LED bulbs (domestic)

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:01 pm

gannet - it was City Electrical Factors in Crawley, but they seemed to have disappeared ...

WLH · Post by **WLH** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:15 pm

With just a few exceptions over the last 7 year I have replaced all frequently used light with LED's and none have failed yet.

gannet · Post by **gannet** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:20 pm

pvr wrote:gannet - it was City Electrical Factors in Crawley, but they seemed to have disappeared ...

These guys? CEF

Crawley Branch

Email
[email protected]

Telephone
01293 421 001

Fax

Crawley Branch
Unit 5, Oakwood Industrial Park
Gatwick Road
Manor Royal
Crawley
RH10 9AZ

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:27 pm

yes, but no longer there.

this is where they were

gannet · Post by **gannet** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:30 pm

pvr wrote:yes, but no longer there.

odd that they still list it on the website then...

firebobby · Post by **firebobby** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:27 pm

Just contact CEF head office and kick up a fuss

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:27 pm

Afraid I just can't get on with LED and halogen bulbs. We did try them but I disliked the light harshness we binned them all and bulk bought a load of rough service traditional bulbs which you can still get, I just find the colour warmth so much better with good old fashioned traditional bulbs.

Tim.

cj10jeeper · Post by **cj10jeeper** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:43 pm

TitanTim wrote:Afraid I just can't get on with LED and halogen bulbs. We did try them but I disliked the light harshness we binned them all and bulk bought a load of rough service traditional bulbs which you can still get, I just find the colour warmth so much better with good old fashioned traditional bulbs.

Tim.

Just pick led's with a suitable colour spectrum. These days some are really close to traditional filament bulbs.
I too dislike the glare of 6k leds and have warm white in reception rooms and bedrooms whiter in office, kitchen, etc.

BRC · Post by **BRC** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:46 pm

TitanTim wrote:Afraid I just can't get on with LED and halogen bulbs. We did try them but I disliked the light harshness we binned them all and bulk bought a load of rough service traditional bulbs which you can still get, I just find the colour warmth so much better with good old fashioned traditional bulbs.

Tim.

That used to be the case Tim but as well as bright white you can buy warm led's and you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference until you saw your leccy bill. There's so much choice with some led's deliberately designed to perform exactly as traditional bulbs even down to the "filament" constructions. Take a wander through the Screwfix catalogue and be amazed! BTW I am not affiliated to Screwfix or any other similar store.

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:24 pm

Thanks guys, will have another look, admittedly it was a few years ago now since I last looked

When the old traditional bulbs were phased out I bought a job lot of EverReady bulbs which I noticed had Made in China printed on the boxes

They would light up and glow to around a 1000 degrees and on occasion would literally explode at the base with the bulb part dropping to the floor, we have a three bulb light overhanging the bed and one of the bulbs exploded, dropped onto the duvet and burnt a hole in it at the same time fusing all the lights. Apart from that they've been pretty good, its just the extreme heat they give out so we turn the central heating down to compensate

Tim.

un1eash · Post by **un1eash** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:46 pm

I use warm white in the kitchen and cool white in the bathrooms. I did have cool white in the kitchen but it was too much, you needed sunglasses.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 10:33 pm

Went in the shop but no warranty on light bulbs. Right ....

Scooba_Steve · Post by **Scooba_Steve** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 11:06 pm

Just go for the Sale of Goods/Consumer Rights Act and straight to the top.

Darkangelv2 · Post by **Darkangelv2** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 1:43 pm

I used to buy these for B&Q and have a house full of our own brand.

I have 47 LED bulbs in my home of various types and only had to change 1 GU10 in the last 5 years.

They will suffer a shortening of life if enclosed, cycled excessively or used on a dimmer (even when designed to be dimmable).

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