[Misc] Energy Saving Lightbulbs never last as long as they claim

[Cian]

Another is that energy saving light bulbs work by giving less light. It's like a return to the freeking 17th century

Not an issue with modern LEDs. CFLs on the other hand...

 

[TomandJerry]

What's all this moaning about? I still use candles and gas/oil lanterns!

 

[Official Old Man]

I have shops with under shelf lighting. The florescent tubes I have use a lot of electricity and so I would love to change them. But they cost £13 to replace and last two years. I tried many LCD lights and the only one that gave me enough light cost £48 and failed after two weeks. It's going to cost me over £1500 to replace the lamps and so I want a reliable system.

 

[Notters]

Can't say I've EVER had to change an energy saving lightbulb. Where on earth are you buying them from?

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Can't say I've EVER had to change an energy saving lightbulb. Where on earth are you buying them from?

Screwfix -

 

[gen]

OK i'll give LED a go. What wattage would you recommend? They reckon 9w LED is equivalent to 60w. Is that the case in reality light output wise?

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Buy some candles - possibly scented.

 

[Cian]

OK i'll give LED a go. What wattage would you recommend? They reckon 9w LED is equivalent to 60w. Is that the case in reality light output wise?

Compare lumens. Using power consumption to equate to output was shaky to begin with and won't work at all going forward as LED technology still has a bit to go forward.

A 60w incandescent was anywhere from 400 (cheap 'rough service') to 600+ (very dear brands) lumens. I've found one claiming to be 850 but I find that very suspect

9w LEDs currently push 600-900 lumens.

I get pretty much all of mine in IKEA and have no issues with them. One single bulb has failed in two years. They're all Edison screws but they sell dirt cheap bayonet adaptors - 2 for €2.50 here so I'd suspect even cheaper in the UK. Also use them for spots and under cabinet strip lights in the kitchen.

I've the entire house lit with LEDs but I've also moved to a lot of task lighting and table/standard lamps instead of main room lights - this was to improve the quality of light for specific uses rather than any energy saving attempt, but it does work out as such. The main pendants are still there and usually have 11w LEDs in them in case I need the entire room lit. This means I haven't got as nice a small 'total wattage' figure as might be possible but the realistic use at any given time is under 30w - its very unlikely I'd have the pendants and all the other lamps lit at once.

 

[nicko31]

LED's are a complete revolution if you buy reasonable ones. The CFL had shocking colour gamut, often take ages to warm up but degrade pretty fast

Halogens are great little heaters though so not all bad

 

[Hampster Gull]

Made by VW?

 

[GT49er]

Made by VW?

Wouldn't happen in ................ oh ...............

 

[Blue3]

I've not changed a light bulb in my house for over 5 years, including a landing light that has been on all night, almost every night, for the whole of that time. Seems as though my experience is in contrast to those on here,

Same here all our lighting is low energy and not had to change any in last three years

 

[wellquickwoody]

Another bloody one popped this morning as the switch was flicked!

The one that went was in a five bulb type fitting in our hall downstairs, we have matching three bulb fitting on the landing upstairs. I would guess each bulb is replaced twice a year, making 16 in total, long life/money saving my foot!

 

[gen]

Acting on advice gleaned from NSC just purchased 5 pack of 10W LED Light bulbs for £9.98 from Toolstation. Come with a 2 year guarantee. "Average Life 25,000 hours, 810 Lumens. Just screwed it in after discreetly writing today's date on the neck for future reference. Hopefully this will be my last post on the subject until at least October 2017, by which time I expect Brighton to be riding high in the premiership and pushing for a place in Europe after an initial season of consolidation. This bulb shall now be the yardstick by which I measure their endurance in seasons to come. I wonder which will flicker out first.

 

[Papak]

Halogen bulbs are NOT energy efficient - quite the opposite in terms of light although as mentioned earlier provide a lot of heat.

CFLs were better than filament bulbs (in terms of energy efficiency) but are ugly, slow to reach maximum output and their ratings were not equivalent to tungsten and therefore have no place in modern society - LED is the future, I've tasted it.