It's a mystery to me why lightbulbs don't have their precise details printed or embossed clearly.  It's so blooming irritating to find a partially legible hint of a specification which, unless by pure fluke you hold it up to the sun on the second Sunday after the mid lunar cycle prior to the second solstice whilst holding a UV light with your finger up your nose and squinting in an undefined manner,  you'll never be able to make out.

Mind you, it's also a complete mystery why they use stickers on items, which are a bugger to get off with or without soaking in white sprit and stinking your fingers when subsequently scratching with your nails, and then require several doses of neat fairy liquid.

I want to find the inventors of these unnecessary annoyances and give them a jolly stern talking to.

My subscription to Jacqui Lawson ecards has now terminated, largely due to my not using it often enough to justify the expense, but more to do with it being so American based.

Am looking round at other possible ecard sites to use.  Any suggestions?

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 11:11:37 PMI have no intention of ever moving. Too many skips needed.

Colour temperature and brightness aren't the same thing.

If you don't want an electrician bill why not order the tube off amazon? As you got the old one out you know how they go back in. Line up the slots push tube up and in then twist through 90 degrees.

I would if I knew what to order,  but as I said earlier,  I don't know anything about Volts/Watts/Lumens etc.  so what if I ordered the wrong thing?

The way some of the delivery firms chuck things about,  it might even arrive broken too..  Then what.

Anyway,  I am going to let the dogs out for their bedtime wee,  then get off to bed else I shall oversleep in the morning.

I have no intention of ever moving. Too many skips needed.

Colour temperature and brightness aren't the same thing.

If you don't want an electrician bill why not order the tube off amazon? As you got the old one out you know how they go back in. Line up the slots push tube up and in then twist through 90 degrees.

I wonder how our Vlad got on with his house move?
Hope he gets connected up and lets us know some news soon.

My son was on about me moving nearer to them,  but  I don't think I could face the upheaval now,  and I could never do all that packing up on my own either.     They both work full time, so I can't see me getting a lot of help. 

Quote from: Dextrous63 on Yesterday at 06:12:13 PMYou could probably buy a lovely led one which has a little remote control which would enable to dim it or change the colour.

Funny you should say that, Dex,  because the other light the electrician replaced about a month ago,  he altered the brightness on that for me. 
I think there was some sort of adjuster on the tube itself,  not a hand held remote thingy.   
I couldn't really see exactly what he was doing to soften the brightness because he was up on the steps.

Too late to worry about it anymore now,  unfortunately it will cost me again for the electrician next week now.


Yesterday at 10:52:54 PM

Quote from: Mups on Yesterday at 10:35:52 PMApparently they are not allowed to sell florescent lights anymore  (so they told me),  so it has to be an LED.

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 10:42:23 PMI know I said that....

Sorry.   I just saw you saying about florescent ones being higher colour temperature and misunderstood. 
The girl in the shop said LED lights are brightest.

Anyway,  this is the Boring thread isn't it,  so I expect I have bored the pants of everyone else now,  so will shut up.

I know I said that....

Quote from: klondike on December 23, 2025, 10:19:36 PMYou could always buy a spare and brave the step ladder again. I expect the LED ones are designed to fit the old fittings just as the replacement LED bulbs are.

Be careful disposing of the old tube. They contain a small quantity of mercury which is poisonous and one of the reasons they were withdrawn from sale.

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 05:35:30 PMFlourescent lights are typically higher colour temperature than we have for lounge lighting in the UK. Would probably have been fine for a kitchen though as probably similar to what you had.

Colour temperature refers to what temperate something would need to be to produce light of the colour you see when it is turned on.. Heat something up and it starts dull red going more towards yellow then even white as temperature rises. Tungsten bulbs are quite yellow and what we have got used to at home.

Apparently they are not allowed to sell florescent lights anymore  (so they told me),  so it has to be an LED.

Mavis hid behind a chair
He would never see her there 
She wasn't there long 
And thought he was gone
But when she peeped there was a pair!


It didn't seem they were going away
So she finally let them have their say
But one she knew - 
It was her Ex,  Hugh

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