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Anyone else saving up for a light bulb?

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Marydoll Wed 21-Feb-18 07:06:57

We are planning to change our kitchen lights to LED. The bulbs keeping needing changed. Expensive to change, but our electrician says we will save a fortune in the long run.

M0nica Wed 21-Feb-18 06:59:36

Go online. Buy them on ebay. Also consider how much you save in electricity costs.

We have two three light spotlight bars in our kitchen. When we moved here 22 years ago there were 6 x 60 old fashioned bulbs in them consuming 360w of electricity every hour. Those same light bars now have 6 x 6 LED spots in them, that is 36w, those lights now use only 10% of the power they used to. That is quite a saving and more than offsets the cost of the bulbs.

MaluCatchu1 Wed 21-Feb-18 04:46:35

That did make me smile gmelon as we've recently been on a bulb buying mission and were shocked at the prices! B&Q and Tesco were possibly the highest but we did manage to find some for slightly less, although for the life of me cant remember where - might have been B&M. I know they are now more energy efficient and last longer but I don't think the price is justified at all. The spotlights in our kitchen seem to go all the time and we've arranged for an electrician to come and check them as he might cost a bit but the bulbs are costing a fortune!

gmelon Wed 21-Feb-18 01:34:16

Why are they so expensive?
Where do you buy yours?