On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:43:12 +0100, "Christian Koch"
wrote:

KevinGPO wrote:
Now that we have identified that my bulbs are MR-16:

Can you advise me on the lowest-energy / energy-saving-light-bulb-like
bulbs that I can purchase for the socket type that I have. Or are the
bulbs am using the cheapest/lowest-energy I can use?

There are halogen lamps with a heat reflecting coating around the bulb.
The same light output is achieved with lower energy consumption. In your
case you can replace a 50 W lamp with a "new generation" 35 W lamp.
Such lamps are manufactured by Osram and Philips for example:

and were invented by scientists and engineers at GE.

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Vic Roberts
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