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J

Jeßus

Jan 1, 1970
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Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.
 
M

Metro

Jan 1, 1970
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Jeßus said:
Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck
finding anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search
basically came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them?
Need a bayonet type with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any
helpful replies.

Dimmer?
 
J

Jeßus

Jan 1, 1970
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I bought a Philips 5W from Bunnings a few days ago. The one
I got was cool white colour temp, but pretty sure they had
warm white there as well.

Thanks Doug, I'll have a look in Bunnings next time I head in, cheers.
 
J

Jeßus

Jan 1, 1970
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These guys are the ducks nuts for lighting gear, usually inexpensive too (ie
same or less than any other source).

Thanks Dennis, I'll go check that site out now, cheers.
 
J

Jeßus

Jan 1, 1970
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Yesterday I found them in Big W - Phillips Tornado

Thanks for that David, unfortunately the nearest Big W is about 250KM
away! But I do head down to Hobart about once a month, so I may well
get one then.
 
J

Jeßus

Jan 1, 1970
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Been having the same problem in the UK, I needed 5W CFL PCBs to replace the
dodgy capacitor dropper 'ballasts' in some cheap lantern bug zappers - the
6W UV tubes were also a bit dodgy and needed to be underrun to last the
summer.

In the end I found 5W CFLs in shops run by the 99p stores group - apparently
a load of Indian corner shop types have ganged up to stick it to the
supermarkets.

Maybe you have a similar store chain in Aus.

We do Ian, I never gave much though to check some of those. Thanks for
that.
 
J

Jeßus

Jan 1, 1970
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I bought a Philips 5W from Bunnings a few days ago. The one
I got was cool white colour temp, but pretty sure they had
warm white there as well.

Got a warm white 5W at Bunnings yesterday, thanks for the suggestion
Doug.
 
A

asdf

Jan 1, 1970
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Need to replace a 5W that died earlier in the week, had no luck finding
anything under 8W in town yesterday and a quick online search basically
came up empty (with .au sites at least).

Does anyone know anywhere in Aus that sells them? Need a bayonet type
with a warm colour temperature... thanks for any helpful replies.

IKEA sells 7 Watt CFLs. I also bought 4 Watt ones from them but cannot
find them online at the moment. They're good quality bulbs rebranded.
 
J

Jeßus

Jan 1, 1970
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IKEA sells 7 Watt CFLs. I also bought 4 Watt ones from them but cannot
find them online at the moment. They're good quality bulbs rebranded.

4W would be nice, alas there is no Ikea store anywhere near here,
maybe they sell online.

I'm looking forward to LED versions appearing, and at a reasonable
price... one day. I find that I can hear a high pitched whine coming
from many CFLs, and then theres the matter of the toxic contents of
CFLs.
 
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