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Best energy savers
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Staffbull wrote:
I'm going round the house replacing all with energy efficient lighting,
anyone have any views as to which are the best ? Osram, Phillips etc,
I will be changing two "chandelier" type thingies which have five 40W
candles in em for a pendant with probably 20w energy efficient numbers,
the one in the lounge has to stay as it cost a small fortune so i'm
gonna stick 5 7w candles in there and do away with three dimmers.
Cheers for any pointers
I'd recommend against this approach, for one simple reason. Some cfls
give great quality light, and some give light with a funny slightly
pinkish cast, that just does not look good. And theres really no way to
know other than buy and try. So I'd buy one of each type of bulb you
want, and try them before buying any more.
There is the other factor of light output. The stated equivalent powers
are simply bs, a factor of 4 is more realistic. Again, try one to see
what power you really need before buying the lot.
FWIW I've had consistently good results with osram, and not so with
philips. Toolstation bulbs also have all been the icky type.
5x 7w = 35w, very roughly equiv to 140w bulb or maybe 200w of less
efficient small filament bulbs.
Another option to replacing your chandelier thing is to put much lower
power bulbs in, eg 15w, and making up the light level with cfl
background light elsewhere. This is a way to maintain the appearance of
filament while getting somewhat better efficiency.
NT
The last option sounds good for the lounge
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