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countrymum
Posted: 05 September 2022 20:47:09(UTC)
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Tom 123;237455 wrote:
Can any of the techies please advise on where you can buy LED G4 bulbs that are similar in size to halogens?

LEDed the whole house but all G4 LED bulbs are way bigger than halogens. Take the cooker hood. 4 downlights, burn your fingers if you touch them. Eat energy. But so tight fittings that LEDs won't fit inside. Driven me crazy trying to replace.

IKEA normally do a good range of affordable and efficient bulbs, have you looked there for your specific requirements?
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Tom 123 on 05/09/2022(UTC)
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Posted: 05 September 2022 20:59:46(UTC)
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We used to use good old filament lamps. 100% efficient in winter as we needed the heat. As a sign of the times I have bought 100 tea lights, a spare 13kg bottle of propane and some peat briquettes. Next up is a bigger power bank.
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s patel
Posted: 05 September 2022 21:12:33(UTC)
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ANDREW FOSTER;237423 wrote:
Bulldog Drummond;237318 wrote:
ANDREW FOSTER;237311 wrote:

I would hope that nearly everyone on the forum cuts down energy usage in the interests of the greater good.

I have wondered about this but the energy I use is so low anyway that I can't think of how to get it down further. No car, no tumble dryer, no TV, lights off unless I'm in the room, winter heating set at 18 degrees if I'm at home, no pool, no pets, combi boiler.


Are you accidently living in a Charles Dickens novel...?


OK. That’s one. But we need “Six Characters in Search of an Author” to make the play.
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Bulldog Drummond
Posted: 05 September 2022 21:20:08(UTC)
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s patel;237471 wrote:
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Are you accidently living in a Charles Dickens novel...?

OK. That’s one. But we need “Six Characters in Search of an Author” to make the play.

I like to think of myself as more of a Basil Seal than a Dickens character.
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Posted: 05 September 2022 21:27:42(UTC)
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countrymum;237414 wrote:
Toadfish;237412 wrote:

I did look at that Bulldog and the draft excluders on their website for the door, now to find something for the skirting boards!

Forgive me if I've got the wrong end of the stick - is the issue with skirtings that they don't align with the floor so there are gaps?

It wouldn't be aesthetic, but would a pair of tights filled with rice (or equivalent packing material) laid across the skirtings stop the draughts - like a DIY sausage dog draught excluder?


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We're buying extra sausage dog draught excluders.
Never realised that skirting boards caused draughts. We have carpets.
I would have the roof covered with solar panels but planning permission isin't forthcoming because we live in a Conservation Area.
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countrymum on 06/09/2022(UTC)
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Posted: 05 September 2022 21:29:58(UTC)
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Tom 123;237454 wrote:
ANDREW FOSTER;237423 wrote:
Bulldog Drummond;237318 wrote:
ANDREW FOSTER;237311 wrote:

I would hope that nearly everyone on the forum cuts down energy usage in the interests of the greater good.

I have wondered about this but the energy I use is so low anyway that I can't think of how to get it down further. No car, no tumble dryer, no TV, lights off unless I'm in the room, winter heating set at 18 degrees if I'm at home, no pool, no pets, combi boiler.


Are you accidently living in a Charles Dickens novel...?


I can't believe BD doesn't have a pool. Bet he once did.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Pools are for the nouveau riche. DB is landed gentry.
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Tom 123 on 06/09/2022(UTC)
guantou
Posted: 05 September 2022 21:34:43(UTC)
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Tom 123;237455 wrote:
Can any of the techies please advise on where you can buy LED G4 bulbs that are similar in size to halogens?

LEDed the whole house but all G4 LED bulbs are way bigger than halogens. Take the cooker hood. 4 downlights, burn your fingers if you touch them. Eat energy. But so tight fittings that LEDs won't fit inside. Driven me crazy trying to replace.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/i...I4v%7Ctkp%3ABFBM_oeH-eFg
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Tom 123 on 06/09/2022(UTC)
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Posted: 05 September 2022 21:39:29(UTC)
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Tom 123;237455 wrote:
Can any of the techies please advise on where you can buy LED G4 bulbs that are similar in size to halogens?

LEDed the whole house but all G4 LED bulbs are way bigger than halogens. Take the cooker hood. 4 downlights, burn your fingers if you touch them. Eat energy. But so tight fittings that LEDs won't fit inside. Driven me crazy trying to replace.

What size are your existing bulbs? The Prolite G4 LEDs are 10mm diameter.

https://www.lightbulbs-d...op-by/fittings/g4-2-pin/
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Tim D
Posted: 05 September 2022 23:16:18(UTC)
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Tom 123;237455 wrote:
Can any of the techies please advise on where you can buy LED G4 bulbs that are similar in size to halogens?


Screwfix do some small ones
https://www.screwfix.com...m-1-5w-12v-4-pack/650pp

BTW, one thing to be aware of... until recently you'd buy LED bulbs and they'd be rated "A" or similar on that A-G energy efficiency scale. But now that LED lights are just "the normal" they seem to have now redone the scale and lots of LED lights are now rated "E" or "F" on the packaging! (Don't panic, any halogen or incandescent would now be way off the scale beyond a "G"). Some more on this at
https://electronics.stac...-efficiency-rating-of-f
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Tom 123 on 06/09/2022(UTC)
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Posted: 06 September 2022 09:30:36(UTC)
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countrymum;237414 wrote:
Toadfish;237412 wrote:

I did look at that Bulldog and the draft excluders on their website for the door, now to find something for the skirting boards!

Forgive me if I've got the wrong end of the stick - is the issue with skirtings that they don't align with the floor so there are gaps?

It wouldn't be aesthetic, but would a pair of tights filled with rice (or equivalent packing material) laid across the skirtings stop the draughts - like a DIY sausage dog draught excluder?


I haven't investigated properly but the carpet, which is probably as old as my dad, doesn't fit close tight to the skirting board, there is a gap which you can feel air rushing up through. The floor is also suspended which in itself, I'm led to believe, leads to draughty houses. So either the wooden flooring under the carpet isn't tight enough to block out the draught or its the carpet, I suspect both. Thanks for the suggestion, more investigation needed... I had thought about getting a company in to look at the room and give me some proper suggestions but I imagine it would be extremely expensive. We live in a conservation area so we can't add cladding to the outside, the only viable option would be to build a 'room within a room' and add insulation that way....quite an effort for one room
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countrymum on 06/09/2022(UTC)
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