On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 21:04:14 +0000, John wrote:

I have replaced some 40W BC candles with 9W CFLs and they are
comparable.

Agreed though in our case it was SES 40W candles with CFLs from General
Electric "Tech Extra Mini" 9W, TBX/XM, 480lm and 2700k so a good match to
tungsten colour temperature wise.

They could probably do with replacing, they start rather dim (even for a
CFL) but once up and running are OK. They have been in use for the best
part of 18 hrs day 365 days/year for 4 years or so, call it 25,000hrs...
B&Q have them, they aren't the cheapest at around a fiver a bubble but
will £1 Ikea cheapy last 5,000hrs?

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Cheers
Dave.