Saving energy

[hughnique]

Having received a devastating leccy bill lately I decided to go on a money saving or energy saving crusade, I bought a load of these GU10 LED lamps and fitted them in all my existing fittings which took them. I was somewhat confused as to the info on the packaging that these lamps were a F or G rating, I thought we were supposed to be improving the consumption or am I missing something

[Headers]

We were hunting for some A or better LEDs last year. They are difficult to find. Some are B or C or many more F or G. It seems to be because of a revision of the rating system to try and get manufacturers to improve bulb performance even more.

[Hotrodder]

What you are missing is the reality of what they are claiming. Another bogus point is the amount of hours service life.
You can get a low consumption bulb to fit pretty much any socket, at a price. It doesn't have to be GU10. They even stick an LED inside an old fashioned filament bulb glass envelope. Tenner a pop, or more. It take a while to figure out a rough equivalent in Lumens to old school wattage. Armed with that as a starting point you have to hope they quote a true Lumens figure for the LED unit.
Candles were so much easier, but today they are silly expensive.

[Lori]

Candles were so much easier, but today they are silly expensive.

Yep, ridiculous.

[RobertArthur]

New Energy Label for LED Lamps: What you need to know.

[exile]

What do you need to know? Whether that equivalence to 60W is real, theoretical or fictional.

Many I have now do seem to deliver the perceived amount of light that they claim but I have some whose claims must have come from a marketeers dream moment. I am just waiting for them to expire so that I can fit something more appropriate.

[DaveW]

I bought one of these in 2010/11 can’t remember, it wasn’t cheap but I was fascinated.

https://inhabitat.com/philips-unveils-w ... mmon-bulb/

It’s in my hall and I leave it on at night and when I’m away.

I guess it’s going to go pop one day soon, but I think the ROI is pretty good.

[elsie]

A good description of the new ratings
https://www.sparksdirect.co.uk/blog/new ... ed-to-know

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[Lori]

I bought one of these in 2010/11 can’t remember, it wasn’t cheap but I was fascinated.

https://inhabitat.com/philips-unveils-w ... mmon-bulb/

It’s in my hall and I leave it on at night and when I’m away.

I guess it’s going to go pop one day soon, but I think the ROI is pretty good.

Do you know if these are available in France? I looked on Amazon.fr and see exterior models, but not the interior bulbs.

[Lori]

A good description of the new ratings
https://www.sparksdirect.co.uk/blog/new ... ed-to-know
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Okay, I guess I am a bit slow. I thought the new LED bulbs were supposed to be more energy efficient. So, why are they classified with such low ratings; E, F and/or G ?