In article ,
writes:
andrew wrote:
I bought some low energy light bulbs from on special offer from
Morrisons recently equivalent to 100w, I have to say that they are
almost the same as 100w normal light bulb, however the amazing thing
was the price they were only 50p each !!! I was so impressed I went
back and bought lots more.

Have changed all the bulbs over, pay back should be only a few months
at this price, I have to say I am very impressed.

I would guess these are the subsidised ones, I recently bought quite a
few on line at 80p each and these most definitely were subsidised.

What makes you say that?
Price has plumeted, because manufacture has moved from
eastern Europe to China. It took a while for Chinese
manufacturers to meet the requirements of the large
well-known lamp manufacturers, but now they can, they
get most of the manufacturing work.

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Andrew Gabriel

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In article ,
"Peter Taylor" writes:
You could try enlightening me yourself though, instead of being
patronising - how DO you work out how much energy a fluorescent
fitting uses during start up?

So what's the answer then Dennis?

With everything else in the house switched off, watch your
electricity meter as you switch on a fluorescent lamp.
You won't find the disc spins any faster when it comes on
than once it's been on for a while.

You still have a spinning disk :-)

tim