I was speaking to a mate that used to be an electrician and i asked him do you think of replacing all my down lights with CFL down lights is a good idea?
He said its all crap.. advised me that the amount of power to actually power them up initially takes up so much power its the same as having a normal down light on for 4 hours......... anyone here of this ?
He said thats why the government were giving them out at one stage so u have to pay more - apparently its nothing to do with cost saving in the long run
To power up one room is 50w x 4 plus transformer power so 220w a room.
Anyone heard of this that CFL's take so much to power up ?