WARNING: Low Energy bulbs - fire risk.

[ChameleonSystems]

Fortunately we spotted this before a fire started:

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa98/Rocky-Waist2/rocky1/mazdabulb.gif

Its a Mazda 6L Electronic 23W.

Don't leave them switched on and unattended folks.

I contacted trading standards and they said I am not the first to report this and they have put it on the list for investigation.

[JudesNiceThings]

That's terrible!

Thanks for the warning!

[cornishmaid1961]

On the whole I haven't had any trouble with them but I have had one that made a terrific burning smell and it blew with a puff of smoke so not convinced they are totally safe! :(

[ttelyob]

Fortunately we spotted this before a fire started:

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa98/Rocky-Waist2/rocky1/mazdabulb.gif

Its a Mazda 6L Electronic 23W.

Don't leave them switched on and unattended folks.

I contacted trading standards and they said I am not the first to report this and they have put it on the list for investigation.
I have had four so far that have looked just like that one, I haven't checked them for a while, I think i will do it now.:cool:

[DanTheMan3]

Best go and check mine, all 33 of them.
Will be back later.
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[ruthiewildchild]

The more I read about these lights the more worried I am that they are being forced upon us.

Down right dangerous things.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-506347/An-energy-saving-bulb-gone--evacuate-room-now.html

[KIRSTRICH]

We use them in the dining room and they are always 'blowing' when we switch the lights on and they trip the switch so all the lights go out. :(

[Cocksparrer]

Get onto health & safety at the council, write to your local MP Government trading standards local watch dog even the one on tv, these should not be on the market if they are liable to cause any damage.

[Cushtydeals]

Get onto health & safety at the council, write to your local MP Government trading standards local watch dog even the one on tv, these should not be on the market if they are liable to cause any damage.

Or better still why not contact watchdog

http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/gotastory/

[sparkdeco]

Appreciate the warning - thanks, will go and check mine.
Also, just to point out, do you know these low energy bulbs don't work if you use a dimmer switch?

[bykimbo]

While we're on the subject, does everybody realise they contain mercury? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7172662.stm

[ruthiewildchild]

While we're on the subject, does everybody realise they contain mercury? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7172662.stm


Horrible if they go pop....



An energy saving bulb has gone - evacuate the room now! (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-506347/An-energy-saving-bulb-gone--evacuate-room-now.html)

[KIRSTRICH]

TBH, I don't like them anyway. They take ages to brighten up and even the higher wattage ones aren't as bright as their older counterparts :(

[pony9a]

Are you all aware that pretty soon we will only be able to buy low energy bulbs as the EU is phasing out tungsten bulbs.
http://w1.siemens.com/press/en/pressrelease/2008/osram/osram-energy-saving-light-gp.htm
Personally I hate low energy bulbs, they dont give out enough light and they alter the colour of things too.
Fed up of the EU telling us what we can or cannot have/do/say...:-(

[astral276]

Oi! You lot. Pack it in. All this talk has just blown the bulb in my computer room. Just came in, switched it on, and it went 'dink'.

I thought these LE bulbs were supposed to last 6 years. This one hasn't been in 6 months. One other I had kept flickering and switching itself off before it finally packed in.

Never had these problems with the old ones. Think I may have to get in a stock before they get taken off the market.

[moonwitch]

The energy saving bulbs are dangerous when they are working properly.

I have one in my hall and when it's lit I can't see where I'm going.

Just as well I live in a flat and don't need to find my way downstairs

[Rednosty]

What I would like to know is Just how long these things have been on the market and Before that TESTED for?


PS if your really worried switch to http://www.bbc.co.uk/bloom/actions/lightemittingdiodes.shtml

[astral276]

What are you supposed to do with the dead ones? It says you cannot put them in the normal collection bins - either recyclables or landfill. Do I have to find a special site and make a trip there just to get rid of them when the blow?

[MadcatwomanEnterprises]

omg, haven't heard about this before. I read somewhere over the past couple of weeks that because they don't give out much light, a lot more people are turning up at opticians and finding the "eco-friendly" bulbs have strained their eyes.

Strange mentioning about the ezcema thing, because I have never had it before in my life until about three or four years ago, which is roughly when I first started buying the "eco-friendly" bulbs. It could just be a coincidence but who knows?

[ruthiewildchild]

What are you supposed to do with the dead ones? It says you cannot put them in the normal collection bins - either recyclables or landfill. Do I have to find a special site and make a trip there just to get rid of them when the blow?

You have to take them to your local rubbish tip - I believe they go in the same dump place as paint or batteries.

[SalusLibrorum]

PS if your really worried switch to http://www.bbc.co.uk/bloom/actions/lightemittingdiodes.shtml

I've got a set of those in our kitchen, 8 sets of them with about 10 of the diodes in each bulb. They were to replace the halogen spots we had, and which appeared to be heating the floor above to an alarming degree.

Unfortunately the light they give out is blue/white, and as such I keep walking into the kitchen and flicking the switch to put the lights on, only to find myself plunged into darkness because they were already on.....'nuff said.

[jimbo750]

I like them :) never had any major problems in the 5 years i've been using them and have saved approx £3,000+,

They have been on the go for about 88 years and are in most shops, factories, offices, schools,and in TVs and PC monitors,

Life of the lamp depends on the make and other variables, it a bit like do you buy a £1 pound shop spanner that lasts a week or a £24 spanner that lasts 50+ years.

You can get dimmable fluorescents ,

However i think manufactures need to make more 5500K CF aka (day light) bulbs available. and they need to make metal halide lighting more available for example 150 w HID is approx to 750w tungsten.

[dkipem2008]

I had one do the same thing-couldn't figure out where the burning smell was coming from until the next day. I went to turn on the light & it didn't work. Bulb is only 2 yrs old.

[Rednosty]

omg, haven't heard about this before. I read somewhere over the past couple of weeks that because they don't give out much light, a lot more people are turning up at opticians and finding the "eco-friendly" bulbs have strained their eyes.

Strange mentioning about the ezcema thing, because I have never had it before in my life until about three or four years ago, which is roughly when I first started buying the "eco-friendly" bulbs. It could just be a coincidence but who knows?

Erm now your scareing me! Same thing Just started using some about 2 years ago and now I have Ezcema! First I've heard about it!!:eek: