tjd

Can someone confirm that the screw-in lightbulbs - ES27 that are avilable in the UK are totally compatible with the holders that we have in Turkey?

Cheers!

cheeky chops

tjd
eddison fittings (large screw) i so i guess thats why the ES27 but who knows
cheeky chops

immac

I'm sure there must be a good reason for wanting this information, but have not thought of it yet.
Anyway, there are different sizes of screw threads for light fittings - I have come across three, perhaps there are more - so it depends on what you have in your house.
Ian

tjd

The reason is very simple.

I like to use energy bulbs as much as poss. We all need to save energy. When I was over in Turkey last week I looked at the cost of energy bulbs and they were quite expensive(relatively), mostly between 6 and 7 lira whereas the cost of Edison Screw 27mm are as low as 95p here in NI.

So I would buy them here and take them over, but am trying to check that they are compatible.

immac

There - I knew there would be a good reason.
Some of the low energy bulbs are, as you say, expensive, but there are cheaper ranges and special offers. The last ones I bought from Migros were under 3ytl for a 23W bulb on special offer.
Ian

PS. just had a look at Migros and there is a range up to 30W for 1.90ytl

biggles

morrisons were doing them for 40p each . i bought about 20 . but not took them to turkey.

tjd

Are we talking about the same thing here? What I’m looking for are low-energy light bulbs – 5,7,9,11 &13 watt varieties that when multiplied by 5.5 equate to a traditional bulb, so an 11 watt low energy equates to about a 60 watt old style bulb, not just a lower wattage bulb, 25 or 30 watt which will be dim when in use. (reminds me of the streets of Amsterdam in winter, but that’s another story! )

biggles

yes ,thats what i bought in morrisons ,they are doing them today in aldi,s for 70 p each .

cheeky chops

tjd
we took them with us from uk £1 each and they fit ok from in tekson we paid 17.99 for 6 the ytl at the time it was 2.54 to the pound for 6 so there wasnt a great deal of difference but there was a special on at the time
cheeky chops