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I have searched as best I can but cannot find the info I require
My house currently has 3 outside floodlights (300W halogens) which were fitted before we moved in. They are effective in that we are happy with the output they give. But they (the bulbs) do not last long (we are lucky to get a winter out of them)
I am sick of changing the bulbs and the units themselves are starting to corrode (making undoing the fixings very difficult)
I am about to hire a scaffold tower to sort out my guttering and this presents the perfect opperetunity to change them for something more reliable .....but what type is best?
- they are not on all night.
- they are not PIR activated and we do not wish them to be
- we want a fairly quick warm up
- we sometimes have to switch them back on straight away (we use them when our dogs go outside etc)
- we wish to preserve a similar brightness to the current halogens
- long lasting bulbs required!
cost is not necessarily the deciding factor
any advice gratefully recieved
(puts on full body armour and desends to bomb shelter)
My house currently has 3 outside floodlights (300W halogens) which were fitted before we moved in. They are effective in that we are happy with the output they give. But they (the bulbs) do not last long (we are lucky to get a winter out of them)
I am sick of changing the bulbs and the units themselves are starting to corrode (making undoing the fixings very difficult)
I am about to hire a scaffold tower to sort out my guttering and this presents the perfect opperetunity to change them for something more reliable .....but what type is best?
- they are not on all night.
- they are not PIR activated and we do not wish them to be
- we want a fairly quick warm up
- we sometimes have to switch them back on straight away (we use them when our dogs go outside etc)
- we wish to preserve a similar brightness to the current halogens
- long lasting bulbs required!
cost is not necessarily the deciding factor
any advice gratefully recieved
(puts on full body armour and desends to bomb shelter)