Energy Saving Lightbulbs V's Traditional Old Bulbs

[rubydazzler]

Yes - a few shops still have them but they haven't been able to buy them in for some time now.

I think the fact is rather that we knew what was coming and made future provision for our customers needs ... rather than that there's low demand. I personally always recommended that people didn't have 200/150w bulbs as the capacity of the average pendant fitting is only 100w, but you can't argue too much with customers, you know

[hard2miss]

I liked the old filiment builbs, they kept the house nice and warm

[Greybeard]

It would appear that, as usual, the consumer is being conned by the manufacturers and the EU.

 

When measured in lux rather than lumens the energy saving bulbs produce little more than half the light output claimed on the packaging.

 

Trading Standards are going to look into the matter....if the light is bright enough to see by

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/6110547/Energy-saving-light-bulbs-offer-dim-future.html

[MR BENN]

are we all ready for the light bulb police to pounce from tomorrow

 

those of us with a large stash of the traditional bulbs need to be on our toes ,as who knows when the lightbulb gestapo will come knocking with their warrant .

 

Keep the faith fellow proper lightbulb userthere are plenty of places on the internet to get our bulbs -dont be frightened by the lightbulb gestapo.

 

i personally have enough of the soon to be banned bulbs to last years -so i expect such a high level criminal such as myself will be a target for the gestapo armed with their energy saving bulbs :gag::help:

[melthebell]

how come when i saw it on telly it only mentioned 100 and 150 watt bulbs were kaputt?

 

no mention of 40 or 60 watt bulbs???

[melthebell]

are we all ready for the light bulb police to pounce from tomorrow

 

those of us with a large stash of the traditional bulbs need to be on our toes ,as who knows when the lightbulb gestapo will come knocking with their warrant .

 

Keep the faith fellow proper lightbulb userthere are plenty of places on the internet to get our bulbs -dont be frightened by the lightbulb gestapo.

 

i personally have enough of the soon to be banned bulbs to last years -so i expect such a high level criminal such as myself will be a target for the gestapo armed with their energy saving bulbs :gag::help:

you talk some utter crap

they ARE NOT banned, you can use em...you just cant manufacture or import them

[chem1st]

Well I say dont comment on this thread with the nazis and all.

[dosxuk]

how come when i saw it on telly it only mentioned 100 and 150 watt bulbs were kaputt?

 

no mention of 40 or 60 watt bulbs???

 

All frosted domestic lamps of any wattage below a certain efficiency category are also banned. This includes 30W, 40W, 50W & 60W frosted BC/ES lamps.

 

The tabloids don't like to say you'll still be able to get 75W clear lamps legally for another year (when they get banned, the story can be rolled out again).