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23rd September 2005, 07:27 PM #1Senior Member
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****** off with light bulbs
For the last twelve months i have been writing the date on light bulbs when i replace them.
Average life is about 3 months at the moment.. 100 watt bulbs used to last for years back in the 60's.
Now they have the cheek to offer you bulbs that will last about six months for a premium price! not sure how you make a claim if they don't last that long.
Are there any industrial 100watt bulbs that last for a decent length of time, or are they all fluro's.
Paddy
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23rd September 2005, 07:44 PM #2Deceased
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I started using the el-cheapo from Bunnings ( 10 pack for $4.) about 2 years ago and the ones I then put in are still going strong.
Maybe you're using the wrong type.
Peter.
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23rd September 2005, 07:54 PM #3Registered
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Paddy have you had your voltage checked by a sparkie?
Wrong voltage in the house will burn all sorts of things out.
Al
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23rd September 2005, 08:17 PM #4
Bulbs for burning
Paddy
Have you tried any of the new type bulbs that have a white spiral part which lights up. These are power saver bulbs and have a few here approaching 4 years service. They run a lot cooler in the sockets and are available at any supermarket the equivelant to 100 watts is a 25 watt model, very bright white light, and worth a try. You can often pick them up 4 in a pack for $11 or 12 dollars. I resorted to them when we were having the same problem with standard bulbs, certainly worth a try.
Regards Mike.
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24th September 2005, 02:13 PM #5Originally Posted by ozwinner
If you dodn't mind shift to the new fluro style of lamp. now that they are cheaper, then you will get a longet life and the cost of running the lamp will be a hell of a lot cheaper as Mickyg said.
Cheers Sam
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24th September 2005, 02:20 PM #6
But terrible to read under.
Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.
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25th September 2005, 01:43 AM #7
Go the flouros where possible/sensible.
Stuck them in here when we first moved in 18 months ago, and they have easily paid for themselves.
Heck, all these new electrical goodies just don't use juice! A/C flat out, $35. Nothing going, $25. Heater (A/C) $35.
And don't even ask how much power costs here...
Anyways, the flouros do last for a goodly amount of time, just try to avoid the cheap and nasties (as always) and don't put them anywhere they might get whacked/dropped/broken.
I can tell you, you swear much louder and more colourful when you break one of them...
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25th September 2005, 02:24 AM #8Chics dig me!!!
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Originally Posted by Schtoo
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25th September 2005, 01:58 PM #9
First thing I'd be looking at is where the bulbs are made......I did a bit of a study myself on light bulb quality and endurance and came to the conclusion that it's a case of getting what you payfor. The cheap a**e Indonesian made bulbs from are dirt cheap but last about as long as dirt.
Whatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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25th September 2005, 02:02 PM #10Originally Posted by Schtoo
Arent most of the domestic light fittings in the average Japanese apartment fluoros?. Theyre normally those dinky circular Art Deco style things arent they? I cant say I ever recall actually seeing a normal incandsecant light bulb in all my time in Japan.
Cheers MartinWhatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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26th September 2005, 02:37 AM #11
Did you like them big, circular hunks of cr@p?
Niether do I.
We have one in the spare room, but everything else is a drop down pendant kinda thingy with a string switch and a pair of 13w flouro bulbs and the dinky 5w incan nightlight things. All twist into the same base as the big round hunks of junk, just look a little nicer.
Plus the obligatory turned switch knobs.
Some things, like those lights, just don't do anything for me. Other things, like the bathroom and toilet cistern, are just awesome.
Just have to combine all the good while leaving the bad out in one house. Should be, err, interesting?
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26th September 2005, 08:28 AM #12Originally Posted by Iain
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26th September 2005, 10:47 PM #13Originally Posted by SchtooWhatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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27th September 2005, 01:57 AM #14
Our bathroom now is a modular kinda thing, plenty big enough.
But the trick is, you can send water in any direction, and it doesn't matter.
All sealed up, and it all runs to the drain. I will never have a bathroom any other way, especially with kids.
And yep, that's the toilet.
Except now, they will wash and blow dry your exhaust pipe for you, all in heated-seat comfort. We don't have one here, but it's an interesting concept...
And better than the squat I got at the workshop by a bazillion miles.
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27th September 2005, 02:11 AM #15
Hijack
Schtoo,
any chance of some piccies of this modular Japanese bathroom? Maybe in a new thread.
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938
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