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      03-03-2012, 02:42 PM
Swmbo had fancy underlighters fitted to her new kitchen These are
flush fitting and the original pain in the bollix to get the covers
off. I bought 10 of the above bulbs off eBay from china and they
didn't last ****ing time. They may have been cheap but were definitely
not worth the grief of the struggle involved in changing them

Can anyone recommend pukka long life ones. I see 'long'Life' ones for
sale on flea bay but am wary of such claims. Should I be ?

Paul Mc Cann
 
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      03-03-2012, 03:51 PM
Buy them from somewhere like TLC. I have a couple of B&Q fittings where
the original bulbs soon blew. The replacements from TLC are fine.

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      03-03-2012, 04:28 PM
On Mar 3, 2:42*pm, fred <tpmcc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Swmbo had fancy underlighters fitted to her new kitchen These are
> flush fitting and the original pain in the bollix to get the covers
> off. I bought 10 of the above *bulbs off eBay from china and they
> didn't last ****ing time. They may have been cheap but were definitely
> not worth the grief of the struggle involved in changing them
>
> Can anyone recommend pukka long life ones. I see 'long'Life' ones for
> sale on flea bay but am wary of such claims. Should I be ?
>
> Paul Mc Cann


Some bulbs are orientation senstive? (ie they don't like being certain
ways up. overheat)
 
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      03-03-2012, 04:52 PM
In article
<9d486fc4-dd6f-4f71-8a8b-(E-Mail Removed)>,
harry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Mar 3, 2:42 pm, fred <tpmcc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Swmbo had fancy underlighters fitted to her new kitchen These are
> > flush fitting and the original pain in the bollix to get the covers
> > off. I bought 10 of the above bulbs off eBay from china and they
> > didn't last ****ing time. They may have been cheap but were definitely
> > not worth the grief of the struggle involved in changing them
> >
> > Can anyone recommend pukka long life ones. I see 'long'Life' ones for
> > sale on flea bay but am wary of such claims. Should I be ?
> >
> > Paul Mc Cann


> Some bulbs are orientation senstive? (ie they don't like being certain
> ways up. overheat)


That's the answer, then. Turn the kitchen on its side.

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      03-03-2012, 07:10 PM
On Mar 3, 4:52*pm, "Dave Plowman (News)" <d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
> In article
> <9d486fc4-dd6f-4f71-8a8b-2b8eeb258...@i6g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
> * *harry <haroldhr...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 3, 2:42 pm, fred <tpmcc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Swmbo had fancy underlighters fitted to her new kitchen These are
> > > flush fitting and the original pain in the bollix to get the covers
> > > off. I bought 10 of the above *bulbs off eBay from china and they
> > > didn't last ****ing time. They may have been cheap but were definitely
> > > not worth the grief of the struggle involved in changing them

>
> > > Can anyone recommend pukka long life ones. I see 'long'Life' ones for
> > > sale on flea bay but am wary of such claims. Should I be ?

>
> > > Paul Mc Cann

> > Some bulbs are orientation senstive? (ie they don't like being certain
> > ways up. overheat)

>
> That's the answer, then. Turn the kitchen on its side.
>
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>
> * * Dave Plowman * * * *d...@davenoise.co.uk * * * * * London SW
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Thanks for the suggestions. Fancy the Tesco ones as swmbo will be
buying them herself !

Paul Mc Cann
 
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