Energy saving light fittings for a kitchen

[Lovemyshoes]

We have 2 x 4 halogen bulb fittings in our kitchen which I am wanting to get rid of.

Does anyone have any clue as to where I can get 2 x simple energy efficient lights fittings for a kitchen?

We also have a 4 halogen light in our bathroom but I have an energy light on order (only suitable for bathrooms)

Thanks

florescent strips?

you might be able to get LED bulbs for the halogen fittings. dh is continually replacing all ours and fitting ones which twinkle or change colour. all great till you want to chop an onion...

Halogen lights are energy efficient.

Are you sure midnightexpress? I have a feeling that they are much worse than compact flourescents. Not 100% sure, but we don't have any anywhere on site, which generally means that those in the know have put their foot down (we are off grid).

Halogen ligths are startlingly inefficient - they generate a lot of heat.

You can buy compact fluorescents that fit GU10 halogen fittings but they look very different as the light is much whiter, ditto LEDs, but the ones we tried were almost blue and made everything look awful. ATM we are researching 'warm spectrum' LEDS

Not 100% sure no, but they're low voltage so I assume that means they use less energy. I guess the trouble is that people generally have more of them than they would a conventional bulb?

I stand corrected.

low voltage does not mean they use less energy!

whoops, xp, didn;t mean to rub it in

No no no, you go ahead and slap my wrists MrsB

I know bugger all about electricity. I should have kept quiet.

so no ideas on lights fittings

I should have added I want to get rid of the strip lights as they are a bit of a bugger to clean

sorry lovemyshoes!

No.

BHS used to do nice lighting.

Bugger it, I'll use some candles

just done my carbon footprint and determined to get it down

Ah, but did you know that candles are made from paraffin, terribly carbon heavy .
You'll just have to go to bed early .. .

Ok, I'll get a bin and burn paper and we'll all stand round lol.

i just swapped four halogen bulbs in our kitchen for LEDs but the light is rather cold and blueish. they're expensive to buy but hoping in long term will reduce bills as apparently halogens send them soaring.
what are these warm spectrum leds of which you speak mrsbadger?

just that - LEDs that are less bluey and more yellow thus or similar. £21 / bulb though...

You can all sorts of energy saving light bulbs. We have managed to change over our dimmer ones and are slowly working through the halogen ones with these

We finally found some nice halogen substitutes from Megaman (can't remember where we got them - google and see). They fit in the downlighter slots, so you can't see any difference, and they're really bright. When I get round to it we're going to get a couple more of them and replace all but the one over the sink. I think we replaced 40W halogens with 11W CFLs. STRONGLY recommend the Megaman ones compared to others - we have another from another company, and it's rubbish: v slow to light up, and a horrid light when it finally gets going.

crossposted!

But the megaman ones I was talking about are on that page!