Low wattage (5W or less) CFLs...

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Jeßus

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Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.
 
"Jeßus" <none@all.invalid> wrote in message
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Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.
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Dimmer?
 
On 12/10/2011 9:40 AM, Jeßus wrote:
Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.
I bought a Philips 5W from Bunnings a few days ago. The one
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I got was cool white colour temp, but pretty sure they had
warm white there as well.


--
What is the difference between a duck?
 
"Jeßus" <none@all.invalid> wrote in message
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Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.
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These guys are the ducks nuts for lighting gear, usually inexpensive too (ie
same or less than any other source).


http://www.lampreplacements.com.au/
 
"Metro" <Home@home> wrote in message
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"Jeßus" <none@all.invalid> wrote in message
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Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.

Dimmer?
Speaking...
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:28:32 +1100, "Metro" <Home@home> wrote:

"Jeßus" <none@all.invalid> wrote in message
news:4nk997hbqorkpg05dhj31sgpaclapv2v43@4ax.com...
Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.

Dimmer?
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Perhaps, but a bit of a hassle due to the combo powerpoint/light
switch. A 5W globe would be much easier :)
 
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:09:05 +1000, Doug Jewell
<ask@and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote:

On 12/10/2011 9:40 AM, Jeßus wrote:
Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.
I bought a Philips 5W from Bunnings a few days ago. The one
I got was cool white colour temp, but pretty sure they had
warm white there as well.
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Thanks Doug, I'll have a look in Bunnings next time I head in, cheers.
 
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:49:29 +0800, "Dennis"
<jon.dough@ithemorgue.com> wrote:

"Jeßus" <none@all.invalid> wrote in message
news:4nk997hbqorkpg05dhj31sgpaclapv2v43@4ax.com...
Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.


These guys are the ducks nuts for lighting gear, usually inexpensive too (ie
same or less than any other source).
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Thanks Dennis, I'll go check that site out now, cheers.


>http://www.lampreplacements.com.au/
 
On 12/10/2011 9:40 AM, Jeßus wrote:
Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.
Click to expand...
Yesterday I found them in Big W - Phillips Tornado
 
"Jeßus" <none@all.invalid> wrote in message
news:4nk997hbqorkpg05dhj31sgpaclapv2v43@4ax.com...
Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.
Click to expand...
Been having the same problem in the UK, I needed 5W CFL PCBs to replace the
dodgy capacitor dropper 'ballasts' in some cheap lantern bug zappers - the
6W UV tubes were also a bit dodgy and needed to be underrun to last the
summer.

In the end I found 5W CFLs in shops run by the 99p stores group - apparently
a load of Indian corner shop types have ganged up to stick it to the
supermarkets.

Maybe you have a similar store chain in Aus.
 
On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:14:48 +1000, David Eather <eather@tpg.com.au>
wrote:

On 12/10/2011 9:40 AM, Jeßus wrote:
Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.

Yesterday I found them in Big W - Phillips Tornado
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Thanks for that David, unfortunately the nearest Big W is about 250KM
away! But I do head down to Hobart about once a month, so I may well
get one then.
 
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:55:42 +0100, "Ian Field"
<gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com> wrote:

"Jeßus" <none@all.invalid> wrote in message
news:4nk997hbqorkpg05dhj31sgpaclapv2v43@4ax.com...
Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.


Been having the same problem in the UK, I needed 5W CFL PCBs to replace the
dodgy capacitor dropper 'ballasts' in some cheap lantern bug zappers - the
6W UV tubes were also a bit dodgy and needed to be underrun to last the
summer.

In the end I found 5W CFLs in shops run by the 99p stores group - apparently
a load of Indian corner shop types have ganged up to stick it to the
supermarkets.

Maybe you have a similar store chain in Aus.
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We do Ian, I never gave much though to check some of those. Thanks for
that.
 
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:09:05 +1000, Doug Jewell
<ask@and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote:

On 12/10/2011 9:40 AM, Jeßus wrote:
Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.
I bought a Philips 5W from Bunnings a few days ago. The one
I got was cool white colour temp, but pretty sure they had
warm white there as well.
Click to expand...
Got a warm white 5W at Bunnings yesterday, thanks for the suggestion
Doug.
 
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:40:40 +1100, Jeßus wrote:

Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck finding
anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search basically
came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them? Need a bayonet type
with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any helpful replies.
Click to expand...
IKEA sells 7 Watt CFLs. I also bought 4 Watt ones from them but cannot
find them online at the moment. They're good quality bulbs rebranded.
 
"asdf" <asdf@nospam.com> wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:40:40 +1100, Jeßus wrote:

Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck finding
anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search basically
came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them? Need a bayonet type
with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any helpful replies.

IKEA sells 7 Watt CFLs. I also bought 4 Watt ones from them but cannot
find them online at the moment. They're good quality bulbs rebranded.
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The first CFLs I bought in any quantity were Ikea branded and came via a
local car boot sale - so they could have been factory seconds diverted from
recycling. So no surprise some of them only lasted a couple of weeks.

The seller started off at Ł1 each (shop prices at the time were anything
from Ł6.50 to Ł10) and week by week dropped the price in small steps until
he got to 20p when I bought all he had left.
 
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:26:40 +0000 (UTC), asdf <asdf@nospam.com>
wrote:

On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:40:40 +1100, Jeßus wrote:

Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck finding
anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search basically
came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them? Need a bayonet type
with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any helpful replies.

IKEA sells 7 Watt CFLs. I also bought 4 Watt ones from them but cannot
find them online at the moment. They're good quality bulbs rebranded.
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4W would be nice, alas there is no Ikea store anywhere near here,
maybe they sell online.

I'm looking forward to LED versions appearing, and at a reasonable
price... one day. I find that I can hear a high pitched whine coming
from many CFLs, and then theres the matter of the toxic contents of
CFLs.
 
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