall, boxroom and loo.

Hate is a strong word, just for a lightbulb.

We have lots to give away at ZEST for anyone on low incomes.One pack per household. 2011490.
You have to sign a form

they work great,their always blowing,so it saves electricity,bit hard on the eyes tho stumbling about in the dark

They're still rubbish compared to the old fashioned ones.

iv used em and rubish is a good statement,poor lighting,blowing,tripping the fuse box,in fact use the old,blubs and go down on the wattage,you save power plus they are brighter

or 5 for a £1!Holy Moses! Missed a good one there, didn't I!

They're still rubbish compared to the old fashioned ones.well they take about a minute to warm up, so I wouldn't put one in a cupboard or downstairs loo, but they give off a whiter light when they get going

I'm waiting for the dimmer compatible ones to come down in price so we can do the living room in them. I prefer the whiter light

There are about 25 million homes in the UK. If each home changed one 60W light bulb for an 11W CFL, there would be a net saving of 1,225,000,000W during the evening – nearly one and a quarter Gigawatts! That’s enough to save building a nuclear power station, and much cheaper too! It’s why they’re giving them away free!

There are about 25 million homes in the UK. If each home changed one 60W light bulb for an 11W CFL, there would be a net saving of 1,225,000,000W during the evening – nearly one and a quarter Gigawatts! That’s enough to save building a nuclear power station, and much cheaper too! It’s why they’re giving them away free!

Quite true.

We got a load from ebay, and n-power sent us a few.

or 5 for a £1!Yeah but...

The energy saving on a 60W bulb is about 48W. The energy saving on a 100W one is about 80W. The energy saving on a 200W bulb would be 160W - much more worthwhile!

However, while I have seen (and bought) Morry's 30W (150W equivalent) they cost me almost £4 each - and I've never seen a 40W (200W equivalent) version.

You may ask why I use those big bulbs. Until my wife swapped our living room single-bulb, central light fitting (a lovely opal bowl which, to my mind, suited our late 19th century terrace house perfectly {and on the subject of energy efficiency, terraces are great - two sides of my house are heated by my neighbours [and vice versa]}) for a modern, two bulb fitting, our main living room was lit by a single bulb.

More, typical of such a property, we have cellars. To light them adequately, 200W bulbs are needed.

The same goes for our hallway: to light the stairs as well as the hall itself, we need bright lights - a 200W. Actually I got around that one; left from days of yore, I had a bayonet-cap plug. I wired that to two short flexes with a wooden spreader, then two BC sockets. That means I can fit two 100W equivalent bulbs into that single socket. Of course, you can't buy those plugs (or BC double adaptors) any more, so I can't use that trick anywhere else!

Finally - I'd been listening to a radio programme about climate change - I searched the web for high power, low-energy bulbs; I did find a 40W (200W equivalent) one. They cost (2 suppliers) over £45! Why are these bulbs that save so much more energy so expensive, while the less effective energy savers are so cheap?

Something is cock-eyed here.

Anyone know what? Is it stupid government subsidies, or is that just a conspiracy theory?

Frustrated of Yorkshire (though miles North of Sheffield),

Roger

PS If higher power energy savers were available those who find the light output inadequate could fit a higher power version and still save lots of energy. If a 20W one isn't as bright as a conventional 100W, fit a 30W one - and still save 70W. If that isn't enough, fit a 40W one and still save 60W ... if those weren't so horrendously expensive...

R

That was 3 years ago !!

That was 3 years ago !! The point remains valid: low power CFLs are still hugely cheaper than high power ones...

R