"Peter Parry" wrote in message
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| The nice new uroregulation that makes builders fit fittings you can't
| put normal lights in and can't find shades to fit. It is called
| progress (and furious lobbying and purchasing of eurocrats and uroMP's
| by Osram and others.).
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| Are you sure you got the right lamp? In the interests of
| uroharmonisation they come in both 4 and 2 pin versions which are of
| course incompatible.

Yep, I have the right lamps, I ev en took the old one with me.

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| You might be better off fitting a standard holder and getting the
| urosubsidised standard CFL lamps for 10p each or whatever they are
| being given away for at the moment.
|

Not really feasible as I would have to change both lights and then get new
shades - have you seen the price of lamp shades at the m oment????