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We had an expensive large globe bulb (Habitat) explode in the waiting room once :erm: Luckily no one was sitting near it at the time :disturbd:
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There might be a static build up that causes the light bulb to blow, the ones out of Tesco's do that and the scare the hell out of me!!!
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We've just had a pack of four energy saving bulbs sent to us free from Powergen Staywarm. They should last us forever as there is only one fitting in the house that we can use them in and we already have a couple that we got free from a link in the freebies thread. Everywhere else uses candle bulbs or reflector bulbs. Are there any really small power saving bulbs?
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I am not to keen on these energy effiecent ones, I think that they are really dim and they seem to take ages to 'warm up' if you pardon the pun and they seem to make the room look really dark
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We use Osram or Ikea bulbs at home. Both seem quite reliable, and the Ikea ones have the bonus that they are relatively cheap.
The downside is that Ikea seem to use a different fitting for each kind of lamp (they don't, I think they use 5 types, it just seems like more), so where as before we would have maybe a couple of different types of bulb, we now have a whole drawer full of them.. |
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I do not think the light quality is there though and we have philips ones, give me old fashioned ones anyday!
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But after the expliding thing - I think I'll stick with energy saving ones. Touch wood - non of my engersaving ones have broken yet. |
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AHHHH your poor star trek collection, is it okay??
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I thought bulbs only exploded or "poped" when too much electricity goes thru the wire?
I would stay well away from those bulbs. Luckily I have energy saving ones in my room :erm: |
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I saw a tip to use a potato, shove it into it, twist & remove.
Although given the moisture in it, best to switch off first:D |
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If you still have the packaging and any remaining bulbs and receipt for purchase visit your local trading standards office and report it, as such bulbs are a menace. :erm: |
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