Would expect to have to change any bulbs after just 5 months eitherWhen we moved into our new house I replaced every bulb with a decent quality LED bulbs. That was October 2018 and haven't had to chance one yet.
Halogens are rubbish and don't last 5 minutes. You can also get some really crap LED bulbs. As they say, buy cheap, buy twice.
Would expect to have to change any bulbs after just 5 months either
Halogens in kitchen seem to last a year or 2, the ones in lounge around a year. I did think that when I used to put them in by hand they would last a few months, but now use a sock as a glove and they last longer. Something around oils in your skin not being great... probably not true!
Halogen car bulbs usually come with a foam or paper sleave around the bulb for this reason. I don't know how much truth is in it, but have always been told not to touch the bulb with bar fingers.
* which isn't really reduced energy use because the "waste" energy is heat and so contributes a little to heating the house.
How the f*** would you remember that?I have a 100w bulb in a light outside my back door that I bought in Woolworths Boxing Day sale in 1998.
It was one of three in a box for a quid, been in use ever since and still burns bright.
Bought it when we first moved to the house and reckon when it packs up the time has come for us to move
How the f*** would you remember that?
Whenever I installed halogen floodlights I was always told never to touch the lamp with bare hands as it would cause premature failure. Found this to explain it (you were right about oils on the skin):Halogens in kitchen seem to last a year or 2, the ones in lounge around a year. I did think that when I used to put them in by hand they would last a few months, but now use a sock as a glove and they last longer. Something around oils in your skin not being great... probably not true!
Whenever I installed halogen floodlights I was always told never to touch the lamp with bare hands as it would cause premature failure. Found this to explain it (you were right about oils on the skin):
So replaced a cfl (one of three in fitting) at Xmas with a Tesco branded LED, which has failed already. As a first experience of LED at home that is not a great start.... The cfls last three to four years typically in that fitting.
At £4.50 a bulb not particularly cheap either...
@gman has stated ikea as a brand that are ok further up the thread, any other suggestions?
We had those in bathroom and downstairs loo. Got fed up with them sometimes slow to get to full brightness and the bulb expense. Swapped them all for LEDs which won’t take that long for payback and are full brightness instantlyWe found G9 halogen bulbs very susceptible to failure due to vibration, especially ceiling mounted. Replaced them with LED. All our lights are LED apart from CFL in the kitchen, the CFL are SGU10 fitting which seriously limits our choice to Aurora replacements at £10 a go.
I would like to swap CFL for LED but have had trouble finding SGU10 fitting LED replacements for the Aurora CFL (They are 64mm dia & 81mm long)We had those in bathroom and downstairs loo. Got fed up with them sometimes slow to get to full brightness and the bulb expense. Swapped them all for LEDs which won’t take that long for payback and are full brightness instantly
Interesting alternative, thanks....... Unfortunately we have 7x SGU10 lights in our kitchen so it would work out quite expensive.We changed the fittings to an all in one solution https://www.saxbylighting.com/featured/featured-products/orbitalpro
about £17 each I think.
Over the last 3 or 4 years all the light bulbs i have bought offered me a 7 to 15 year life span, so why have i had to replace them already?
All bulbs in our house are now LED with most of them being LED for years now, even the rear security light/camera system is LED. Only had one LED needing to be changed and surprise, surprise it was a DIALL one - the only bulb I bought from B&Q. Many are from IKEA and seem to be very good. I also love how you can seriously increase the lumens safety using LED because the wattage is much lower such as a 100W equivalent regular bulb only needs a 14W LED to produce 1500 lumens