Why not just use a normal bayonet/ES pendant and fit an energy saving bulb to it? You can get 100W equivalent ones that are OK (though I'd hesitate to say equivalent to an old 100W bulb). Depends how big the room is really.
What are them light fittings called that are in most houses? The ones that dangle from a cord in the middle of the room? Are they available in gu10 fittings?
pendant ?
they're called pendants. But why would you want it in gu10? They're not known for being the best lamps.
bayonet?
Bayonet cap (BC), nothing like a GU10 fitting!
I'm just thinking of fitting energy saving lights without blowing that saving on fitting other kinds of, well fittings. But a replacement pendant is a 2 minute job... Missus's desk lamp has a led gu10 bulb and it's alright
Get some candles, they'll be brighter
and probably cheaper
and probably environmentally better
If you're gonna dangle a single GU10 in the middle of a room, may as well just gaffer tape a torch to the ceiling. Same result - a dark room with
a pool of light on the floor!
Why not just use a normal bayonet/ES pendant and fit an energy saving bulb to it? You can get 100W equivalent ones that are OK (though I'd
hesitate to say equivalent to an old 100W bulb). Depends how big the room is really.
I do use energy saving bulbs, I was just thinking that you can get 3 or 4 watt (as opposed to 15 or 60) ones. It was worth asking really..
The 3 - 4W bulbs are LED as opposed to flourescent. Yes they are even more efficient but the amount of light is much less too. A decent 4W LED GU10 is roughly equivalent to a 35W halogen GU10 (or an 8-ish W flourescent GU10 or thereabouts). One on a pendant would not adequately light an average size room. I've got 5 downlights in the bathroom each fitted with a 4W LED and the room is very well lit. In the two bedrooms and lounge we have fan light fittings that have three GU10s, and these are fitted with 5W LEDs which dont quite do the job of the standard 50W halogens but are perfectly adequate. If you're already using compact flourescent energy savers, you wont save much more money switching to LEDs.
I did find these that appear to be alright.
I also found this calculator which shows just how much you can save. Tell you
what if you still use them old bulbs (which some in our house are) there's a packet to be saved.
But yeah the difference between 5x11w bulbs and 5x5w bulbs is about £1.50 a month
I will hold the lamp and you turn the room........
Im an electrical bod and I hate these low energy supposed to be good for the environment lamps.
The energy to make them and the c**p put in them is scary.....mercury and other such nastys.
All to get a dim light that harks back to candles 
and we call this progress ......replacing fittings that are perfectly serviceable all in the
name of energy saving.... these all used energy to make them ect
like bombing for peace great idea.
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Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
I will hold the lamp and you turn the room........
Im an electrical bod and I hate these low energy supposed to be good for the environment lamps.
The energy to make them and the c**p put in them is scary.....mercury and other such nastys.
All to get a dim light that harks back to candles
like bombing for peace great idea.
same point it annoys me when they call electric cars zero emmisions. Yeh ok it might be when its driving along. But what about all the emmisions from the power plant when the electricity for the car is being generated. Granted itd probably still be less per mile but why not just say that instead of saying its zero emmisions. Annoys me everytime i see it.
Nasty stuff like mercury, etc has been banned in RoHS compliant energy saving bulbs (i.e. decent ones - cheap chinese imports who knows?) for years. I dont think there's anything nasty in LED bulbs anyway. To the OP - yeah there are LED replacements for standard BC/ES fittings available. If you think an old 60W bulb would light the room in question adequately give those a whirl (bearing in mind that 60W equivalence will be generous to say the least in my experience).
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Originally posted by AndyW
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Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
I will hold the lamp and you turn the room........
Im an electrical bod and I hate these low energy supposed to be good for the environment lamps.
The energy to make them and the c**p put in them is scary.....mercury and other such nastys.
All to get a dim light that harks back to candles
like bombing for peace great idea.
I totally agree, Ive heard about the nasty stuff in these energy saving bulbs. And as you say, why replace a perfectly good light with another, thus creating more electrical waste.
I really dont thing we will change the world by using "energy efficient" bulbs.
Just my opinion
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Originally posted by Miks15
same point it annoys me when they call electric cars zero emmisions. Yeh ok it might be when its driving along. But what about all the emmisions from the power plant when the electricity for the car is being generated. Granted itd probably still be less per mile but why not just say that instead of saying its zero emmisions. Annoys me everytime i see it.
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Originally posted by slingshot2000
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Originally posted by Miks15
same point it annoys me when they call electric cars zero emmisions. Yeh ok it might be when its driving along. But what about all the emmisions from the power plant when the electricity for the car is being generated. Granted itd probably still be less per mile but why not just say that instead of saying its zero emmisions. Annoys me everytime i see it.
I also agree fully with this!
And. . . . . . . . . when is somebody going to calculate the losses involved in the transmission of the electicity from the power station to the charger, the losses in the charging of the battery and include these in the figures for the car ??
Regards
Jon
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Originally posted by blakep82
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Originally posted by slingshot2000
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Originally posted by Miks15
same point it annoys me when they call electric cars zero emmisions. Yeh ok it might be when its driving along. But what about all the emmisions from the power plant when the electricity for the car is being generated. Granted itd probably still be less per mile but why not just say that instead of saying its zero emmisions. Annoys me everytime i see it.
I also agree fully with this!
And. . . . . . . . . when is somebody going to calculate the losses involved in the transmission of the electicity from the power station to the charger, the losses in the charging of the battery and include these in the figures for the car ??
Regards
Jon
hmm, and these hybrids, you don't get energy for nothing, so to use a petrol engine to generate electric, you must be losing some power output from the engine to charge the batteries. plus some power loss through heat, sound etc (both ways) surely you're better off with just the engine?