I've been converting to LED 'bulbs' where possible - ES types are far more
common than the bayonet type we use here as a standard. I've used spotlight
types, small spotlight, 'corn cob' models and now round downlight panels.
Fitting a 5" flat circular 11W panel in my son's home today. As they are 12V,
they replace little halogen downlights seamlessly.
There are many different types available from China, post free, on ebay and
much cheaper than here. I'm sure I've seen narrow candle types in small Edison
screw fitting and just about every other fitting you can imagine. They're
getting up to decent power output as well. I find a 5-6W is a more than
adequate replacement for a 60W incandescent or 14W compact fluoro. In
chandeliers, 2.5W - 3W would be an adequate replacement for 40W.
And they are rated to last a very long time, so long as you don't leave them
burning full time.
Andrew Fildes
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On 04/01/2014, at 1:59 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Like many people, I suppose, I was a bit taken by surprise at the recent
> news reports of the death of incandescent light bulbs in the US. I
> "knew" that "incandescents" were being phased out but didn't realize
> that 2014 was "the end"... with 40 and 60 watt bulbs now being "banned".
> I was immediately concerned about some special lighting
> requirements... candelabra bulbs for our chandeliers, compact size but
> medium base 60 watt bulbs for our kitchen light fixture and, especially,
> 150 watt halogen bulbs used as modeling lights on my studio flash units.
>
> I had already realized that we were being poorly served by the media
> when I looked up the law itself and saw that there were many exemptions
> for a wide variety of special types of bulbs including candelabra base
> bulbs. What I didn't realize from reading only parts of the very
> opaquely worded law is that there is really is no ban on incandescent
> light bulbs. What the law covers is efficency, not lighting technology.
> The law only requires that, whatever the technology, that the lumens
> output of bulbs be 25% more efficient than ordinary incandescent bulbs.
> As the author of the link below points out, halogen technology already
> meets that requirement. A 43 watt halogen produces lumens equivalent to
> a 60 watt conventional incandescent.
>
> So, our expensive candelabra base chandeliers are still safe from
> obsolescence as are my studio lights. I'm still concerned about the
> kitchen light fixture because it take "medium base" bulbs (most common)
> which was the main target of the law. In addition to being very small
> (G16.5 size, 2" diameter) they must also be dimmable. AFAIK there is no
> other bulb that fits the requirement. But I will have to continue
> searching. Good luck with your own requirements.
>
> <http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/1/5263826/the-incandescent-light-bulb-isnt-dead>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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