Normal light bulbs.

Capt'n Midnight · 20-01-2019 07:22PM

You should buy some Heatballs.

With a 95% energy efficiency rating they are perfect if you need to make your room just a little warmer.

SEPT 23 1989 · 20-01-2019 07:23PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I bought a load of old fashioned bayonet non energy saving bulbs in Pete's of Parnell st last time I was in.

Closed five years ago

Trigger Happy · 20-01-2019 07:25PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Closed five years ago

Think about it...

corner of hells · 20-01-2019 07:27PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I bought a load of old fashioned bayonet non energy saving bulbs in Pete's of Parnell st last time I was in.

I'm assuming you're being sarcastic.

However if your not , Pete's of Parnell Street closed in 2013.
You also should think about buying a new price of string to hold up your pants.

Trigger Happy · 20-01-2019 07:28PM

corner of hells wrote: »

I'm assuming you're being sarcastic.

However if your not , Pete's of Parnell Street closed in 2013.
You also should think about buying a new price of string to hold up your pants.

You assume correctly...on the first count.

corner of hells · 20-01-2019 07:28PM

corner of hells wrote: »

I'm assuming you're being sarcastic.

However if your not , Pete's of Parnell Street closed in 2013.
You also should think about buying a new price of string to hold up your pants.

D'oh.

Alun · 20-01-2019 07:29PM

It was called Peats not Pete's.

corner of hells · 20-01-2019 07:29PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

You assume correctly...on the first count.

I may assume the name "Trigger".

Buford T. Justice XIX · 20-01-2019 07:29PM

looksee wrote: »

Years ago when the energy saving lights started I wrote the date on them when putting them in, and yes, they do give the kind of timespan they suggest - 8 years I got out of one on a landing that would have been on all night, every night.

We're doing well to get 12 months out of the new bulbs. We ended going back to the traditional bulbs when the newer ones blew and we're getting well over 18 months out of them.

The savings in electricity is more than taken up by the costs of replacing expensive bulbs, for us anyway.

biko · 20-01-2019 07:33PM

CT Electric on Sean Mulvoy Rd has them

Capt'n Midnight · 20-01-2019 07:48PM

Alun wrote: »

It was called Peats not Pete's.

Peats , the pirates of Parnell Street.

Still better value than Maplin though.

Austria! · 20-01-2019 08:03PM

You think you're good for just the moon and Sun?

scamalert · 20-01-2019 08:05PM

try your local grow shop, good place to get some decent bulbs if your growing tomatoes in your shed or have some lizards in the garage :pac:

the beer revolu · 20-01-2019 10:40PM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Talking of LEDs, anybody happy with the new streetlights in Dublin? Seems like a very cold white colour to me.

New ones on the North side of Cork are horrible. Not bright enough and awful cold light. Very hard to spot pedestrians in this light.

20-01-2019 11:04PM

looksee wrote: »

Years ago when the energy saving lights started I wrote the date on them when putting them in, and yes, they do give the kind of timespan they suggest - 8 years I got out of one on a landing that would have been on all night, every night.

LED lamps should also have an extremly long life, or would have if it wasn't for the bastard manufacturers building in a life shortening "feature".

Planned obsolescence is a real pain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brj8-jD2CFY

Del2005 · 21-01-2019 05:58PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

We're doing well to get 12 months out of the new bulbs. We ended going back to the traditional bulbs when the newer ones blew and we're getting well over 18 months out of them.

The savings in electricity is more than taken up by the costs of replacing expensive bulbs, for us anyway.

I'd be checking the wiring if you are blowing bulbs that often, there is something wrong that's causing the bulbs to blow.

Del2005 · 21-01-2019 06:01PM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Talking of LEDs, anybody happy with the new streetlights in Dublin? Seems like a very cold white colour to me.

It's worse when driving in fog. The old sodium discharge lights gave a yellow light and you could see relatively well in fog, now you are driving into fog with overhead white light making it nearly impossible to see.

21-01-2019 06:48PM

Del2005 wrote: »

I'd be checking the wiring if you are blowing bulbs that often, there is something wrong that's causing the bulbs to blow.

Check the post above this, they're made to fail!

Buford T. Justice XIX · 21-01-2019 08:02PM

Del2005 wrote: »

I'd be checking the wiring if you are blowing bulbs that often, there is something wrong that's causing the bulbs to blow.

We have done, nothing out of the ordinary showing up.

Well, nothing other than a small mortgage to replace bulbs every few weeks. Two different electricians looked and found nothing.

Del2005 · 21-01-2019 08:02PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Check the post above this, they're made to fail!

Nothing is made to fail. Everything has a design life and for led and energy saving bulbs it's multiples of an incandescent bulb. If they are failing regularly then there's something wrong with the place they are fitted, not multiple bulbs.

21-01-2019 08:12PM

Del2005 wrote: »

Nothing is made to fail. Everything has a design life and for led and energy saving bulbs it's multiples of an incandescent bulb. If they are failing regularly then there's something wrong with the place they are fitted, not multiple bulbs.

Please look at the video I posted above and review, the design life is another way of saying they're made to fail after a certain amount of time.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 21-01-2019 08:18PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Please look at the video I posted above and review, the design life is another way of saying they're made to fail after a certain amount of time.

Incandescent bulbs also had a designed life expectancy - designed to fail. I have LED bayonet fit light bulbs in constant use for years now. The average life is close to 10 years.

Edit. Check out Phoebus cartel

FluffyTowel · 21-01-2019 08:27PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I bought a load of old fashioned bayonet non energy saving bulbs in Pete's of Parnell st last time I was in.

In fairness, Peterson's in Dun Laoghaire is the place for light and lighting accessories.

MonkieSocks · 21-01-2019 08:38PM

Fighting Tao wrote: »

After the incandescent light bulb fad is over, I hope candle light makes a come back.

I use Four Candles

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 21-01-2019 11:19PM

MonkieSocks wrote: »

I use Four Candles

harry Bailey esq · 21-01-2019 11:31PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Bollocks to that

In my day we used to dip reeds in animal fat.

Ah, yeah I remember them. Used to sell them in Peats on Parnell St....

Explosive_Cornflake · 21-01-2019 11:56PM

FWIW, when i'm painting (walls etc.) I'm much prefer an incandescent to a LED. You do not get 100% CRI with an LED bulb.

Capt'n Midnight · 22-01-2019 12:13AM

Deleted User wrote: »

LED lamps should also have an extremly long life, or would have if it wasn't for the bastard manufacturers building in a life shortening "feature".

Planned obsolescence is a real pain.

Holy F*ckballs :eek:

Replacing a fusable resistor with a piece of wire .

Do you want a fire ?

Because that's how you get a fire.

8:37 minutes at minimum wage is €1.40.
Dealz sell LED bulbs for €1.50

Fix the ventilation on the housing to solve the real problem.

At the very least replace the component with one of the same rating.

The Enbalmer · 22-01-2019 12:18AM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Del2005 wrote: »

I'd be checking the wiring if you are blowing bulbs that often, there is something wrong that's causing the bulbs to blow.

We have done, nothing out of the ordinary showing up.

Well, nothing other than a small mortgage to replace bulbs every few weeks. Two different electricians looked and found nothing.

You've got a dodgy appliance somewhere in the house..I found an electric kettle was doing something similar,using too much electricity due to a loose wire in the plug.

22-01-2019 12:41AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Holy F*ckballs :eek:

Replacing a fusable resistor with a piece of wire .

Do you want a fire ?

Because that's how you get a fire.

At the very least replace the component with one of the same rating.

That is not a fusable resistor, it is an underrated resistor that shortens the life of the lamp, if there was a fault it would have gone bang when he bypassed it!

Normal light bulbs.

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