Light bulb not switching off

[buzzlightyear]

We are going to get lots of posts about 'faulty bulbs' or 'flashing bulbs' soon, as they have banned halogen lamps and want everyone to go LED. All these cheap dimmer switches are going to keep the forum busy

normal halogens are glass and metal .and can be recycled not the led
with all the electronics inside .send then back to china and ask them to recycle them .I had to replace some customers led lights the glow in the dark ones . GlS type .

 

[Spoon]

normal halogens are glass and metal .and can be recycled not the led
with all the electronics inside .send then back to china and ask them to recycle them

Not sure if the reason is recycling, energy efficiency or both.

 

[Deuce]

We are going to get lots of posts about 'faulty bulbs' or 'flashing bulbs' soon, as they have banned halogen lamps and want everyone to go LED. All these cheap dimmer switches are going to keep the forum busy.

Skip forwards 10 years and I can see lighting circuits being ELV instead of mains. There is arguably virtually no point in mains voltage as it is, given the bans on traditional bulbs and all the fuss and flap about kitchen/bathroom lights. Shops have used ELV for years so it's well established.

Personally though I have a lot of cut glass light fittings in my home, and they look great with single point light from a filament, but nowhere near as good with LED bulbs that have multiple light sources within the bulb. I guess once the stocks of traditional bulbs runs short they will demand a premium on ebay - I should stock up now