Halogen bulbs.

[Tilly2]

I bought a table lamp today which needs a halogen bulb up to 42W/E14 (it says, on the box)

Will this use more or less electricity than the current lamp which has one of those ugly, curly whirly 240v bulb? It's a lamp for the kitchen which we do tend to leave on for the majority of the evening.

Thank you.

[tonyav]

Should be less, Tilly.

[Tilly2]

Thanks, Tony. Do halogen bulbs use less electricity that the low energy bulbs then? I have no idea.

[tonyav]

dON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE MUCH IN IT MYSELF





















Don't think there would be a lot in it my self, but hopefully a tech will see your question and give us the proper answer.
By the way Tilly all the lights in our house are halogen.

[tonyav]

Gawd, what happened there ^^^^^. lol

[shooty]

Its the wattage that counts, I suspect that your 'ugly, curly whirly 240v bulb' is around 11 or 16 watt. IE, 11 Watts is cheaper to run than a 42w bulb (known as a lamp). Check online for a KWH calculator to find out how much something will cost to run with the quoted KWH rate that will be printed on your last statement/bill. Different utility suppliers have different rates.

[Tilly2]

Thanks, shooty I'll have a look. I suspect that I will be taking the table lamp back to the shop tomorrow.

[shooty]

I don't think you will be looking at a fortune to run your new lamp. Can you not put a low energy lamp in the new table lamp you have purchased ?

[Tilly2]

Don't think so shooty. It has lots of drawings of bulbs on the instructions (which are pictoral) Al the curly, whirly bulbs have big crosses through them. Can you get low energy bulbs which look like little candle bulbs?

[The Builder]

Tilly, you could use an LED bulb instead. One like this........ (5W power consumption giving equivalent of 60w standard bulb) ......

http://www.ledhut.co....t-internet-price.html

[The Builder]

...... or ........... a candle type bulb, equivalent to 40W ordinary bulb .......

http://www.ledhut.co....es-40-watt-equiv.html

[Tilly2]

That looks like the sort of thing I mean, T.B. Thank you very much.

[Graham-W]

The 28w halogen gives equivalent light to 40w old fashioned bulb.
The 42w halogen is equivalent to 60w bulb.
I think you need something like this: Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[Graham-W]

The big plus with halogens over the low energy bulbs is you can use dimmers to dim them.

[gingejbee]

LED lamps would be my choice- last for ever, nice white light, no heat given off and getting cheaper all the time.