On Wed, 09 Nov 2016 09:07:51 +0000, PeterC wrote:

On 8 Nov 2016 19:41:06 GMT, Huge wrote:

On 2016-11-08, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artÃ*culo ,
John Rumm escribió:

Some folks still use filament lamps...

I've got enough stockpiled to see me out

Me too. Although I actually bought and fitted some LED GLS "bulbs"
for the first time last week.

If you're not too worried about lu/W, Screwfix has some 9W, 807lu GLS,
E27 or B22, warm or daylightish, for £7.99 for 5 last time I looked.

Don't be put off by the "60W equivalent figure of merit". That's based
on the American 120v higher lumen output tungsten GLS lamp which gives
noticeably more light than the UK and European 240/220 volt incandescent
GLS lamps (around about the same as a 240v 75W 1000 hour tungsten GLS
lamp).

These shorter, thicker filament lamps can be run a few tens of degrees
hotter without compromising life which enhances the lamp's efficacy which
is further enhanced by the fact that the Yanks are prepared to trade off
a bit more life against even greater efficacy (750 hours versus our 1000
hour lamp ratings) by running the filaments hotter still.

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Johnny B Good