brightspark
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buy enlight cool white ones not warm whiteI have found the Led replacements for the G9s in our kitchen are useless. Too yellow and they keep blowing.
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Where from? Can't find them on amazon...
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I took what you said on board last time this subject popped up and recently bought Philip`s led tubes, time will tell.
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I think with all this LED stuff the life span is totally mythical so buy local and buy branded so you can make use of the guarantees, im not convinced at the purchase cost to energy savings when compared to traditional filament/fluorescent either
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ive just changed well over 60 6 foot flouros in a shop to 5 foot led and there a lot brighter and far less wattage
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id say you would lightly get your money back and more even over a few years even if you have to swap a few out
i done a light change at a mates place retail new light fitting there was 4 18w light bulbs short ones aprox out put 1300 lumins each
so new light was 4000 lumins cost of light £25 bear in mind the old tubes prob only out put half that at there age so 800 lumins each id exect
when i done a fag packet working out the 4 18w lights would cost him 70 ish quid a year to keep on the new light £33 ish quid
and that was only one fitting over a yeartimes that by 15 fittings cost saved over 500 a year cost of 15 lights 375 total so money back in 1 year
and the 1 i swaped was blown so not working so had to be replaced
only reason when i said this to him hes got the electricty in the contract so he dont pay for it
i seen him the next day as i had to collect some thing hes said can i swap all the lights the staff and him said the light out of the panel is so much lighter and cleaner light that worth paying the 400 quid just for that
my cals might be a bit out but still but should not be that far
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Magpie genes etc I'm just amazed you had to BUY them in the first place!
Sore subject. We recently did a strip-out of a huge bankrupt departent store up in London and they skipped hundreds. I only heard about it afterwards and ended up with one single unit which is now above my bench. Loads better than these Amazon ones too.
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Yep, the stuff that goes in skips on site verges on criminal. Could have filled the car up yesterday with lengths of BZP studding. None under 2'.
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We had 3 fail at work so I saved them to see if a repair was possible. All 3 had one half of the LED'S failed and the power supplies were giving similar voltages so I cobbled one together. It came on nice and bright and lasted about 30 seconds, I guess the voltage regulators are gubbed.
oldest ones probably not quite a year
there's 6 in blast freezers which cycle from ambient temp to -30C daily which is pretty hard on lights (killed some other LEDs pretty quick)
all good so far
CPC is cheap stuff.... but not the really cheap junk you see, figured they were worth a go
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All I can say about LED lamps is that they seem to be good.
The two lidl tubes are going well. The one in the kitchen is fab, says my wife. Likely out of warranty by now, so over 3 years. I now wish I had bought more at the time, but was not sure of the quality at the time.
LED globes in the house have all been good. No failures yet, cheaper to run and good light output.
I have some square flood lights from various origins. They don’t get used much, but are good.
The only LED lamp that flickers after a few minutes came from Lidl several years ago. I thought the LED was failing but I think it is a capacitor in the driver that is the problem. I only use it on access to my workshop and when leaving as it has a PIR with timer, so only used for short periods. I will investigate when it becomes a nuisance or fails.
My worst LED ‘work-light’, with a whole array of tiny mW LEDS. Draws about 8W, I think, is not so bright but was novel when I bought it from machinemart many years ago.
The two lidl tubes are going well. The one in the kitchen is fab, says my wife. Likely out of warranty by now, so over 3 years. I now wish I had bought more at the time, but was not sure of the quality at the time.
LED globes in the house have all been good. No failures yet, cheaper to run and good light output.
I have some square flood lights from various origins. They don’t get used much, but are good.
The only LED lamp that flickers after a few minutes came from Lidl several years ago. I thought the LED was failing but I think it is a capacitor in the driver that is the problem. I only use it on access to my workshop and when leaving as it has a PIR with timer, so only used for short periods. I will investigate when it becomes a nuisance or fails.
My worst LED ‘work-light’, with a whole array of tiny mW LEDS. Draws about 8W, I think, is not so bright but was novel when I bought it from machinemart many years ago.
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My cheapo solution. Mind you, I don't have a lot of headroom.
Just stapled to the ceiling with 10mm wide staples. Just wide enough not to do any damage to the strips. Not neat but functional and provide more than enough light.
Just stapled to the ceiling with 10mm wide staples. Just wide enough not to do any damage to the strips. Not neat but functional and provide more than enough light.
People replace knackered ancient light fittings with LEDs and think wow! A lot of it is down to colour temperature. Whiter lights appear brighter even though they aren't. When you look at the actual lumens output between LED per watt and traditional fluorescent there isn't much difference. Throw in the poor lifespan and I think the savings are debatable. The main advantage of LEDs are they are much easier to install.
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My departed dads house, we leave 2 double candle wall lights on in the front room 24/7 to deter nosey folk, as its unoccupied and I don't like leaving it pitch black. After the bill arrived I found it cost £18 a month to run just those four small normal type bulbs.
So I spent £13 at Wickes to get LED bulbs, which literally don't even register on the smart meter readout.
Well worth the investment.
I fitted 6 of these Screwfix LED strip lights in my workshop, with them all on they cost 5p an hour to run and give ample light. I have them split, 3 on each switch, depending where about in the shed I'm working. They're around the edge because roof height is limited and I know I'd bash them with bits of steel or wood if they were in the normal places.
If you had a decent controller on them you would have a great disco! My brother has them all over his bedroom and can set them up to have multi coloured displays with lights chasing each other all over the room
