David Hansen typed


At the moment there may be nothing available for it.

And that is a location where I'd otherwise accept a cfl. Great!

Sorry, I'm not a party politician and so don't bull**** people.

Well, what I mean is that the hall would be right for a cfl. Light
quality is not critical and lamps are on for quite a long time.

I'm not really sure what you mean by the above anyway.
This light fitting takes 3 small globes. Cfls are too long. I need good
illumination as my balance depends on it, due to my MS. Dropping the
light intensity makes me move even more slowly.

I do not intend to change my lounge lamps, though it might be possible.
I'd need to replace 18 * 40w bulbs.

There are usually 5 bulbs lit at any one time.

What sort of bulbs in what sort of fittings?

The lounge is two rooms knocked together. Each room has a central
ceiling fitting which takes 5 standard 40w bulbs, with bayonet caps.
These are switched from the lounge doorway.
Each room also has two wall-mounted fittings, each of which takes 2
standard 40w bulbs; these are switched at the wall and seldom used.

However, to me it sounds like a lot of bulbs in total and lit.

Maybe it does, but I cannot safely enter a poorly lit room and would
hate to sit and read by ghastly cfl light.

I don't have a TV and am careful to switch off lights when I leave a room.

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