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[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8367933.stm

Energy-efficient light bulbs lose on average 22% of their brightness over their lifetime, a study has found.

In some cases they emit just 60% as much light as traditional models which are being phased out of shops, it says.

The study in Engineering and Technology magazine concluded that consumers were being misled by the bulbs' packaging.

Of the 18 energy-saving bulbs tested over 10,000 hours by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, three stopped altogether.

Critics, however, claim they can trigger migraines, make skin conditions worse and lead to other health problems.


But most friggin annoying of all is the fact the ones I seem to have ended up with take 10 minutes to reach full brightness. Until then they just slightly glow orange.

[Clippy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8367933.stm

Energy-efficient light bulbs lose on average 22% of their brightness over their lifetime, a study has found.

In some cases they emit just 60% as much light as traditional models which are being phased out of shops, it says.

The study in Engineering and Technology magazine concluded that consumers were being misled by the bulbs' packaging.

Of the 18 energy-saving bulbs tested over 10,000 hours by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, three stopped altogether.

Critics, however, claim they can trigger migraines, make skin conditions worse and lead to other health problems.


But most friggin annoying of all is the fact the ones I seem to have ended up with take 10 minutes to reach full brightness. Until then they just slightly glow orange.

That's because you've bought a box of candles.

HTH.

[RichardCranium]

Thank feck for that.

I have been banging on about how we've been conned by these things for yonks.

They're crap, crap, crappity crap.

[Moose423956]

They don't work very well with those touch sensitive lamps, where you touch it once and it comes on low, then touch it again and it gets a bit brighter, then touch it once more and it comes on full brightness. With the low energy bulbs the lamp just stays the same brightness no matter how many times you touch it.

[Board Game Geek]

Thank flip for that.

I have been banging on about how we've been conned by these things for yonks.

They're crap, crap, crappity crap.

I think they are brilliant, because the environmentalists told me so, and their research is always right, and they wouldn't lie to us.

Okay, perhaps we will need more and more of these lights, due to their reduced lifespan, but all the extra manufacturing, additional transportation and trips to the supermarket is still ok, since we are buying "green".

Trips that consume energy solely for the purpose of obtaining green energy and products don't count.

Eg, taking the old CRT telly to the dump in the Hummer is bad.

Taking the Hummer to the dump to drop off a plastic bottle in the recycling bottle bank is good.

[OwlHoot]

and don't forget the team of spacesuited cleaners you have to call in to clean up the powdered mercury if you break one.

Roll on decent LED "fir cone" bulbs.

[MPwannadecentincome]

I thought when I saw the title "Dim" that you were going to insult yourself

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8367933.stm

But most friggin annoying of all is the fact the ones I seem to have ended up with take 10 minutes to reach full brightness. Until then they just slightly glow orange.

Try the Philips Turbo model its almost instant brightness, also see this

[Board Game Geek]

I thought when I saw the title "Dim" that you were going to insult yourself



Try the Philips Turbo model its almost instant brightness, also see this

Why are the wattages so low ?

I'm was used to 100w bulbs in my teens, and even then that was too dark sometimes. 30w ? pah !

[original PM]

yeah but they are really cheap - maybe as cheap as other light bulbs

having said that I have not bought any bulbs for a while so they may always have been cheap.

more to the point I am really adding anything to this thread?

[MPwannadecentincome]

yeah but they are really cheap - maybe as cheap as other light bulbs

having said that I have not bought any bulbs for a while so they may always have been cheap.

more to the point I am really adding anything to this thread?

Nope!

which is a bit unusual for you actually