Bulbs - Old Style

[Yorkie]

This topic can get a bit heated...

- Joe

Any pun intended Joe?

What I really need is one of those SAD lamp jobbies to liven me up - I hate winters with a passion.

Meanwhile, I'm making do with a 100 Watt Poundland lamp right above my head shining down on what some mistake for a large bald patch. (It's actually a solar panel for a sex machine!).

[pwdrive]

Incandescent lamps 'waste' power as heat. The thing is it's NOT wasted as they represent so many less Watts that need to come out of your radiators &c. OK, it is wasted in summer but you don't tend to have the lights on much then any way.

This topic can get a bit heated too so let's make sure we don't get political.

- Joe

Plus some of these new bulbs probably come from dubious origins and wot's written on the can might not be wot's inside.

They will be superceeded by LED's soon anyway....not soon enough.

Lawrence.

[Steve_P]

The ban does not apply to Rough Usage bulbs. These are for use in enviroments where they are contunually on, eg Building Sites and Shops. These are heavy duty or vibration proof bulbs.

They do cost a bit more but they should last longer. But, Chinese ones just have the mark on and nobody can tell...

I would like to add that there are health effects of these newer bulbs. There have been cases of a sort of sunburn, and also SAD is on the increase. How do I know this... well I have it. I could cope with Tungsten Lamps, but not with these newer ones. The use of these bulbs has not been thought through (EU isn't capable of that) and SAD is on the increase with these new bulbs everywhere. Nobody has seen the link, or they have been 'put away' like Global Warming sceptics are.

I have about 200 tungsten bulbs in stock here. Must visit Poundland...

Cheers,

Steve P.