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Why does central heating fail at Christmas?
OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory
piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. -- Tim Lamb |
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On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote:
OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Something I only found out myself a few years ago! Merry Christmas -- Adam |
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 11:40:22 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Is it a successor to the millennium bug? |
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On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote:
OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. |
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Andrew wrote: On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. precision manufacture? -- from KT24 in Surrey, England |
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:26:57 +0000, Andrew
wrote: On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. I was given a hairdryer for my 21st birthday and it lasted 35 years. Does this meet the durability test? |
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 11:40:22 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Another thing worth knowing, is that you don't need to pay £30 for the genuine synchron motor, the pattern ones are fine, and cost less than £10. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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Scott wrote:
I was given a hairdryer for my 21st birthday and it lasted 35 years. Does this meet the durability test? I was given a hairdryer a hairdryer hairdryer |
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Scott wrote:
On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:26:57 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. I was given a hairdryer for my 21st birthday and it lasted 35 years. Does this meet the durability test? I think if I had been given one for my 21st it would last pretty much indefinitely, or at least until it rotted away. ;-) Didn't know men were actually allowed to use them... Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 14:53:07 -0000 (UTC), Tim+
wrote: Scott wrote: On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:26:57 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. I was given a hairdryer for my 21st birthday and it lasted 35 years. Does this meet the durability test? I think if I had been given one for my 21st it would last pretty much indefinitely, or at least until it rotted away. ;-) Didn't know men were actually allowed to use them... Very fashion conscious at my uni - ahead of our time, in fact. |
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On Saturday, 24 December 2016 14:00:55 UTC, Scott wrote:
On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:26:57 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. I was given a hairdryer for my 21st birthday and it lasted 35 years. Does this meet the durability test? Are you bald? |
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 08:16:39 -0800 (PST), harry
wrote: On Saturday, 24 December 2016 14:00:55 UTC, Scott wrote: On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:26:57 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. I was given a hairdryer for my 21st birthday and it lasted 35 years. Does this meet the durability test? Are you bald? Not for the full duration though! |
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On 24/12/16 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote:
OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Because it's a *******... I'm running our bungalow on electric oil filled rads and a 10kW (ish) instant water heater plumbed in. When I get CH fitted next year, I'm keeping the electric water heater, on valves, with valves to isolated the boiler. Filling a bath in 30 minutes at 2-3 times the cost of gas is better than nothing at all The oil rads will be popped in the attic too, or deployed in a shed. |
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On Saturday, 24 December 2016 15:22:39 UTC, Scott wrote:
I was given a hairdryer for my 21st birthday and it lasted 35 years. Very fashion conscious at my uni - ahead of our time, in fact. Hair dryers were very useful for students in halls where fan heaters weren't allowed. Owain |
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On Saturday, 24 December 2016 14:54:37 UTC, Tim+ wrote:
Didn't know men were actually allowed to use them... They're very useful for heat-shrink sleeving and softening butter straight from the fridge (in the days before microwaves) Owain |
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On 24/12/16 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote:
OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Our 3-port valve didn't know what the date was - it had to be replaced at the end of September! -- Jeff |
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On 24/12/2016 14:00, Scott wrote:
On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:26:57 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. I was given a hairdryer for my 21st birthday and it lasted 35 years. Does this meet the durability test? You still have hair at age 56 ?. This is the mark of durability. Or was this football 'hairdryer' ?. |
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On 24/12/2016 14:00, Scott wrote:
On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:26:57 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. I was given a hairdryer for my 21st birthday and it lasted 35 years. Does this meet the durability test? A photo of me doing some work http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:CIMG5886.JPG any hairdresser would only charge me a search fee. -- Adam |
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On 24/12/16 20:17, ARW wrote:
On 24/12/2016 14:00, Scott wrote: On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:26:57 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. I was given a hairdryer for my 21st birthday and it lasted 35 years. Does this meet the durability test? A photo of me doing some work http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:CIMG5886.JPG any hairdresser would only charge me a search fee. You're using a level. That's not allowed for a pro. You're supposed to place them randomly |
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"ARW" wrote in message ... On 24/12/2016 14:00, Scott wrote: On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:26:57 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. I was given a hairdryer for my 21st birthday and it lasted 35 years. Does this meet the durability test? A photo of me doing some work http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:CIMG5886.JPG Why is english brick work so utterly obscene ? any hairdresser would only charge me a search fee. |
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On 24/12/2016 23:09, Huge wrote:
On 2016-12-24, ARW wrote: [22 lines snipped] http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:CIMG5886.JPG Did you know you were about to be shot in the back? On offer at the moment http://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-se...er-level/50507 -- Adam |
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 14:00:54 +0000, Scott
wrote: I was given a hairdryer for my 21st birthday and it lasted 35 years. Does this meet the durability test? Depends, by 21 my mate was already going bald so any hairdryer would have had an easy life, unlike one I purchased around that age when it had a short life being abused to dry things like wet jeans and finally met its end after I forgot it was stuck down a wet wellie and it melted. G.Harman |
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On 25/12/16 09:27, ARW wrote:
On 24/12/2016 23:09, Huge wrote: On 2016-12-24, ARW wrote: [22 lines snipped] http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:CIMG5886.JPG Did you know you were about to be shot in the back? On offer at the moment http://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-se...er-level/50507 I've got that one and it's pretty good. Usable outside after dusk over about 20m too. Has a standard camera tripod thread but no useful supplied clamp (the supplied clamp is crap) so worth looking around for CCTV/camera clamps or a floor-ceiling pole (I have one from a previous laser that works with this). I'm waiting for green line lasers to get cheap and make it into these tools... I expect it will happen at some point. |
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On Saturday, 24 December 2016 22:26:39 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
Why is english brick work so utterly obscene ? Hopefully it's going to get covered in nice plaster which'll hold all the wobbly bits together. Owain |
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On 25/12/2016 10:04, Tim Watts wrote:
I'm waiting for green line lasers to get cheap and make it into these tools... I expect it will happen at some point. I have never seen a green laser level in use and I have worked at a lot of sites. A quick google search says that green laser is more visible to the human eye. I'll expect that the ceiling guys will be the first to use it. Merry Christmas. -- Adam |
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ARW wrote: On 25/12/2016 10:04, Tim Watts wrote: I'm waiting for green line lasers to get cheap and make it into these tools... I expect it will happen at some point. I have never seen a green laser level in use and I have worked at a lot of sites. A quick google search says that green laser is more visible to the human eye. I'll expect that the ceiling guys will be the first to use it. Merry Christmas. what's wrong with red ones? -- from KT24 in Surrey, England |
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wrote in message ... On Saturday, 24 December 2016 22:26:39 UTC, Rod Speed wrote: Why is english brick work so utterly obscene ? Hopefully it's going to get covered in nice plaster which'll hold all the wobbly bits together. Most of the external brickwork isnt. |
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On 25/12/2016 10:47, charles wrote:
In article , ARW wrote: On 25/12/2016 10:04, Tim Watts wrote: I'm waiting for green line lasers to get cheap and make it into these tools... I expect it will happen at some point. I have never seen a green laser level in use and I have worked at a lot of sites. A quick google search says that green laser is more visible to the human eye. I'll expect that the ceiling guys will be the first to use it. Merry Christmas. what's wrong with red ones? Nothing What's green and eats nuts? -- Adam |
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On 25/12/16 10:46, ARW wrote:
On 25/12/2016 10:04, Tim Watts wrote: I'm waiting for green line lasers to get cheap and make it into these tools... I expect it will happen at some point. I have never seen a green laser level in use and I have worked at a lot of sites. A quick google search says that green laser is more visible to the human eye. That's the theory - supposed to be usable outside in normal light. I'll expect that the ceiling guys will be the first to use it. Yes - although the last building site I was on, they ceiling fitters were using a rotating red dot laser - so they have not even made it quite that far. Merry Christmas. You too matey! No cooking for me today for a change, I fecked up the Xmas online order so rather than go through the hell that is Sainsburys on the 23rd/24th , we're going to a local restaurant for Xmas lunch at 3pm Fridge is full of M&S clearout party food from the industrial estate branch (not very busy unlike town) so that's the next couple of days sorted too. |
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On 25/12/16 10:47, charles wrote:
In article , ARW wrote: On 25/12/2016 10:04, Tim Watts wrote: I'm waiting for green line lasers to get cheap and make it into these tools... I expect it will happen at some point. I have never seen a green laser level in use and I have worked at a lot of sites. A quick google search says that green laser is more visible to the human eye. I'll expect that the ceiling guys will be the first to use it. Merry Christmas. what's wrong with red ones? You can't see them in daylight outside... |
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On 25/12/16 11:07, ARW wrote:
On 25/12/2016 10:47, charles wrote: In article , ARW wrote: On 25/12/2016 10:04, Tim Watts wrote: I'm waiting for green line lasers to get cheap and make it into these tools... I expect it will happen at some point. I have never seen a green laser level in use and I have worked at a lot of sites. A quick google search says that green laser is more visible to the human eye. I'll expect that the ceiling guys will be the first to use it. Merry Christmas. what's wrong with red ones? Nothing What's green and eats nuts? Gay Shrek? |
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On Sunday, 25 December 2016 11:06:35 UTC, ARW wrote:
What's green and eats nuts? Syphilis. What's yellow and green and eats nuts? Owain |
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Tim Watts wrote: On 25/12/16 10:47, charles wrote: In article , ARW wrote: On 25/12/2016 10:04, Tim Watts wrote: I'm waiting for green line lasers to get cheap and make it into these tools... I expect it will happen at some point. I have never seen a green laser level in use and I have worked at a lot of sites. A quick google search says that green laser is more visible to the human eye. I'll expect that the ceiling guys will be the first to use it. Merry Christmas. what's wrong with red ones? You can't see them in daylight outside... In full sunlight perhaps, but I've used them out of door in the day time -- from KT24 in Surrey, England |
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In message , Tim Watts
writes On 25/12/16 10:47, charles wrote: In article , ARW wrote: On 25/12/2016 10:04, Tim Watts wrote: I'm waiting for green line lasers to get cheap and make it into these tools... I expect it will happen at some point. I have never seen a green laser level in use and I have worked at a lot of sites. A quick google search says that green laser is more visible to the human eye. I'll expect that the ceiling guys will be the first to use it. Merry Christmas. what's wrong with red ones? You can't see them in daylight outside... You can if the target is white. -- Tim Lamb |
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On Sunday, 25 December 2016 11:34:59 UTC, Tim Lamb wrote:
what's wrong with red ones? You can't see them in daylight outside... You can if the target is white. Not much use for the police then. Owain |
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On 26/12/16 18:08, pamela wrote:
You can't see them in daylight outside... You can if the target is white. The beam itself is supposed to be more visible with a green laser. I think astronomers prefer to use green as a star pointer. I cant handle this racism.... |
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pamela wrote: On 16:49 26 Dec 2016, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 26/12/16 18:08, pamela wrote: You can't see them in daylight outside... You can if the target is white. The beam itself is supposed to be more visible with a green laser. I think astronomers prefer to use green as a star pointer. I cant handle this racism.... White people is one thing but green people??? :-) Treens ruled by the Mekon, of course. -- from KT24 in Surrey, England |
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On Saturday, 24 December 2016 13:27:04 UTC, Andrew wrote:
On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. That's easily solved, don't get one with a warranty. NT |
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:25:20 +0000, Huge wrote:
On 2016-12-24, charles wrote: In article , Andrew wrote: On 24/12/2016 11:40, Tim Lamb wrote: OK so rhetorical question and a lead in to a self congratulatory piece:-) If it isn't general knowledge, the drive motors for Honeywell 2 and 3 port valves are identical and don't seem to have changed in the last 20 years! Being an inveterate Squirrel I happened to have one from the R. Cottage strip out. Happy Christmas to all. Why do TV's and washing machines fail 5 days after the extended warranty has expired. ?. precision manufacture? And in these days of software controllers, easy enough to do. I suspect even the more recent CFLs incorporate an hours counter (especially likely to be true when the warranty quotes 6000 hours 'based on 2.7 hours per day' for a 6 year warranty period) which deliberately blows the internal safety fuse once it's clocked the requisite hours[1] deemed to be the classic for fluorescent lamp technology 80% of 'design lumens' EoL point[2]. Although this might seem to be an imposition on the consumer to buy yet another 'light bulb' to keep the 'light bulb' industry in business (and it is), I don't have any problem with this particular usage example since it forces the end user to operate their lamps at the best TCO level in terms of per lumen production and replacement costs. [1] A 30W CFL in our hallway failed with no prior symptoms of ageing after, by my reckoning, some 6022 hours had elapsed. That estimated service time was just too suspiciously close to the 6000 hours (6 years/2.7hours a day warranty figure) for me not to suspect the use of a life limiting counter being incorporated into the lamp's design. Of course, I'd only fitted the lamp about 18 months prior to it failing but a high efficiency lamp used for lighting a hallway[3] is going to be left on between dusk and the wee small hours of the morning every day of the year in our case so will certainly clock up 6000 hours a damn sight quicker than the 6 year/2.7 hours a day warranty implies. [2] For the even more 'classic' linear 4 and 5 foot tubes, the hours ratings have crept up over the decades from a mere 7000 hours to around the 16000 hours mark before the design lumens output falls to 80% (a brand new tube, btw, starts off at around 120% of its design lumens output, swiftly dropping to design lumens output after only a few hundred hours of service have elapsed). [3] When CFLs first became available at a barely affordable 5 to 7 quid a lamp some two decades ago, the obvious, "No Brainer" useage was hall and stairway lighting where you'd prefer the lights to be left on for the whole duration of the evening simply for safety's sake regardless of operating costs. Later on, as these lamps became even more affordable, they'd be fitted in rooms where they'd be more likely to be switched on only when occupied, starting with the living and the kitchen and/or dining rooms before considering other rooms in the house with lower occupancy rates that had previously not warranted the use of high efficiency lamps due to the much lower ROI benefit to be gained in these locations. -- Johnny B Good |
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