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  • Light bulbs – what's best?
  • Moses
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    We’ve no spare old style incandescent bulbs left, and the replacement low-wattage give a cold light, making home feel unwelcoming. The new ones are also slow to start, so no good for quick trips into a room for whatever purpose.
    Are there any bulbs out there which deliver a good level of light? What’s a good way of improving things?

    somafunk
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    You can still buy incandescent bulbs in various wattages, i’ve bought a good stock of them as i despise the flouro versions as they flicker at night when switched off and annoy the tits off me, and they give off a poor quality of light.

    somafunk
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    PaulD
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    somafunk is correct…the RS type are still available for ‘industrial use’.

    Try a motor factors for lead-light bulbs.

    I think Robert Dyas sell halogen bulbs hidden inside 240v bayonet bulbs…they are bright, fast-starting and reasonably efficient.

    Or a carboot sale when they restart in the spring.

    PaulD

    captaindanger
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    The low energy ones take a while to warm up but they should give a nice colour of light, you may have bought the wrong ones. You want “warm white”. Philips and Osram are the best. LEDs are becoming a viable alternative, but as yet the light output is still a bit cold.

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