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Phil Allison

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Hi,

picked up a couple of Philips brand 13W LED bulbs from Woollies this week.

http://www.philips.com.au/c-p/8718696482162/led-bulb

On special, for $7.50 each.

One was a warm and the other a cool white type ( 3000K and 6500K ) and both are rated at 1400 lumens. Rated life is a conservative 15,000 hours plus 50,000 switch-ons.

Each bulb replaced a 22W CFL in a movable desk lamp and the other a similar 22W kitchen ceiling light.

Lemme tell ya, in practice they outperform the CFLs used before - despite the lower power.

Main reason is the light output is not omnidirectional, the majority is concentrated in front of the lamp in a 130 degree arc. See full specs:

http://www.philips.com.au/c-p/8718696482162/led-bulb/specifications

I particularly like the non fragile aspect too.



..... Phil
 
On 2/07/2017 8:13 PM, Phil Allison wrote:
Hi,

picked up a couple of Philips brand 13W LED bulbs from Woollies this
week.

http://www.philips.com.au/c-p/8718696482162/led-bulb

On special, for $7.50 each.

One was a warm and the other a cool white type ( 3000K and 6500K )
and both are rated at 1400 lumens. Rated life is a conservative
15,000 hours plus 50,000 switch-ons.

Each bulb replaced a 22W CFL in a movable desk lamp and the other a
similar 22W kitchen ceiling light.

Lemme tell ya, in practice they outperform the CFLs used before -
despite the lower power.

Main reason is the light output is not omnidirectional, the majority
is concentrated in front of the lamp in a 130 degree arc. See full
specs:

http://www.philips.com.au/c-p/8718696482162/led-bulb/specifications

I particularly like the non fragile aspect too.
Click to expand...

**Yep. Doesn't surprise me. My experience is wide, but here's two examples:

* Bathroom light was a 75 Watt Mirror-back type. I initially replaced it
with a 24 Watt CFL. More light and lower power consumption. When Aldi
was selling some lamps a couple of years back, they had one in the same
format as the old 75 Watt lamp. I screwed it in. Same amount of light as
the 24 Watt CFL and even less power consumption.

However, the biggie was this:

* The back yard was illuminated with a couple of 150 watt PAR38 floods.
I found some 25 Watt CFLs. Cold light, but worked OK. I picked up two 9
Watt LEDs (in PAR 38 style). Bugger me, just as much light as the old
PAR38s. Best of all, they are likely to last quite well, unlike the
original PAR38s, as the are on a movement sensor.




--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
 
Trevor Wilson wrote:

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Phil Allison wrote:

Hi,

picked up a couple of Philips brand 13W LED bulbs from Woollies this
week.

http://www.philips.com.au/c-p/8718696482162/led-bulb

On special, for $7.50 each.

One was a warm and the other a cool white type ( 3000K and 6500K )
and both are rated at 1400 lumens. Rated life is a conservative
15,000 hours plus 50,000 switch-ons.

Each bulb replaced a 22W CFL in a movable desk lamp and the other a
similar 22W kitchen ceiling light.

Lemme tell ya, in practice they outperform the CFLs used before -
despite the lower power.

Main reason is the light output is not omnidirectional, the majority
is concentrated in front of the lamp in a 130 degree arc. See full
specs:

http://www.philips.com.au/c-p/8718696482162/led-bulb/specifications

I particularly like the non fragile aspect too.


**Yep. Doesn't surprise me. My experience is wide, but here's two examples:

* Bathroom light was a 75 Watt Mirror-back type. I initially replaced it
with a 24 Watt CFL. More light and lower power consumption. When Aldi
was selling some lamps a couple of years back, they had one in the same
format as the old 75 Watt lamp. I screwed it in. Same amount of light as
the 24 Watt CFL and even less power consumption.

However, the biggie was this:

* The back yard was illuminated with a couple of 150 watt PAR38 floods.
I found some 25 Watt CFLs. Cold light, but worked OK. I picked up two 9
Watt LEDs (in PAR 38 style). Bugger me, just as much light as the old
PAR38s. Best of all, they are likely to last quite well, unlike the
original PAR38s, as the are on a movement sensor.
Click to expand...

** While we are still in a transition period, Halogen incandescent, CFLs and LED bulbs are ALL all on sale *together* on the same display shelf at Woollies.

Joe and Jill public are more than a tad confused by the excess of choices and THEN have to make sure they purchase a lamp with the right base.

Each time I go near the Woollies display, I wind up having to advise another customer about the differences so they make a suitable choice.

The middle aged woman I spoke to today had a dud 52W halogen BC in her fingers and I managed to find another for her. She needed a lamp for the bathroom so I steered her away from CFL - but she was not up to forking out $7.50 for a LED bulb that should last 10 years and save its cost 10 times over in power consumption.



...... Phil
 
On 2/07/2017 9:46 PM, Phil Allison wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:

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Phil Allison wrote:

Hi,

picked up a couple of Philips brand 13W LED bulbs from Woollies
this week.

http://www.philips.com.au/c-p/8718696482162/led-bulb

On special, for $7.50 each.

One was a warm and the other a cool white type ( 3000K and 6500K
) and both are rated at 1400 lumens. Rated life is a
conservative 15,000 hours plus 50,000 switch-ons.

Each bulb replaced a 22W CFL in a movable desk lamp and the other
a similar 22W kitchen ceiling light.

Lemme tell ya, in practice they outperform the CFLs used before
- despite the lower power.

Main reason is the light output is not omnidirectional, the
majority is concentrated in front of the lamp in a 130 degree
arc. See full specs:

http://www.philips.com.au/c-p/8718696482162/led-bulb/specifications



I particularly like the non fragile aspect too.


**Yep. Doesn't surprise me. My experience is wide, but here's two
examples:

* Bathroom light was a 75 Watt Mirror-back type. I initially
replaced it with a 24 Watt CFL. More light and lower power
consumption. When Aldi was selling some lamps a couple of years
back, they had one in the same format as the old 75 Watt lamp. I
screwed it in. Same amount of light as the 24 Watt CFL and even
less power consumption.

However, the biggie was this:

* The back yard was illuminated with a couple of 150 watt PAR38
floods. I found some 25 Watt CFLs. Cold light, but worked OK. I
picked up two 9 Watt LEDs (in PAR 38 style). Bugger me, just as
much light as the old PAR38s. Best of all, they are likely to last
quite well, unlike the original PAR38s, as the are on a movement
sensor.


** While we are still in a transition period, Halogen incandescent,
CFLs and LED bulbs are ALL all on sale *together* on the same display
shelf at Woollies.

Joe and Jill public are more than a tad confused by the excess of
choices and THEN have to make sure they purchase a lamp with the
right base.

Each time I go near the Woollies display, I wind up having to advise
another customer about the differences so they make a suitable
choice.

The middle aged woman I spoke to today had a dud 52W halogen BC in
her fingers and I managed to find another for her. She needed a lamp
for the bathroom so I steered her away from CFL - but she was not up
to forking out $7.50 for a LED bulb that should last 10 years and
save its cost 10 times over in power consumption.
Click to expand...

**You should wander into Bunnings. They have an enormous range of LED
(and other) lamps. From crap to quite decent quality.

You're right about the bathroom lighting. The kitchen is more critical.
When I moved to Oyster Bay, the house had 12 X 50 Watt downlights in the
kitchen. Insane. It got worse, when I investigated. The old iron
transformers were consuming around 15 Watts each. I swapped them out for
'electronic transformer' and saved a good deal of energy. When Aldi had
some 4.5 Watt LEDs on special, I replaced the lot and added another over
the sink. Now I have 13 X 4.5 Watts (+ 2 Watts for each inverter) = 84.5
Watts. Much better. Still, the 4.5 Watt downlights are not really bright
enough. I'll replace the whole lot with some integrated lamps later this
year. Probably 7 Watts each or thereabouts.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
 
On 02-Jul-17 6:13 PM, Phil Allison wrote:
Hi,

picked up a couple of Philips brand 13W LED bulbs from Woollies this week.

http://www.philips.com.au/c-p/8718696482162/led-bulb

On special, for $7.50 each.

One was a warm and the other a cool white type ( 3000K and 6500K ) and both are rated at 1400 lumens. Rated life is a conservative 15,000 hours plus 50,000 switch-ons.

Each bulb replaced a 22W CFL in a movable desk lamp and the other a similar 22W kitchen ceiling light.

Lemme tell ya, in practice they outperform the CFLs used before - despite the lower power.

Main reason is the light output is not omnidirectional, the majority is concentrated in front of the lamp in a 130 degree arc. See full specs:

http://www.philips.com.au/c-p/8718696482162/led-bulb/specifications

I particularly like the non fragile aspect too.



.... Phil
Click to expand...


Philips LED globes $5 each at Woolworths this week.

<https://www.woolworths.com.au/Shop/ProductDetails/792578/philips-led-globe-cool-daylight-806-lumen-es-base>
 
Trumble wrote:

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Philips LED globes $5 each at Woolworths this week.

https://www.woolworths.com.au/Shop/ProductDetails/792578/philips-led-globe-cool-daylight-806-lumen-es-base
Click to expand...


** 9W, cool white, ES only.

Still a very good price.


..... Phil
 
On 03-Jul-17 12:44 PM, Phil Allison wrote:
Trumble wrote:

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Philips LED globes $5 each at Woolworths this week.

https://www.woolworths.com.au/Shop/ProductDetails/792578/philips-led-globe-cool-daylight-806-lumen-es-base



** 9W, cool white, ES only.

Still a very good price.


.... Phil
Click to expand...

My local had ES + bayonet, I grabbed 6 of them.
I should have grabbed a few more.

Warm white is banned from my place, cool white is the go!
 
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