Norman Verona Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 We have a double lamp hanging on a chain over the kitchen table. It came from Ikea and we got bought 2 11w bulbs for it. So, one of these long life bulbs blew within 6 weeks. I bought another bulb in the super market. Problem is they were a different colour so today I bought another bulb at the DIY store. I now have 3 x 11w bulbs, all different shapes and all different colours. Tomorrow we will buy another one from the supermarket and hope we get a matching pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SootySport Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Buy a pack of 3, 4 or 5, that way you will have 2 perfectly matching bulbs and some spares. Not normal to buy 1 bulb at a time, well at least I don't. Whilst you are on about it the Super Duper Energy Savers are crap, not nice to read with them and take 2 minutes to get to thier full brightness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 Not sure what "Super Duper Energy Savers" are. However we do have some that take 10-15 seconds to get to a reasonable level. On the subject of bulbs. How many times do you buy a bulb and then, within a day or two find one in a draw that you put away so you'd find it. Another 4.50€ wasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SootySport Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 4.50E's for a 11Watt Bulb!? Jeez it's expensive in La France. I've got box full of them that I don't use cause I hate them, come free from the Leccy company, the Council and other "Do gooder" agencies. Mostly little halogen spots in my house and just 5 or 6 normal 100Watt bulbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Sparky Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 What makes me laugh about the energy saving flourescents is that they are sold under the facard of being 'green' when they contain mercury which is supposed to be recycled when the lamp is spent, this is not widely known and even less widely done! We in the elec industry pay a fee for all luminaires on top of their price to supposedly pay towards their recycling. So we pay for them through the nose (a 6ft tube was £1ish 2 years ago over £5 now), pay a sneaky little tax on them and then have to bring them back Oh and Im charging generally 20% less than 7 years back! Sorry for the little rant....... Makes me laugh when people have em at the top of the stairs and the 60v that leaks (generally) through the 2-way circuit makes them do weird and wonderfull things..... LEDs all the way..... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Sparky Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 BTW Norman if you ever need any bulbs lamps changing my international rates are very reasonable Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 Dave, I think I can manage with bulb changing. How are you at getting tiles to stay stuck on the floor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Sparky Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Dave, I think I can manage with bulb changing. How are you at getting tiles to stay stuck on the floor? Are you using decent, flexi stuff? Try a bit of unibond in the mix! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilux Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 What I have never ever understood (apart from the fact that the voltage and wattage are lower) is how come a bulb costing pennies when new fitted to a 23 year old car that is left out in all conditions, boiling hot, freezing cold, soaking wet, bounced and pummelled about on dodgy pot hole filled roads, switched on and off at random many times is still working yet when you buy a 60w incandescent bulb that sits warm and comfortable in your home it lasts 5 minutes!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 It's called progress. It used less electricity so it must be good. The man on the tellie said so and I read it on the internet so it must be true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 Dave, sorry I missed your post. I started by using some stale tile cement. I've scrapped as much as I can off and used some new bags. I've now bought a tub of the flixi stuff. to stick 4 tiles which have come loose. It has stuck all but one which has become detached again. That's in the bathroom with a 18mm 240 x 120 boards. Downstairs we have a concrete floor and the same scenario except I've used the new bag of cement on the second attempt. Now some of these are loose. I'm having next week off from building and will be getting the car ready for the long awaiting summer months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SootySport Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 What makes me laugh about the energy saving flourescents is that they are sold under the facard of being 'green' when they contain mercury which is supposed to be recycled when the lamp is spent, this is not widely known and even less widely done! We in the elec industry pay a fee for all luminaires on top of their price to supposedly pay towards their recycling. So we pay for them through the nose (a 6ft tube was £1ish 2 years ago over £5 now), pay a sneaky little tax on them and then have to bring them back Oh and Im charging generally 20% less than 7 years back! Sorry for the little rant....... Makes me laugh when people have em at the top of the stairs and the 60v that leaks (generally) through the 2-way circuit makes them do weird and wonderfull things..... LEDs all the way..... Dave You are right there, Green? ------------- My foot. Whats the Leaks 60v.about? Not quite with you on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2rrr Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 On the mercury content we received at work a safety alert telling us about the side effects of the mercury. If you happen to cut yourself with certain broken low energy bulbs the mercury can poison the wound and the pictures were capable of making the hardest people a bit sqeamish. Not pleasant so be very careful if you break one. Also if you do drop one and it breaks don't hoover up the bits, you will spray mercury toxins all around the place. It may be Health and Safety going OTT but seeing the photos and the wound decay was puke inducing. All from a little glass scratch. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Sparky Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 You are right there, Green? ------------- My foot. Whats the Leaks 60v.about? Not quite with you on that one. There is usually 60ish V floating on the 2-way strappers if you check between them and Cpc, this doesn't show up on a filament lamp however it can cause energy efficient (cough) floeys to ficker and even explode! Mercury everywhere lol (shouldn't laugh) Remember in the film 40 year old virgin, the scene where they're smashing countless fluorescent tubes! I remember doing stuff like that as an apprentice, now if we drop a fluorescent your supposed to get specialist containment and removal firms in! Norman, I'm no tiler but good prep and quality adhesive is everything, temperatures can play a part too, if you have further trouble I will speak to the guys I use for you... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 Thanks Dave, I'm going to spend next week getting the 7 and the midget back on the road. The Midget screen was smashed in August as we left Sheffield to bring it back here. I've had a new screen since Christmas time. Time to fit it. I'll then lift the loose tiles, scrape (chisel) off the old cement, mix up new with a dose of PVA and stick them down again. Then a good mix of grout and that's it. I'm totally fed up with building work. Having never done DIY before (changing a light bulb was a major operation) I've completely renovated our 160 year old house. It's time I went back to cars. I'll save up the two or three weeks work to complete the job for next winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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