Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
David Hansen typed


On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 09:16:36 +0100 someone who may be Helen Deborah
Vecht wrote this:-

The point is that my lights are satisfactory, if wasteful of electricity.

I won't do anything unless I get a marked improvement of some sort.

One of the marked improvements is that your electricity meter will
spin round less, or the red light will not flash so often if it is a
relatively new meter.



Given my disabilities, I don't think I can replace my hall lamp fitting
for less than about £100.

How long would it take for me to recoup that expenditure? (Currently
120w, maybe 6 hours/day. New fitting maybe 20w or so) We are talking
several years if it saves 10p per day, aren't we?


Now you are just being sensible. Stop it. :-)

If you are using the lights in winter, don't forget that the
incandescent lamps will make a contribution to the heating, so some of
the savings made by using CFLs are negated by the increased cost of
additional space heating needed to make up the deficit. Unless you are
heating by electricity, this should be cheaper than running the
incandescent lamps, but it will reduce the cost saving.

Sid