Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs? As
supplies dwindle, eBay sellers now seem only to be punting out unknown
unbranded bulbs - the sister of a neighbour bought something like
this, and every one blew within a short time of being fitted.

Cheers
Richard

On 10/02/2011 in message

geraldthehamster wrote:

Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs? As
supplies dwindle, eBay sellers now seem only to be punting out unknown
unbranded bulbs - the sister of a neighbour bought something like
this, and every one blew within a short time of being fitted.

Cheers
Richard

I get mine from the Lighting Supersto
http://www.thelightingsuperstore.co.uk/index.asp

Not sure they are branded but they last.

--
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.

"geraldthehamster" wrote in message
...
Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs? As
supplies dwindle, eBay sellers now seem only to be punting out unknown
unbranded bulbs - the sister of a neighbour bought something like
this, and every one blew within a short time of being fitted.



Maybe being bumped around in the postal system is the reason that they
failed.

I was surprised to see 100w bulbs for sale only this morning. Thought they
were history.

mark

On 10 Feb,
"mark" wrote:


"geraldthehamster" wrote in message
...
Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs? As
supplies dwindle, eBay sellers now seem only to be punting out unknown
unbranded bulbs - the sister of a neighbour bought something like
this, and every one blew within a short time of being fitted.



Maybe being bumped around in the postal system is the reason that they
failed.

Or 230volt (or even 220volt) from abroad.


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On 10 Feb, 12:50, "Jeff Gaines" wrote:
On 10/02/2011 in message


geraldthehamster wrote:
Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs? As
supplies dwindle, eBay sellers now seem only to be punting out unknown
unbranded bulbs - the sister of a neighbour bought something like
this, and every one blew within a short time of being fitted.

Cheers
Richard

I get mine from the Lighting Superstohttp://www.thelightingsuperstore.co.uk/index.asp

Not sure they are branded but they last.

--
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.

Thanks. I can but try a pack of ten and see how they go.

Cheers
Richard

On Feb 10, 12:21*pm, geraldthehamster wrote:
Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs? As
supplies dwindle, eBay sellers now seem only to be punting out unknown
unbranded bulbs - the sister of a neighbour bought something like
this, and every one blew within a short time of being fitted.

Cheers
Richard

Unbranded are fine IME, but posted is not. Wickes and poundland were
both selling them last time I looked.


NT

On Feb 10, 2:00*pm, Tabby wrote:
On Feb 10, 12:21*pm, geraldthehamster wrote:

Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs? As
supplies dwindle, eBay sellers now seem only to be punting out unknown
unbranded bulbs - the sister of a neighbour bought something like
this, and every one blew within a short time of being fitted.

Cheers
Richard

Unbranded are fine IME, but posted is not. Wickes and poundland were
both selling them last time I looked.


Homebase as well ( or at least they were a couple of weeks ago), but
they were the own-brand 40W candle bulbs.

--
Halmyre

In article d7aabeca-7c01-45c7-ba19-17cce5c55ad4
@a8g2000pri.googlegroups.com, says...
Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs?


Our local Tesco has a big pile of them by the front door - Philips, I
think. Big sign "Last chance to buy" over them.

Been there for weeks and not showing any sign of selling.

--
Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.

In article , says...
Or 230volt (or even 220volt) from abroad.

UK spec is now 230V. Fiddled to make it near as damnit the same as
before by sliding the tolerances around. We're at 245V here which is
still in range.

--
Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.

In article , writes

Or 230volt (or even 220volt) from abroad.

With bayonet caps?

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(")_(")

"Skipweasel" wrote in message
...
In article d7aabeca-7c01-45c7-ba19-17cce5c55ad4
@a8g2000pri.googlegroups.com, says...
Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs?


Our local Tesco has a big pile of them by the front door - Philips, I
think. Big sign "Last chance to buy" over them.

Been there for weeks and not showing any sign of selling.

Perhaps they should move them to mine.

They had a bin of the "last chance" bulbes the day after Xmas, nothing in it
worth buying and the shop's now completely empty of old fashioned bulbs

tim

On 10/02/2011 12:21, geraldthehamster wrote:
Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs? As
supplies dwindle, eBay sellers now seem only to be punting out unknown
unbranded bulbs - the sister of a neighbour bought something like
this, and every one blew within a short time of being fitted.

Anyone seen this German attempt to get round the EU rules?
https://www.heatball.de/en/verwendung.php

Quite impressive!

Lobster wrote:
On 10/02/2011 12:21, geraldthehamster wrote:
Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs? As
supplies dwindle, eBay sellers now seem only to be punting out unknown
unbranded bulbs - the sister of a neighbour bought something like
this, and every one blew within a short time of being fitted.

Anyone seen this German attempt to get round the EU rules?
https://www.heatball.de/en/verwendung.php

Quite impressive!

Unfortunately, he lost when they took him and/ or his suppliers to
court, and I suspect will also lose the appeal. That's why he's
currently out of stock.

Shame.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

In article , Lobster davidlobsterp
writes

https://www.heatball.de/en/verwendung.php

I like it a lot. And they say the Germans don't have sense of humour!

--
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(='.'=)
(")_(")

In message , Lobster
writes
On 10/02/2011 12:21, geraldthehamster wrote:
Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs? As
supplies dwindle, eBay sellers now seem only to be punting out unknown
unbranded bulbs - the sister of a neighbour bought something like
this, and every one blew within a short time of being fitted.

Anyone seen this German attempt to get round the EU rules?
https://www.heatball.de/en/verwendung.php

Quite impressive!

They won't work in the UK. The screw thread is the wrong way round!!
;o)))
--
Ian

Ian Jackson gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

Anyone seen this German attempt to get round the EU rules?
https://www.heatball.de/en/verwendung.php

Quite impressive!

They won't work in the UK. The screw thread is the wrong way round!!
;o)))

Nah, you're thinking of southern hemisphere.

Mike Tomlinson wrote:
In article , Lobster davidlobsterp
writes

https://www.heatball.de/en/verwendung.php

I like it a lot. And they say the Germans don't have sense of humour!

Translated from a chat with an Austrian barmaid.

"Germans are like Austrians, but with a sense of humour."

Nice girl, she was/ is.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:39:50 -0000, Skipweasel wrote:

Our local Tesco has a big pile of them by the front door - Philips, I
think. Big sign "Last chance to buy" over them.

Yeah so do a couple of our stores, I didn't look closely but the ones
I saw were clear not pearl.

--
Cheers
Dave.

In article o.uk,
says...
Our local Tesco has a big pile of them by the front door - Philips, I
think. Big sign "Last chance to buy" over them.

Yeah so do a couple of our stores, I didn't look closely but the ones
I saw were clear not pearl.

Could well be - I didn't look that closely, having no use for such
things.

--
Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.

On 10 Feb,
Skipweasel wrote:

UK spec is now 230V. Fiddled to make it near as damnit the same as
before by sliding the tolerances around. We're at 245V here which is
still in range.

But incandescents are still 240 volt in UK, and other voltages as appropriate
in other harmonised countries.

253 is still the upper limit, I goove.

--
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Change lycos to yahoo to reply

On Feb 11, 10:47 am, Adrian wrote:
Ian Jackson gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

Anyone seen this German attempt to get round the EU rules?
https://www.heatball.de/en/verwendung.php

Quite impressive!
They won't work in the UK. The screw thread is the wrong way round!!
;o)))

Nah, you're thinking of southern hemisphere.

Here in NZ where we don't have regulations about light bulbs, we have
vast supplies of incandescent bulbs, even Edison carbon filiament
bulbs in their original 1905 packets!

On 10 Feb, 23:13, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:39:50 -0000, Skipweasel wrote:
Our local Tesco has a big pile of them by the front door - Philips, I
think. Big sign "Last chance to buy" over them.

Yeah so do a couple of our stores, I didn't look closely but the ones
I saw were clear not pearl.

--
Cheers
Dave.

The pearl ones were banned first, I think, due to their greater baby-
eating capacity.

Cheers
Richard

On 10 Feb, 13:03, "mark" wrote:
Maybe being bumped around in the postal system is the reason that they
failed.

Maybe, but I wonder if the bumping around they get in the post is any
worse than they would get in transit to a shop that would sell them?

Cheers
Richard

Lobster wrote:
On 10/02/2011 12:21, geraldthehamster wrote:
Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs? As
supplies dwindle, eBay sellers now seem only to be punting out unknown
unbranded bulbs - the sister of a neighbour bought something like
this, and every one blew within a short time of being fitted.

Anyone seen this German attempt to get round the EU rules?
https://www.heatball.de/en/verwendung.php

Quite impressive!
LOVE IT!!

In article ,
Lobster writes:
On 10/02/2011 12:21, geraldthehamster wrote:
Without wanting to re-open old debates, does anyone know where I can
get good quality, branded 40W pearl GLS incandescent light bulbs? As
supplies dwindle, eBay sellers now seem only to be punting out unknown
unbranded bulbs - the sister of a neighbour bought something like
this, and every one blew within a short time of being fitted.

Anyone seen this German attempt to get round the EU rules?
https://www.heatball.de/en/verwendung.php

Quite impressive!

I don't think it's needed in the UK, as the act which brings the EU
ruling into UK law was badly written and unenforcable (unless it's
been fixed since). It was tacked on to another energy efficiency
act at the last minute, and no offence was added for the light bulb
part. Which is why you can still find 100W lamps in many places which
are not part of the voluntary agreement (supermarkets, mainly).

--
Andrew Gabriel
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In message
,
geraldthehamster writes
On 10 Feb, 23:13, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:39:50 -0000, Skipweasel wrote:
Our local Tesco has a big pile of them by the front door - Philips, I
think. Big sign "Last chance to buy" over them.

Yeah so do a couple of our stores, I didn't look closely but the ones
I saw were clear not pearl.

--
Cheers
Dave.

The pearl ones were banned first, I think, due to their greater baby-
eating capacity.


Yeah, but there area still some around being sold
--
Chris French

wrote:
On 10 Feb,
Skipweasel wrote:

UK spec is now 230V. Fiddled to make it near as damnit the same as
before by sliding the tolerances around. We're at 245V here which is
still in range.

But incandescents are still 240 volt in UK, and other voltages as appropriate
in other harmonised countries.

253 is still the upper limit, I goove.

For incan bulbs, it actually matters.
Life is proportional to 1/V^16. (240/230)^16 = about half life, running
a 230V designed bulb on 240.