How many forum members...

... does it take to change a lightbulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently
7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
1 to move it to the Lighting section
2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section
7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs
5 to flame the spell checkers
3 to correct spelling/grammar flames
6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"
15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct
19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum
11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum
36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty
7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs
4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's
3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group
13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again

 

Think you should put this in the light bulb changing section

 

You missed posting a poll on the best light bulbs and did you mention those who claim that light bulbs make no difference at all?

 

not even mentioning which bulb tint it best. Personally I like a peachy tinge, phillips do some nice ones...

 

Light bulbs DO make a difference, however blind testing using real blind people did not find any difference.

 

what about those that like to post up gratuitous pictures of their favourite light bulbs?

 

Are valves lightbulbs?

 

some of the biguns are as bright as

 

Me too

 

http://www.bulbcollector.com/

 

I'm afraid you misspelt/mispelled "what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique". Shouldn't it be "what brand of light bulbs works best for this technique"?

 

I think you'll find it's "which brand of light bulb works best for this technique?"

 

You also failed to indicate how many Mana supports you need to reach the light bulb

 

Just went into Morrisons with 'er indoors and helped myself to 6 x 60watt(equivelent) energy saving lightbulbs @ 99p Each buy one get one free. They have a 6 year guarantee so hopefully they will last a bit longer.

I cannot belive the amount of light bulbs that i have to change in this house of mine, it is definately worse than any other house I've lived in. I have a light fitting with 4 of the R50 spot lights in , changing at least one of them seems to be a weekly occurance now.

It doesn't matter which brand or standard i buy either, whether it be cheapo Tesco 'stripey' ones or top quality Mazda's Osrams or Phillips, etc, I've tried them all and they all just blow in a short period of time.

Maybe I should get a fancy Hi-Fi PSU to give my lighting circuits a nice stable, ripple and spike free supply (and mount it on a Mana sound stage 'just to make sure'...)

 

So it's not just me then! They're a pain in the ar5e. I paid a fortune for the halogen equivalent's expecting them to last ages. Yep they lasted twice as long - two months instead of one.

Recently bought some long life (non-halogen) jobbies from B&Q and they have (so far) lasted a lot longer.

 

that's not how you spell 'minge'...

 

Haha spot on Isaac. Especially as we did infact have a lengthy thread on energy saving bulbs not so long ago as I remember.

 

I think I saw one at Bristol last year; seemed a bit bright, don't remember which room, probably hadn't been on long enough...

 

:chainsaw: :gatling: :micro: does it really matter about spelling? i thought the post was most illuminating

 

Come on guys. The lights from all light bulbs are the same. Whether you get those cheap Woolworth version or mega expensive branded version. Anyone who say otherwise, I'll challenge anyone who could tell them apart with a simply ABX test.